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When it comes to doing freebies there will be certain terminology you may not pick up whether you are doing it yourself or trading with others. Today, I will go over the most common acronyms and terms that are commonly used. Some are pretty easy to guess while others may not be as easy.

Green: The term green or going green is used when you or your referrals have signed up and completed an offer and has received credit for the offer. Their sign up status will show as green and you are one step closer to receiving your free gift.

Grey: The term grey is when your referral or yourself have not completed an offer.

Offer: Advertisers pay the freebie site a referral commission when you sign up for the advertiser's product whether it be a trial or not which are called an offer.

GPT: Get Paid To are incentive sites where you are paid to do things yourself rather than referring others under your line. It could be by search, clicks, forum posting, doing offers, and so on. It's the do it yourself of the freebie world.

MCR: Manual credit report is a support ticket that you submit when you do not receive credit for the offer that you or your referral did. Usually you will send a MCR after 2 weeks of not receiving credit. It is important to keep your introductory emails as proof that you did do the said offer.

Approval: Approval is the stage where the site will review your account to make sure there is no fraud among you or your referrals in terms of personal information and offers. If you pass approval then you can order your free gift.

TR: TR is short for trade record. After a successful trade with another trader you are both rewarded with a TR point to show how many successful trades you have accomplished.

Twon is enjoying his $50 from Innovus

Freebie Trading Precautions

So now that you have decided on which forum you want to sign up for, we will venture onward to steps of trading. Being new in the freebie world would make you feel very anxious and make you vulnerable to scammers so listen well and listen good. Everyone loves fresh meat because you can possibly be able to sign up for their sites and they have TR advantage over you. You will receive plenty of messages from other users asking for a trade so here is what you need to know. The usual rule is the person with the lower TR which would be you, will go first. You will be asked to sign up on their site and after you complete your offer and go green they will in return sign up and go green on your site. Afterall all is said and done, you will both receive one TR point for the successful trade. However, most newbies will not experience this at first because they do not take the proper precautions.

1. Never trade with another newbie because they are likely a scammer with another fresh scam account.
2. Always check out their profile and see when their account was made and who they traded with.
3. If all of their trades are with newbies with fresh accounts then they are most likely TR boosting themselves with fake accounts.
3. Never trust anyone no matter how nice they seem because they will scam you.
4. Trade only with long time users and with a high TR of over at least 40.
5. If they seem impatient and constantly hounding you then something is fishy about them.

If you follow these guidelines then you will be okay for the most part but in the event that you are ever scammed then you can always request the site that you signed up for them to either remove your referral or to place your account on hold. Depending on the sites, some sites will actually ban the user if they are ever caught scamming or frauding others. With all of this in mind, have fun and get them freebies.

Mekap04 cashes out $80 on V-Bux

Best Freebie Forums

There are a number of freebie forums out there to choose from but in terms of the best is up to the user. Some forums will appeal to your visual tastes while others will appeal to your sense of content and so on. When it comes to using a freebie forum, you should seek out the one that best fits you especially if you are thinking about wanting to swap trades because trading is based on your trade record. Each forum has their own TR system so it would be wise to build your TR on one forum rather than on multiple forums.

Anything4Free is very user friendly and offers many features. A4F has over 44,000 users and is very active.

FreeiPodGuide is not as appealing visually as A4F but boasts a TR and a karma system.

ReferralSwapper is mainly for trades as you can see from their nearly dead forum.

FreeLunchRoom consists of mostly moms at home that loves to rant about how they got screwed or how they tried to screw sites.

These are the major players so now it's only up to you to see which one is best for you. I personally prefer A4F out of the rest for their activeness and visual appeal. Plus, they have a battle system! Along with other add ons that may or may not appeal to you. Pick your poison.