Saturday, September 1, 2007

How to get paid doing trials of products and services

Trials are the easiest way to make lots of money in a short period of time on GPT sites.

Trials tend to pay very well ($10 or more each) and take very little time to complete. Some of the higher paying free trials require a credit card (because the companies will charge you regular membership fees if you continue with the service past the trial period). If you do any trials using a credit card, be sure to read the terms and conditions carefully so you know how long your trial period is and how to contact customer service (often a toll-free phone number, but some companies have online customer support as well).

Companies want people to sign up who have at least a little sincere interest in the product or service. Therefore, you should at the very least login to any site you sign up for. Also, if you sign up for a trial offer, you should keep it as long as you can. For example, if you sign up for the 30 day free trial of efax, don't discontinue it after a couple days just because you don't like it. Keep it until your trial is almost over. Some companies will refuse to pay if someone discontinues a service long before a trial is over. Also bear in mind that companies are looking for new customers so if you've already subscribed to their service in the past, they may not allow you to sign up for another trial. As always read the terms and conditions if you want to know if the trial is limited to new customers.

Many trials are totally free- but you will see in the offer description that a few trials will charge small shipping / processing fees up front. They are usually still profitable in the long run but you may wish to put these off until you've done all the free trials. Also, note that some of the offers which ship actual products to you may require you to send the item back (at your expense) if you decide not to keep it. Video Professor is a great offer that pays about $20, but in addition to paying the initial shipping fee, note that you will have to send some discs back if you decide not to keep it.

Of course if you're not comfortable doing credit card offers, you can earn plenty of money doing just the 100% free survey offers.

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