FREE Gift Cards for Trial Offers!
Its Thursday and you know what that means, a new post about making money! If you missed my previous posts, then check them out here and here. I discuss in detail how to get paid to complete offers, as well as how to get cash back for online purchases.
There are so many different online programs available from helping you find discounts on travel to making sure your identity stays secure. Most of these programs typically bill you a monthly fee to access all the information and resources on their site. To get their site noticed they usually advertise free 1 month trials or sometimes a $1 fee for the first month. They also grab your attention with additional incentives such as free gift cards and products just for trying out their program. The great part is you can ALWAYS cancel within the trial period and still get a FREE gift card or other reward they may be offering.
Read my step by step instructions over here before you start signing up for the offers listed below.
How to Snag FREE Gift Cards:
- Most trial offers are $1 or free for the first month.
- Your free gift card for using the trial membership will not immediately be mailed upon signing up.
- Wait a few days after signing up and you will get a email from them with directions and a link to sign up for the free gift card.
- Follow the detailed instructions in the email to snag your free gift card!
- Cancel your membership a few days before your first months trial ends. That way your gift card will have time to process.
- When you call to cancel your membership the sales reps will be very pushy, so be aware. However, to avoid their sales pitch just repeat “I just want to cancel”.
- Make sure you get a cancellation number and the name of the person your talking with. Write it down and keep it in case you have any problems with your cancellation.
- If for some reason you didn’t cancel in time or didn’t cancel correctly and you get charged, call them up and they will most likely refund the amount for you anyway.
Here is a list of some current Gift Card offers:
- Clever ClubHouse– $20 Blockbuster Gift card for $1 trial.
- Complete Home– $20 Lowe’s Gift Card for $1 trial.
- Great Fun– $10 Exon Mobil Gift Card for $1 trial.
- Privacy Guard-$30 Staples Gift card for FREE trial.
- Buyers Advantage– $10 Target Gift Card for $1 trial.
Thanks for the tip. I signed up to for Privacy Guard to get the $30 Staples gift card. (good way to stock up on printer paper for all those coupons I’ve been printing! lol)After I see how this one goes, then I’ll try some of the others. Please post more things like these.
Thanks, I need to know where you find out about all these goodies… thanks Penny
Have you signed up for these also?
I was thinking about doing the one for staples card.
I’ve signed up for all of them… and the gift cards do come!:)
The key is to be organized and make sure to cancel the trial a few days before it ends.
This is great, I signed up for 4 gift cards! I’m so excited, these will make great gifts. Your blog just keeps delivering useful info-thank you so much.
Thanks for the tips! I signed for all 5 offers and already received 3 email confirmations back (3 days later b/c yesterday 2/26/09).
I am still waiting on the other 2 to email me. This is so cool.
I hope there are other offers like this.
These can be used for many things. Thanks
I signed up for three offers on 3/1, 3/8 I had all gift cards in my hand. Fabulous!
YAY! I’m so happy to hear that!:)
Don’t you just LOVE being able to snag FREE gift cards?!?
Another one of my readers emailed me letting me know she got hers too!
Hi, just wanted to let you know that I received my gift cards.
I got a $30 staples, 2-$10 gift cards for lowes and 2-$10 gc for blockbuster.
Thanks
I am still waiting on the others to come.
I wish there where more like that to do-LOL.
Thanks again.
I have been doing the “free gift card” deals for years. Really enjoy the “free” money! Last summer on vacation, these types of deals earned us a free night at a hotel and a free meal up to $25. We have also earned gift cards for Lowe’s that we used for my nephew’s wedding gift (a combination of several cards). Being organized is the key as they bank on you forgetting to cancel within the first 30 days. I have a standard letter saved on the computer and as soon as the membership info comes, I call up the letter, change the info to that deal, and print out 2 copies (one to send and one for my file). I address the envelope and put the date to send the cancellation letter out. I have not had any problems and have really enjoyed the free gifts.
I received my Lowes $20 gift card. I called to cancel and they offered to extend my free trial until May 3 and give me free gas and groceries! How could I pass that up? I am gonna cancel anyway, so why not get more free stuff out if it??? lol
Can anybody tell me if they give you a lot of hassle when you call in to cancel? I’d love to try doing this, but feel a bit intimidated.
Hi there. I signed up for all 5. I cannot wait. I do have a couple questions if you don’t mind.
1) I see 4 of the 5 are free for the first month. How long did you wait to call and cancel those?
2) How long did it take for you to get your cards? Just curious!
Thanks so much!! Love you blog. I have sent all my co-workers here.
By the way – what is your first name (if you don’t mind)? I hate to call you hip2save. 🙂
I have a question,
Do you have to log in to all the websites to get your gift cards or just once you sign up, your gift cards will be mailed to you?
Amber,
My name is Collin… not Colleen, but Collin and yes, I am a girl!:)
I would cancel your membership a few days before your first months trial ends. That way your gift card will have time to process.
Some of my readers reported getting their gift cards 3 weeks after signing up (before the trial even ended), so they do seem to come pretty fast.
After siging up you’ll need to wait a few days (possibly a little more)and you will get a email from them with directions and a link to sign up for the free gift card.
Follow the detailed instructions in the email to snag your gift card!
Make sure to Cancel your membership a few days before your first months trial ends. That way your gift card will have time to process. You may be like some of my readers, though, and get your gift card before your trial periods even over!:)
Thanks so much for this information ! I blogged about it here: https://bargainfun.blogspot.com/2009/03/free-giftcards.html
I just signed up too. First time I have done anything like this. I am also going to blog about it on my site https://chrissgooddeals.blogspot.com
Just curious if anyone is worried about putting in your credit card/debit card information on these sites? Are you concerned that they will have this on file and could possibly charge you anyways? I have had problems in the past with our car company charging our account when they were specifically told not to. Just being cautious!
Just a note – the Great Fun offer for the ExxonMobil card is actually for a $10 card NOT $20 as listed. Still a $9 money maker.
If you are ever worried about a secure checkout, a lot of credit card companies now offer virtual numbers. A virtual number basically means a one time use number that can be used instead of your “real” credit card number.
Thanks for letting me know about the ExxonMobil card. I’ll go ahead and change that.
I signed up for all of these I really so hope they come. I got all of my confirmation links and ID numbers so I have officially got the cards coming. Can’t wait. Thanks for the post.
I’ve signed up for the Privacy Guard to get the staples gift card..But i’m wondering what the confirmation email looks like..I’m completely new to this, and found your site through a friend I just met at my new college.
Hi Chantelle,
After you sign up wait a few days and you’ll get a confirmation email with your membership information. A few days after that you’ll receive another email with a link to snag your FREE gift card. Just follow the directions in the email and your FREE gift card will be on its way!:)
Thank you for responding, though i am afraid that i may have deleted the 2nd email by mistake…:(
any idea of what i should do?
Call or email the customer service number and explain that you think you may have deleted the email they sent about getting the gift card. They’ll probably just be able to send you a new one via email.
HI, I have called to cancel all five of mine. I still don’t have gift cards for 2 of them yet.
but one I did cancel already and 2 I have to call back tues. next wk to cancel. complete homes ask me to keep my free membership until may 8th and see me a extra $100 in food and gas. I have to send them a receipt and they will mail me a check back.
They other one(buyers advantage) ask me to keep the trial until april 4th.
anyoone else getting the same responses?
hey…ive posted alot..just wanted to let you know that i came across another one….
heres the link..its for a 25$ target gift card…and its 1.95 for s&h, for a 30 day trial…
https://www.nicolessavingsadvantage.com/user/register
Thanks, great find!:)
OH MY GOSH!!!! This totally worked..not that I doubted your expertice I just figured I would mess it up somehow. I got all my cards today exactly 10 days from the day I signed up. I got $20 in gas cards so maybe the person who only got $10 may want to check into that. I signed up for the $25 target card and free Papa John’s pizza too, plus we used the pizza card we got a free trial to entertainment weekly and another $10 instant papa johns card. I totally LOVE this. You are the absolute best. Thank you!
I received the additional coupons for free gas and groceries. What a scam! You have to have an active membership in order to use them for Complete Home. Even though they extended my membership to May, I can only use one of the certificates for $25 unless I extend the membership by paying the monthly fee. No thanks……..not worth it.
I have yet to receive any gift cards in the mail. I have canceled the one that had to be canceled within 7 days (that may have been the bakeware one from a different site). I am starting to get worried.
Don’t get too worried yet! Did you already receive the email with the details on how to submit and get your gift card?
All I say say is THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Got the $30.00 Staples today, 2 $10.00 Exxon and 2 $10.00 Blockbuster. Chris
I got my $10 Target, two $10 BB and $30 Staples cards today! Thanks! What a fun mail day. Do I need to wait until I spend them to cancel my membership or can I cancel the memberships now and use the cards later?
Good luck with your move! Those poor movers … I can’t imagine having to move your storage! lol 🙂
I received the $30 Staples, 2 $10 BB, 2 $10 Exxon today, I signed up 3/11. Got the Papa Johns pizza last week & just signed up for the $10 & $25 Target cards. Thank you for these offers! You are awesome!!!
Shanna,
You can cancel your memberships now and use your cards later!:)
Got my giftcards today!!!!!!WOOOHOOO
love free stuff. Please post more offers like these.
Just wanted to let you know that I got my Staples Gift Card today..woo hoo, lol
this will definately come in handy for the ink i need :))
I signed up for Nicole’s Advantage over 6 days ago, and have yet to receive an email to claim the target gift card. Has anyone got their gift card & when did you get your confirmation email to claim the gift card? Thanks!
Hi Ryan,
Sorry for the confusion. Nicoles Saving Advantage is a little different then the other gift card trial offers. You will actually receive a form in the mail (not your email) about a week after signing up… it could take a little longer. Once you send it back it will take 1 week from the time they receive it to mail out the gift card.
I got all 4 of the gift cards in the mail today 3/30/09 and just signed up on the 25th of March. The only one not received is the BlockBuster gift card, which I am sure is on it’s way. thanx!
I found a new one to ad that 1800flowers.com sent me via email. Here’s the link: https://www.greatfunsite.com/global/scripts/promo.asp?ref=GF23800FLOL0004&cm_mmc=email-_-email-_-20090331livewella-_-lwfeatures&cm_em=
I received my membership kit from Nicole’s Advantage but there is no form for a gift card. Just a CD and a pharmacy card. The CD seems just to open a website. Any ideas?
Awesome!
I will post that soon!
CrystalKitten,
I posted this under your other comment and thought I’d post it here in case you don’t see it:
I would call them. I’m not quite sure if the membership info comes before the gift card form.
I wish I could be more help. I normally do the offers prior to posting… but since we were in the process of moving, I decided it wouldn’t be the best idea to sign up for this one.
Please keep me posted on what they say!:)
Love Hip2Save! I just signed up for several gift card offers, all of which I think are under Trilegent. Unfortunately, I didn’t think to google the company until After I’d signed up for 4 offers.
I discovered that there was a gigantic class action lawsuit against the company that finished last year, with Trilegent as the loser. Hundreds of thousands of people were being charged money repeatedly for programs that they (a) claimed they never signed up for; (b) signed up for but canceled; and (c) signed up for without knowing it (ie: received something looking like a rebate check in the mail; cashing it automatically enrolled them in some kind of program that charges fees).
I realize that we are all playing fully by the rules, reading all the fine print, and canceling trials within the specified time limits. But some stories I read online are from people who claim that they did exactly that. This is not to say that we are going to be scammed – this is just to say that hundreds of thousands of people have been scammed by this company during this decade, and the courts have confirmed it.
We should all monitor our credit card statements very carefully from here on out. And if anyone finds something fishy, holler about it so we can check if we’re affected. If I had done my background reading first, I would not have signed up for any of these, but it’s too late now. Be vigilant, folks! And take good care 🙂
I have heard bad thing about this company too, but honestly I have done these gift card offers for over 2 years now and have always gotten my gift cards in the mail.
If any of you ever have any issues, then please do let us know!
Yeah, I don’t doubt I’ll get my gift cards. It’s just that I hope there aren’t any other surprises. Keep the awesome site going, Hip2Save! -J.