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my review of OfferCentric - psps4free referral based incentive site
26 Apr '05 - + 9 - 2 my review of OfferCentric - psps4free referral based incentive siteUp until now, I've mainly been focusing on GratisNetwork freesites. They seem to be the originators of the the referral based incentive site genre, and they also have the best track record for shipping free gifts to their members. According to their website, they have shipped over $8 MILLION dollars in free gifts in the 5 years they have been operating.
Today, I'd like to introduce OfferCentric, LLC the next biggest player giving out cool free stuff! OfferCentric has made a name for itself by following the referral based free gift theme but with a few extras that help it standout from the GratisNetwork shadow...
OfferCentric is successful by adding friendly Customer Service to the freesite mix. Emails to customer service are often answered with "human like" answers instead of the cold, and sometimes unfriendly answers that people have received when trying to contact GratisNetwork with issues.
They also send friendly email notifications when the offer you complete has registered in their system.
Another important distinction is that once you have received the necessary number of referrals, your account is automatically sent for review. Once your account has been reviewed for legitimacy, then you are sent an email notification letting you know you can order your free gift through their site.
This is in contrast to the system setup at GratisNetwork, where you have to remember to login to your account to see if you have completed all your referrals so you can click the "Request Approval" link for your account to be reviewed before you can place your order.
They also offer the option to get cold hard cash (payable via PayPal) when you complete the necessary referrals, which allows you to spend the money any way you like.
For example, I recently completed their PSPS4Free site which requires 5 referrals (similar to Gratis) to get a free Sony Portable Playstation (PSP). Since I already had a free PSP coming from Gratis, I decided to take the $250 cash so I can buy some cool games for my soon-to-arrive PSP.
From the many reports I've read on the web regarding the processing time from free gift ordering to delivery, they seem to have a much quicker turnaround than their GratisNetwork counterparts. Of course, this could be attributed partly to the fact that GratisNetwork is a much larger company which has a larger memberbase of members to manage.
I placed my "order" for my $250 via PayPal today, and from I understand, I should have the payment in my PayPal account by this Wednesday or Friday. I'll be sure to report back once it has been received.
I like being able to fully test out sites before I recommend them to others. That way, if I find out a site isn't legitimate, it's only me that gets burned, rather than sharing the bad mojo with my friends and family. After my experience with PSPs4Free, I am happy to recommend any of OfferCentric's websites to people interested in cool free gifts. Their current free offerings are listed below. I'm hoping to get a free laptop / notebook from OfferCentric next. Feel free to signup through my link below :)
OfferCentric Websites:
Free Apple Laptop, iBook, HP or Averatec Notebook PC, or $1000 via PayPal - http://www.notebooks4free.com/default.aspx?r=198792 (18 referrals needed for Notebooks4Free)
Free iPod, iPod Mini, Zen Micro, iRiver, or $275 via PayPal - http://www.mp3players4free.com/default.aspx?r=325456 (5 referrals needed for MP3Players4Free)
Free iRiver PMP-120, Archos AV420, Creative Zen PMC, 60 GB Color iPod Photo or $275 via PayPal - http://www.pvps4free.com/default.aspx?r=336042 (10 referrals needed for PVPs4Free)
Free TiVo Series2 80 Hour DVR, Replay TV 80 Hour DVR or $275 cash via PayPal - http://www.dvrs4free.com/default.aspx?r=297705 (5 referrals needed for DVRs4Free)
Free Apple Mac Mini or $550 via PayPal - http://www.macminis4free.com/default.aspx?r=256331 (11 referrals needed for MacMinis4Free)
Free Sony Cybershot DSC-T1, Canon A95, Sony DSC P100, Sony DSC-W1, Canon S1 IS or $325 via PayPal - http://www.cameras4free.com/default.aspx?r=335286 (7 referrals needed for Cameras4Free)
Free Nintendo DS or $150 via PayPal - http://www.ds4free.com/default.aspx?r=295989 (4 referrals needed for DS4Free)
Free 512 MB iPod Shuffle or $85 via PayPal - http://www.ipodshuffles4free.com/ (3 referrals needed for ipodshuffles4free)
Free Proview 20" LCD TV, Proview 17" LCD TV, NEC 19" TFT LCD, Sony 19" LCD, Phillips 15" LCD TV, Toshiba 14" LCD/DVD Combo, Planar 17" LCD TV or $450 via PayPal - http://www.flatscreens4free.com/ - (10 referrals needed for flatscreens4free)