FreeSampleForager.com Review
In the spirit of making sure you are aware of other quality free sample web sites I am going to regularly bring you updates on sites I frequently visit myself with behind the scenes interviews with the site owners.
This month I’d like to introduce you to Dave and Tiffiney from FreeSampleForager.com
A Bit About Them
Dave and Tiff are a married couple from North Carolina in the USA. Dave is a web site developer and business start-up consultant, while Tiffiney is a small business owner. They both live busy lives and still seem to find time to bring some quality free product samples to you.
How Long Has FreeSampleForager been operating?
About 9 months, since April 2007.
Why Did They Start the Site?
We were free sample hobbyists for some time and enjoyed sharing our finds with friends and family.
It was frustrating trying to link each and every freebie in email and chat, so we started FreeSampleForager to have an easy place to let our loved ones know where to find cool freebies.
Over time, we have grown to thousands of daily visitors from across the world and have seen our traffic grow so large we had to move the site to a more powerful server late this year.
What do they get out of giving you freebies?
At first, we really enjoyed how much our friends and family responded. Many of them became serious freebie hobbiests. As the site grew, we realized our site had become a hub for many thousands of people from all walks of life who enjoyed this hobby.
It is incredibly rewarding to get emails from people who never knew there was such a fun, easy, and no-cost hobby where you could get such safe enjoyment and sent all sorts of surprises into their mailboxes 6 days a week.
At the same time, we love the fact that product-makers are able to get their samples and freebies out to the family decision-makers and primary shoppers who would be most likely to consider purchasing their products.
Fostering the relationship between brands and consumers is an amazing process and we are fortunate to have created and maintained such a fun and useful link in the flow.
What are your main geographical visitors?
Our main visitors are in the US, but we also have many visitors from Canada, Australia, the UK, Ireland, Mexico and from places as diverse as Chile and South Korea.
Why should visitors read your web site?
We maintain daily freebies in an easy to follow, well-tagged, and categorized directory while weeding out offers that are not-safe, not-legit, not-free, or which may not be offered with intention of sending out thousands of free items.
Many small businesses put up free sample offers on their sites and in their stores, but are not financially able to handle the traffic that the FSF and sites like it can send. We do not post these sorts of offers, saving everyone involved time and frustration.
We never post links that require one cent of cost to the receiver, or which require more than simple forms, an email, a phone call, or (for in-store offers) simply asking for the freebie at a store location.
Do you make any money from your site?
We have used many different monetization strategies, but our current layout uses Google Adsense (Pay-Per-Click) and Google Referrals (Pay-Per-Lead).
We have also sold ad placement for specific campaigns and will continue to consider all advertising requests.
Do you have a web site feed visitors can subscribe too?
Your visitors can receive our free sample updates by subscribing to our feed.
Other information you’d like FreeSamplesDirect visitors to know?
2008 will bring new features and functions to our blog, many of which have been specifically requested by our readers.
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I highly recommend checking out Dave and Tiff’s site and telling your friends and family about it if you enjoy it.
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A+ Review Alissa I will add this one to my bookmarks!
nice interview and another nice site
Wow, I’m a Freebie Website owner and even I didn’t know about FSF. Thanks for this interview, Alissa!
Passing through and wanted to say hello