General strategies and introduction to Offers

             When you go to a GPT website, you will be faced with offers to complete.  ‘Offers’ are basically advertisement links that come with requirements and which you are paid to complete.  You will generally see the name of the offer and what you are expected to do once you follow each link.  Example: Video Professor – Sign up for the free trial.  Once completed, some offers will automatically credit to your account or you will have to click a button indication your completion.

 
List of offers at TreasureTrooper.com

             Many of the offers you will encounter offer various payouts, ranging from $0.50 to up to $50, $100, or more.  These payout differences are related to what is required.  There are free offers, which require no credit card or any type of agreement.  You generally would have to fill out a number of pages of survey-type questions or sign up for another website’s free services.  The other type is paid offers.  This required you to possibly pay some money up front, although there are several free trials.  

             An Example: an offer requires you to sign up for a two week trial for $1.95 shipping and processing.  The payout is $12.  After the 14-day trial, you will be charged $59.95 a month.  In this particular case, it becomes necessary for you to cancel the service after the $1.95 has been charged but before the end of the trial.  As a general rule, it is important to cancel a trial offer one or two days before the last day. 

Some good, reliable trial offers

             These are some common trials that appear on many GPT websites.  Aside from the fact that you gain money or some type of credit for completion, these offers also give you a little bit more.  Also, they are easy to use and cancel.

1. Stamps.com – they offer a free 28-day trial for their service plus $5.00 of free printable postage.  They say the offer a one month trial, but their ‘month’ is actually only 28 days so they can bill clients 13 times a year.  Make sure to cancel before the 28th day.
   

2. Video Professor – they send you one of their $80 lessons to try out for free, and you get to keep the whole thing except one disc of your choice when you cancel before the 10-day trial runs out.  If you happened to do this offer more than once, you could obtain a complete set, which could be sold for $50-60 on eBay or other venue plus the original payout you received.
   

3. Trilegiant Offers – Trilegiant is a company that operates many different money-saving services.  Their trials are one month long, cost only $1, and they offer gift card amounts from $10-$50 in addition to any payout you may receive.  Also, some of their services offer printable coupons for things such as a $12.99 oil change.  Trilegiant websites include AutoVantage, Great Fun, CompleteHome, Traveler’s Advantage, Shopper’s Advantage, PC Safety Plus, Clever Clubhouse, Netmarket, and PrivacyGuard.  I have a separate section on how to make the most out of these trials.
   

4. Netflix and Blockbuster Total Access – you can find free 2-week and one month paid trials for each of these services.  Not only do you get free movie and game rentals, but you get paid for it. 
     

unconventional offers

               Other types of offers cast a wider net even still and require you to do a little more with more of a payout.  A recent trend is for investment and gambling sites to require a deposit and payout at least the deposit amount in return.  Generally, you can get this deposit back once the offer confirms, making 100% profit, possibly from $20-50.  Make sure you have the option to cashout without any action to see if it is worth it.

             Another popular type of offer is credit card applications.  These all require you to get approved for the card, activate it, and make at least one purchase / cash advance of any amount.  I do not recommend doing many credit card offers; the payout should be very high to justify the hard check on your credit report.  Also, if you get or attempt to obtain too many of credit cards, it will reflect poorly on your credit score.  Of the few credit card offers I have ever completed was one for an American Express Business Gold Rewards Card where I was paid $110 by the GPT site and also obtained a free domestic round-trip airline ticket from American Express.  These are the kinds of things you should look for.

             Occasionally there also might be offers that pay you to sign up for potentially very advantageous thing such as a checking or savings account.  These are generally easy to complete, and you can always close the account later if you no longer want it.

             There is a third category of offers that I consider ‘gray area’ offers.  They are often listed on GPT websites as “free” offers, and they generally have low payouts.  Examples of this category are offers where you are required to enter your cell phone number for a service you might be charge $9.99 a month, signing up for a cash advance, or another similar commitment.  Generally, I would recommend you stay away from these types if you can.  There is generally an upfront cost that is larger than the payout you would receive.  

tips & tricks to follow

             Regardless of the GPT website you are at, there are some general strategies to keep in mind.  If you are looking for strategies for a particular site, I likely have a separate section for it somewhere else on this website. 

• Keep track of everything – Trial offers require your punctuality.  If you wait until the last day of the trial period or later, the company will likely charge you an amount that is likely nonrefundable.  With that being said, you need to manage a calendar program with every offer you must cancel listed on the calendar.  Additionally, you want to keep track of any information you might not be able to remember. Information that you should include in your calendar listing: name, address, phone number, email address, business name, date trial expires, GPT website trial was completed through, last 4 digits and type of credit card, any terms and conditions that you think are relevant regarding the offer, and information on how to cancel the offer.

  
  
  
  An example of how you may want to set up each calendar entry
  
  As you can see from the layout above, it is short and concise.  It contains all of the information you will need when you call the number to cancel.  If you have been given a membership number or order number of any kind, this is also very helpful to keep in the calendar file. 
  

• Concentrate on high-paying offers – Your time is very valuable, and it is usually advantageous to concentrate on offers that will give you the largest profit margin and cash profit.  These generally will be trial offers that require a credit card number.  For example, an offer that costs $2.95 to complete but pays out $15 is worth your time.  An offer is dubious value would be an offer that costs $2.95 but only pays out $4, giving you a very small profit for the amount of time you may have put in.  Free offers that pay out $0.50-$2.00 aren’t necessarily bad to complete, but since they won’t really add up quickly and sometimes have problems being confirmed, they shouldn’t be too rigorously pursued.
  

• Clear your private browser cache between offers – This may seem like a real pain, but it will allow offers to confirm more often and more quickly, especially free offers.  Additionally, you should have cookies enabled. 
  

• Don’t complete too many offers at one time – If you do this with free offers, they have a gradually less potential for being confirmed; the advertisers tend to limit daily completions for this by IP address.  Clearing your browser private data can help with this, however.  If you do this with trial offers, you will become pressed for time and possibly have to cancel more offers per day and more days per week then you really have time for.  This will lead to you being charge, which will really hurt your profit.
  

• Fill in ‘No’ for all non-required offers – Some offers will require you to go through an initial survey in which they basically show you a series of ads and ask if you would like to participate in them.  Press Tab to highlight the radio button then Tab to select No.
  

• Check your credit card statement often – Make sure you haven’t been charged by any offers that you have completed.  If you see a charge that shouldn’t be there, immediately call the offer’s customer service and ask them to remove the charge.  If they will not remove it, then you will need to file for a chargeback with your credit card company.

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