Newbies Guide to Free Stuff
Unless you've landed on this page by mistake, you'll probably want to obtain some free stuff. Even new Internet users (commonly called "newbies") should find requesting freebies fairly straight-forward. The Internet serves up all kinds of goodies that you can obtain for free, both tangible items (real life products) and digital, such as free games, software, fonts, free services, etc.
Companies are literally queuing up to give away samples of their products and if you're willing to invest some time requesting these freebies, products will begin dropping through your letterbox on a regular basis (probably much to the dissatisfaction of your postman!)
"Free stuff? You're joking, right? Not at all! You can obtain genuine freebies here with no catches."
Our Free Samples: The Inside Story page explains in further detail why so much free stuff is available on the Net.
Some reassurance for you…
At FreebieList.com we are 100% family friendly, so safety and security is our number one priority. Everything you'll find at FreebieList.com has been checked beforehand to ensure it's legitimate and we never send out unsolicited e-mail to visitors. You don't even require an e-mail address and password before entry. Just surf right in!
When requesting free samples…
When you request a free sample on the Internet, in most cases you will need to provide your name, address and e-mail address. Your "name" and "address" details are used to dispatch the sample to you, but what happens to the e-mail address?
You may be added to the sample manufacturer's e-mail mailing list, so they can send you more information about their products. This is not classed as "spam" because in order to receive the freebie, you will usually have to "opt in" to the mailing list. Since these mailing lists are opt-in, you do have the option of opting-out of mailings.
"Before you embark on a freebie-requesting spree, we recommend you set up a secondary, 'junk-mail' e-mail account."
And you can do this by choosing any free e-mail address provider, as reviewed on our Web site.
If you use your secondary e-mail address to request freebies, you'll keep any mailings from the sample companies separate. (And of course, if you are genuinely interested in receiving further information from companies, you can still read the mailings in your secondary inbox).
Incidentally, if you are receiving too many e-mails from various sources, our Free E-mail Programs category has some applications designed specifically to protect yourself against junk-mail.
My friend received the sample, but I did not…
On occasions, a sample you've requested may never arrive, even when your friends have received theirs. Companies offering free samples over the Internet regularly underestimate the demand for their products. As a result, they tend to run out of freebies very quickly. At FreebieList.com, if we don't receive a freebie, then the offer is removed fairly rapidly to avoid any disappointment. In any case, requesting freebies early will ensure you get first pick. Keep trying! There's plenty freebies to choose from and even expired samples will usually become available in the near future.
If you want to download free software: get a compression or archiving utility.
Software providers regularly serve up their free programs in a compressed format. If Microsoft Windows is your platform, these files will usually have a ".zip" extension. This is to reduce space and help speed up download times. If you're using any modern Windows version (i.e. XP or Vista), then you're already set for decompressing files, and you needn't download a utility. People using other operating systems (e.g. earlier versions of Windows), may find our Free ZIP Software section useful. Here, you'll find a selection of freeware compression utilities, which allow you to open, modify and extract archived files.
Most popular compression utilities can handle various compressed formats, not just .zip extensions. So, if you stumble across a ".rar" or ".tar.gz", you (hopefully) shouldn't find yourself stuck. Having said that, there are still many programs that don't require decompressing. But if you already have an archiving program installed, whenever you come across a compressed file, you'll be well prepared.
Other than the above, there really isn't any more you need to know at this stage. If you have any comments or suggestions about FreebieList.com, feel free to contact us.
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