Have you read the introduction yet? If not, click here. Click here for the instructions in step 1. Click here for my list of IFW referral links and other directions in step 2.
Now you’re ready to complete offers and make some real money. When you’re on your offer page, here’s some tips and advice that you’ll want to follow to ensure that you get paid:
1. Bookmark the offer page that you plan on completing so you can go back to it for reference if need be. You may need to in the future for contact info and to review the terms of the offer amongst other things. It may be a good idea to create folders for each IFW site and place the offer page in the appropriate folder for easier tracking.
2. Review the terms and conditions of EVERY offer that you complete so you know what you’re signing up and possibly paying for. Make sure if you click around a site for info that you open those links in a new window or tab so that the cookie tracking remains accurate for the main offer page.
3. If your offer has a free trial period, include the day that you complete the offer as part of the trial period.
4. If an item has to be mailed to you as part of a free trial offer and you don’t want to keep it, be aware that you may have to pay for return shipping.
5. Write down all offers you complete and include this info:
a. IFW site you completed the offer under.
b. Main URL of the offer site.
c. The product offered.
d. The amount pending or charged on your debit/credit card, if any.
e. The day you completed the offer.
f. The end date of the trial. Subtract one day from the actual last day of the trial and cancel on that day if you don’t want to keep the product or service. If you must call to cancel, make sure it’s during their business hours if they don’t have an online cancellation method.
g. How many credits the offer is worth.
h. Contact info from the offer site in case you need to cancel anything.
6. An alternative to writing things down is to use a spreadsheet, copy and paste, or type the info into a word processing program like notepad.
7. If you have a Windows-based computer, use the print screen function to capture a screenshot of the offer confirmation page. Here’s how to do it:
a. Press the F lock button on your keyboard so that it’s off.
b. Press the PrtScn (print screen) button on your keyboard to capture the screenshot.
c. (Optional) Turn F lock back on.
d. Open the Paint program (Start menu>Programs>Accessories>Paint).
e. Select Edit and from the drop down menu select Paste. That pastes the screenshot into the program.
f. Select File and from the drop down menu select Save As. Choose whichever file format you want to save the image as (jpg is the most compatible), name the file whatever you want, and save it wherever you want. You may want to create a new folder with all your offer info in it and create appropriate subfolders.
8. You can also save the html of the confirmation page in Firefox by right clicking any open area on the page and choosing ‘save page as’ and making sure save as type is selected as ‘web page, complete.’
9. Make sure you get a confirmation email once you’ve completed an offer. You may get one immediately or it could be a few minutes. If you don’t get one within a reasonable amount of time, don’t close the browser tab/window with the completed offer until you do. If necessary, contact that company and request a confirmation email. This is essential just in case you don’t get credit for your offer. That email is your proof to the IFW that you did complete it and can be used for manual crediting.
10.Clear your cookies and temp files and close the browser window after each fully completed offer. Make sure to log back into the IFW site you signed up for to visit the offer pages if you still need to fulfill that sites credit requirements. If not, then come back here to go green on another of my referral links if you want to make more money.
11.Don’t forget to turn your firewall back on and put your security settings back the way they were when you’re finished.
12.Don’t be so quick to cancel an offer. Otherwise, it could be seen as fraud and you could get reported to the IFW, your offer credit revoked, your account closed, and you won’t get paid anything. We don’t want that to happen. Even if you have no intention to use the product or service you signed up for, at least make an effort to try the product or log into their site at least once during the trial period or just cancel later in the trial period rather sooner.
13.Keep record of your cancellations the same way you would your confirmations.
Now that you’ve completed your offers, you want to check the IFW site for the status of your credits. You’ll either be notified via email when you’ve been credited or you’ll just have to check the site to find out. Just because an offer says it credits instantly doesn’t necessarily mean that it will. Give it a good 24 hours after the listed crediting time and if you still don’t see your offer as crediting, contact the IFW. If an offer gives you a time frame other than instant, allow that time to pass for crediting before you contact the IFW. Keep in mind if you go red on any site (meaning you don't fulfill your end of the offer requirement after the fact), I'll request that you return payment back to me. If I don't receive anything from you within a week, I'll report you and the transaction as fraudulent to that site and PayPal.
Once you’ve completed all your offers and you show as green in your status, contact me via text message for fastest reply and notification (my phone number is in my profile link at the beginning of every article here) and identify yourself with your sign up and PayPal email address, the IFW site you went green on, and just let me know that you’re done so I can keep tabs on your progress to see if/when you’re 100% green so that I can pay you. I’ll request payment from the IFW and once they pay me, I pay you.
If you need to call, leave a message saying who you are and why you're calling so that I can return your call. Otherwise, I'll chalk it up to you being a telemarketer or a misdialed call and won't acknowledge it. If you can’t text me, send me an email to mclermont@easymoneyfreegifts.com. I check my email frequently throughout the day. If neither of those work for you, check to see if my status is shown as available (which means I’m at my computer) in the Meebo widget here on my site and send me a private message. If you prefer to communicate using social media sites or IM clients, my info for each is available via the links above the ‘Make A Donation’ button in the top right column here on my site.
Remember, when you succeed, I succeed. Any questions you may have, any help you may need, don’t hesitate to contact me at any reasonable hour (Eastern Standard Time). I completed offers (and still do) to get paid and so can you. It’s just as the site name says: it’s easy money!
But what about the free gifts, you ask? Click here to move on to step 4 for info on how to earn those free gifts.
