October 23rd, 2008
We’ll start our guides to getting a free iPhone with the country where iPhoneWorld.ca is located — Canada. Below is a short and simple overview of how to get your iPhone absolutely free of charge and without contract if you live in Canada… If you live elsewhere, stay tuned for our upcoming guides designed for other countries.
So, first of all, you must be wondering whether this is a scam. The answer is no, it is not a scam. In fact several iPhoneWorld.ca staff members got their iPhones this way and can attest to this. And as one of the biggest news and information sites in Canada we have absolutely 0 reason to mislead or lie to our readers.
So how does this work if it’s not a scam, you may ask? The short answer is that there are several “rewards sites” operating online, offering you free prizes for trying products or services and referring friends to do the same. These sites get money from established companies by participating in their affiliate programs, so for every new client they bring to the companies they receive some funds. After that they use this money to buy the free gifts they promise.
Now you might say “but if I sign up for some company’s products or services they’ll probably want me to pay, right?” Well, while this is the case with some of the offers, we’ve done the digging for you and came up with a list of only free offers.
Now that we went through the basic theory, let’s get down to business, shall we? Below is a simple step by step explanation how to get your free iPhone if you live in Canada. The only requirements are that you should be a Canadian resident, and you should have a valid credit card in order to complete the offers (if you don’t have a credit card, you can use the Mastercard debit card that costs $20 from MoneyMart).
#1) Sign up at this free offers site - YourFreeiPhone.com. When you sign up make sure you select a “referral account” = option #2.
#2) Select the prize you want… Currently the company is offering 8GB and 16GB models of the 3G iPhone, as well as cash prizes of $490 USD and $580 USD, and a $599 USD Apple gift certificate… The choice is yours, and you can actually change your selection later.
#3) Now that you’ve signed up it’s time to complete some free offers… We’ll pick “Level B Offers” at the site… Each offer completed there will give you a certain amount of points, and in total you should earn 50 points or more by completing them. The two that we recommend are:
-a) eMusic (Canada) = this is a completely free trial offer. They give you 25 free music tracks to download, while you can cancel at any time without being charged. To sign up for this offer go to Level B Offers -> Page 4 -> eMusic (Canada). This will give you 20 points.
-b) Princess Book Club = this trial requires you to pay $7.99 + tax to order the trial. However, as the terms and conditions state “If not 100% satisfied, return Sweet Success at Grolier’s expense within 7 days of receipt to cancel your membership and receive a full refund.” — and they even include a free shipping envelope, so it won’t cost you a penny overall. To sign up for this offer go to Level B Offers -> Page 8 -> Princess Book Club. This will give you 34 points.
…now that you’ve completed these two offers your part is done — you’ve accumulated 54 points and you only needed 50. Now just don’t forget to cancel your free trials on time so you wouldn’t be charged!!!
NOTE: If you want to complete some other trial offers instead, make sure they’re indeed completely free like the two offers above are….
#4) Now here comes the slightly harder part: you’ve got to find some friends –or total strangers– to complete the same (or other) offers so you could receive your prize… and they could also receive an iPhone. The number of people you have to refer varies on the prize you’ve selected: 8 referrals will get you an 8GB iPhone 3G, while 10 referrals will get you a 16GB iPhone 3G. To get credit for referring them make sure you provide them with your affiliate link to the free offers site… You can keep track of how many people you’ve referred through the offers site’s interface.
#5) Once you’ve referred enough people you can order your prize. You will receive your iPhone or Apple gift card by mail approximately within three weeks after you’ve ordered it. As for the cash prizes, you can either have them sent to you through Paypal (which comes in pretty fast), or by a cheque sent through mail (takes around the same time as it’d take to get an iPhone).
So if you’ve followed these simple 5 steps you should have your iPhone 3G or some cash to buy it in almost no time.
And here are some important tips:
- Make sure you follow links to free offers listed above directly from the offers site — this way they can track that you’ve actually signed up for the offer.
- Keep all e-mails you receive from companies to whose offers you’ve signed up (eMusic and Princess Book Club) — they are proof that you’ve completed this offers for the unlikely event that you won’t receive credit for completing them automatically.
- Keep in mind that you’re only allowed to receive ONE prize from this site. As such pick the prize you want, and do not sign up again (else you will be disqualified).
- Remember to cancel the trials before they’re over so you would not be charged anything.
- Getting people to complete the free offers is the hardest part, but don’t give up. If you have a blog or some other kind of website, post information about this free iPhone offer there along with your referral link there. If you don’t have a site, try posting it in your Facebook or Myspace account. Otherwise, just tell about it to your real life and online friends. The important thing is that you should not resort to SPAM — using spam to reach your goal will surely get your account banned.
And here’s the website link again.
P.S. If something doesn’t work or you just have some questions, post your comments below!
So, first of all, you must be wondering whether this is a scam. The answer is no, it is not a scam. In fact several iPhoneWorld.ca staff members got their iPhones this way and can attest to this. And as one of the biggest news and information sites in Canada we have absolutely 0 reason to mislead or lie to our readers.
So how does this work if it’s not a scam, you may ask? The short answer is that there are several “rewards sites” operating online, offering you free prizes for trying products or services and referring friends to do the same. These sites get money from established companies by participating in their affiliate programs, so for every new client they bring to the companies they receive some funds. After that they use this money to buy the free gifts they promise.
Now you might say “but if I sign up for some company’s products or services they’ll probably want me to pay, right?” Well, while this is the case with some of the offers, we’ve done the digging for you and came up with a list of only free offers.
Now that we went through the basic theory, let’s get down to business, shall we? Below is a simple step by step explanation how to get your free iPhone if you live in Canada. The only requirements are that you should be a Canadian resident, and you should have a valid credit card in order to complete the offers (if you don’t have a credit card, you can use the Mastercard debit card that costs $20 from MoneyMart).
#1) Sign up at this free offers site - YourFreeiPhone.com. When you sign up make sure you select a “referral account” = option #2.
#2) Select the prize you want… Currently the company is offering 8GB and 16GB models of the 3G iPhone, as well as cash prizes of $490 USD and $580 USD, and a $599 USD Apple gift certificate… The choice is yours, and you can actually change your selection later.
#3) Now that you’ve signed up it’s time to complete some free offers… We’ll pick “Level B Offers” at the site… Each offer completed there will give you a certain amount of points, and in total you should earn 50 points or more by completing them. The two that we recommend are:
-a) eMusic (Canada) = this is a completely free trial offer. They give you 25 free music tracks to download, while you can cancel at any time without being charged. To sign up for this offer go to Level B Offers -> Page 4 -> eMusic (Canada). This will give you 20 points.
-b) Princess Book Club = this trial requires you to pay $7.99 + tax to order the trial. However, as the terms and conditions state “If not 100% satisfied, return Sweet Success at Grolier’s expense within 7 days of receipt to cancel your membership and receive a full refund.” — and they even include a free shipping envelope, so it won’t cost you a penny overall. To sign up for this offer go to Level B Offers -> Page 8 -> Princess Book Club. This will give you 34 points.
…now that you’ve completed these two offers your part is done — you’ve accumulated 54 points and you only needed 50. Now just don’t forget to cancel your free trials on time so you wouldn’t be charged!!!
NOTE: If you want to complete some other trial offers instead, make sure they’re indeed completely free like the two offers above are….
#4) Now here comes the slightly harder part: you’ve got to find some friends –or total strangers– to complete the same (or other) offers so you could receive your prize… and they could also receive an iPhone. The number of people you have to refer varies on the prize you’ve selected: 8 referrals will get you an 8GB iPhone 3G, while 10 referrals will get you a 16GB iPhone 3G. To get credit for referring them make sure you provide them with your affiliate link to the free offers site… You can keep track of how many people you’ve referred through the offers site’s interface.
#5) Once you’ve referred enough people you can order your prize. You will receive your iPhone or Apple gift card by mail approximately within three weeks after you’ve ordered it. As for the cash prizes, you can either have them sent to you through Paypal (which comes in pretty fast), or by a cheque sent through mail (takes around the same time as it’d take to get an iPhone).
So if you’ve followed these simple 5 steps you should have your iPhone 3G or some cash to buy it in almost no time.
And here are some important tips:
- Make sure you follow links to free offers listed above directly from the offers site — this way they can track that you’ve actually signed up for the offer.
- Keep all e-mails you receive from companies to whose offers you’ve signed up (eMusic and Princess Book Club) — they are proof that you’ve completed this offers for the unlikely event that you won’t receive credit for completing them automatically.
- Keep in mind that you’re only allowed to receive ONE prize from this site. As such pick the prize you want, and do not sign up again (else you will be disqualified).
- Remember to cancel the trials before they’re over so you would not be charged anything.
- Getting people to complete the free offers is the hardest part, but don’t give up. If you have a blog or some other kind of website, post information about this free iPhone offer there along with your referral link there. If you don’t have a site, try posting it in your Facebook or Myspace account. Otherwise, just tell about it to your real life and online friends. The important thing is that you should not resort to SPAM — using spam to reach your goal will surely get your account banned.
And here’s the website link again.
P.S. If something doesn’t work or you just have some questions, post your comments below!
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