This month I’d like to introduce you to Ryan aka Goob from HeyItsFree.Net

A Bit About Ryan
Ryan is 25, lives in Virginia, USA and is a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina majoring in History (which you can see he is putting to good use through running a freebie website! ).

If they made an iPod that held 9 gazillion songs he is pretty sure he could still fill it up and find room to complain that there isn’t enough space

How Long Has HeyItsFree (HIF) been operating?
Since March 2006

Why Did Ryan Start the Site?
I used to be into the “referral” based freebies, you know the ones where it says “click here to get a free iPod” or something. Turns out many of those companies are scams.

It was a bit time consuming and annoying, so I started to wonder if there was anything on the Internet that was just 100% free. No referrals, no credit cards, just pure freebies. I didn’t care if it was just a pen or one coffee sample, I wanted anything I could get! It turned out there was a lot of stuff, so I put together all the free stuff and HIF was born.

This is the key reason why I’m a big fan of HeyItsFree as I totally agree with this approach!

What does Ryan get out of giving you freebies?
Over the past two years, I’ve made some great friends through HIF that I never would have made otherwise.

But even just on a daily basis, I love the challenge of trying to think of new and funny stories to share in my posts day in and day out. And every time I get an e-mail from a reader just thanking me for running the site and how much they love getting freebies in the mail, it puts a giant smile on my face.

What are your main geographical visitors?
We’re mainly a USA site, with 100% of everything posted on HIF being available to users here. About 25% of the stuff we post is also available to Canadian users.

Why should visitors read your web site?
The question is, why shouldn’t they?! Well, to start with everything I post on HIF has some sort of humerus story or observation about the freebie.

We do little videos from time to time called “Freebie Reviews” and HIF has a forum at http://www.heyitsfree.net/forums.

Do you make any money from your site?
I use Google Adsense. I sold text link ads in the past, but Google wasn’t a big fan of them, so I bailed on those. I refuse to put up any paid links to “free” stuff that actually isn’t 100% free. We have also sold ad placement for specific campaigns.

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?
Just remember, freebies are supposed to be fun! If you find yourself getting frustrated over a freebie not coming or not being as cool as you’d hoped, just give it away and go sign up for something else to get your mind off it!

Before you know it, you’ll have a nice little collection of free swag coming through your mailbox every day while all your friends and neighbors have nothing but bills and junk mail =)

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I highly recommend checking out Ryan’s HeyItsFree.net (HIF) web site and telling your friends and family about it if you enjoy it!