Submitted by hsteckylf on Friday, November 09 2007 @ 01:30 PM EST
Hey, this is Clover of FreebieAuthority.com – long time no see!
(Some of you may not have received the initial email we sent out about this on Monday, so here’s a quick recap!)
Over the last few weeks we have been seeing renewed interest in having another conga party. Both TRAINN & OfferCentric have released freebie offers for the hottest new item, an Apple iPod Touch. Many of our members look back with fond memories on the fun and excitement of a FreebieAuthority Conga Party, and they have officially convinced us to get back in the game.
The party officially kicks off tonight (Friday) at 9pm ET. If the activity on our forums is any indication, we know we’ll be seeing a lot of familiar faces for the release. Get in on the action early to get the best chance at a top conga position! Even if you can’t make it tonight at 9pm ET, remember that we do our conga order based on how quickly your offer goes green, so you could still nag a top spot even if you aren’t able to make our party tonight.
In the meantime, stop by our forums and tell us what you've been up to, see what we've been doing, and just say "hello!” Be sure to look for the forum thread where I update you everyone on what I’ve been occupying myself with over the last 2 years, and I expect you to do the same!
As always, here are links to each conga line that will become active the moment the FreebieAuthority clock strikes 9:00pm ET. Both are for the 8GB iPod Touch, so we are expecting to see a good bit of interest. Plus, one of the congas is for only five referrals!
Submitted by hsteckylf on Thursday, September 28 2006 @ 05:52 PM EDT
We will be having a research conga party for http://anygift4four.com this Saturday evening at 8:30pm ET. We all know that the lower the referrals needed, the more people get their freebies. With only four referrals this is sure to be a popular choice.
Also, the AnyGift Network has just finally achieved their first proven site here at FreebieAuthority and we need one more for their entire company to follow. Come help us make sure this company is worthy of of the title and get yourself some four-referral swag along the way.
Submitted by hsteckylf on Tuesday, September 19 2006 @ 03:40 PM EDT
Transcendent Innovations is back with a brand new proven freebie site that we've all been waiting for; the Nintendo Wii!
The Nintendo Wii breaks down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else. It will put people more in touch with their games... and each other. Take your gaming to the next level with the Nintendo Wii.
This conga will be set at a low 5 referrals so it will move quick. Make sure you get in at the top of the line this Thursday night at 8:30pm ET.
Submitted by PuNJaB90 on Tuesday, June 06 2006 @ 07:00 PM EDT
FreebieAuthority is holding a contest to find out who will get the Community Appreciation Gift for the Trainn Desktops Conga. Here are the rules.
Contest Rules
Starting Wednesday (6/7) , we will be holding a contest that will go through Friday at noon Eastern Time. The winner of this contest will be getting the Community Appreciation Gift for the PROVEN release of Trainn's DesktopComputer4Free.com (to be released later this week). Here are the rules for this contest.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3pm Eastern Time, we will be releasing a list of 18 questions here in the forums. Answers to these questions are scattered out across our forums and site as well as a few hints that you will need to take to a search engine for more details.
The first person who submits all of the correct answers to contest@freebieauthority.com will be awarded the Community Appreciation Gift regardless of their activity in our forums. In the event that no one is able to get all of the answers correct by Friday afternoon, the first person to submit the most correct answers will be awarded the prize.
We will only accept one submission per user, so make sure that you have all of your answers lined up before you submit them.
Please only send us text-based emails to contest@freebieauthority.com with your answers. DO NOT attach your answers in a Word file or as a .jpg. Just type all of your answers into an email and then send it.
This contest is only open to those people who have not signed up for this site elsewhere.
Submitted by hsteckylf on Monday, June 05 2006 @ 06:45 PM EDT
We have come to the decision that we will no longer be supporting FreePay nor their parent company, Gratis Internet here at FreebieAuthority.com.
These past several months, we have, numerous times, seen FreePay fall very short of the high standards they had set back in the beginning of the freebie boom. From the introduction of their new 90-day policy to allegations of selling user information to spammers to changing the referral requirements to get an iPod Nano from 5 to 10 just a week before everyone's account expires. Not to mention the fact that they still have not shipped out any Xbox360's well over half a year after they were released, with no indication of when they will be shipping them out and that they are refusing to offer people (aside from their close friends) a cash option.
There is no room for practices such as these and we believe that our community deserves better. As of today, FreePay congas will no longer be released or support on our site.
While we do feel sorry for, and wish to apologize to those of you who have signed up for any FreePay sites in the past month or so and are still trying to get your referrals, we do not feel that allowing even one more person to be scammed into completing offers on a FreePay site would be the right thing to do. Many of us know how it feels to be scammed by a freebie company and I do not wish that on anyone!
We would like your input on how we should handle the hundreds of external links to our FreePay congas. Please head over to the FreePay Conga Discussion and let us know what you think we should do.
Submitted by hsteckylf on Friday, May 12 2006 @ 08:14 PM EDT
It's time to wake up all you freebie lovers out there!
Just days after Sony finally announces the release date and price of their long awaited PlayStation 3, OfferCentric turns around and opens up their site so you can get yours pre-ordered today! That or you can get a cool $550 to use for whatever you please.
With the conga set at 10 referrals and no silly "90 day" restrictions, this is going to be a very quick moving conga.
Submitted by hsteckylf on Monday, April 10 2006 @ 10:29 PM EDT
It appears that FreePay is now saying not to expect to get your Xbox360 from them until July. What in the world is going on here! It looks like FreePay has definitely dropped the ball once again.
Submitted by McLarenLM4 on Wednesday, March 29 2006 @ 06:25 PM EST
The admin at GetiPod4Free.com has announced that they are currently restructuring the website. GetiPod4Free.com is changing from a referral based site to a points based site. Here's what the admin had to say:
Hi Everyone,
In the last few weeks we have ran into many issues with the stability of GetiPod4Free.com. We are in the process of restructuring the website. We will be converting the site to a points based site and are in the process of working out all of the details. Please be aware that this site will continue in its operation until the transition takes effect in regards to shipping orders and crediting for offers. Support tickets will be answered occasionally, but we can not make any guarantees as we are focusing on the restructuring. If you have an urgent matter, please email us (support@getipod4free.com).
We will post with further news once the restructuring plan has been worked out.
Regards, GetiPod4Free Admin
In the past few months GetiPod4Free has not been doing so well with shipping times of well over two months. Maybe this change will be their chance for a turn in the other direction.
Unfortunately, that means one less proven referral-based freebie company.
Submitted by hsteckylf on Friday, March 24 2006 @ 09:01 AM EST
Some inside information from GiftFiesta tells us that they are planning on receiving a large number of Xbox 360 consoles within the next week and a half and will then fulfill all of their orders in the following week. Could this also mean that the other major players will be shipping out all of their ordered Xbox 360's as well?
Submitted by PuNJaB90 on Sunday, March 19 2006 @ 10:32 PM EST
With their sudden policy change to a 90-day time frame for completing their referral-based sites, and the accusations that they went against their privacy policy by selling their users email addresses, FreePay's status here at FreebieAuthority has dropped them from being considered an 'Outstanding' company down to only a 'Mediocre' listing.
PuNJaB90 asks, "So who will take FreePay's old position as 'Outstanding'? Will it be Trainn? Maybe OfferCentric? Maybe there never will be another FreePay like company. All we can do is wait and see what happens."
Submitted by PuNJaB90 on Friday, March 17 2006 @ 02:27 PM EST
Today, a change of policy was annouced in reference to how site are considered to be proven here at FreebieAuthority. Now, moderators also have the ability to submit proof to help site be considered proven.
We will be compiling all of the proof from our Moderators and announcing any new proven sites and companies throughout the next week.
Don't forget, if you have received any free stuff from the proven companies on our site, you can login to your account and submit your own proof pictures from your 'My Account' screen!
Submitted by POOCH on Tuesday, March 14 2006 @ 11:35 PM EST
90 Day Policy Explanation (via Freepay Representative - Jake)
As you may have heard, anyone using a Gratis Internet site now needs to complete their offer — i.e., complete one offer themselves and have all their referrals’ offers completed — within 90 days of opening their account.
Here’s the background:
We instituted the 90-day change so that our operations would work in tandem with the way people actually use our sites. The bottom line is: You move fast and we want to do the same.
We did a survey and found that 93 percent of our users complete their offers within 90 days of opening their account — and a sizable majority of those users (about two-thirds) actually complete their offers within six weeks or less.
It seems that if you’re using a Gratis site to score a free iPod, or flatscreen or PlayStation 3 or whatever — there are 15 offers in all, check out freepay.com to see them all — you want to get the whole thing wrapped up pretty quickly — and that’s fine with us.
Another reason we’ve made the 90-day change is that, without having an ‘end date’ for accounts it was impossible for us to figure out where we were financially or to make accurate plans about ordering new goods to ship to our users. Sure, only about seven percent of our users had these never-ending (but never completed) accounts, but how many were going to finish the process and get their free item? None?, 10 percent?, 50 percent? More? Less? You get the picture… Too many loose ends — and none of them actually doing anyone any good. So we made the switch to a 90-day structure.
However, we wanted to make the change in a totally fair and aboveboard way. Rather than instituting some kind of retroactive approach — i.e., “Hey there, wanted to let you know your account has been cancelled!” — we decided to set the clock evenly for everyone.
As of March 1, 2006, and going forward, all accounts need to be completed within 90 days of being opened. If you have an older account, whether it was started a couple of months ago or several years ago, you have until June 1, 2006 (i.e., 90 days on from March 1) to complete your account. So far, no one seems to mind, as (like we said) the vast majority of our users complete their offers within 60 or so days, sometimes less. If you’re one of the few people who is disappointed by the change, then we’re sorry, but we hope you now see why the change needed to happen.
Submitted by hsteckylf on Saturday, March 04 2006 @ 12:05 PM EST
As of just a little before 8:00am this morning, the main section of our site (the congas and the OfferTacker™) has surpassed the 500,000 unique visitor mark! All of you have helped make this site what we it is today and we would like to thank you all.
