Thread: ELI5: How can companies give away free products and still make money?

ELI5: How can companies give away free products and still make money? (by Sparky)

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(29 / M-F / Massachusetts)
28-Jul-17 10:12 pm

ELI5: How can companies give away free products and still make money?

Iâ€™ve seen a lot more of this lately where a website is offering a physical product they sell for free. Usually Iâ€™d just figure they would bill your credit card for shipping and handling but these places donâ€™t even ask for a credit card.
Sexyliberation.org is a company that gives away free sex toys
Proctor & Gamble will literally send you tons of sample products: https://www.pgeveryday.com/tag/product-samples-offers
I mean, there is an entire Forum Section devoted to companies giving away free things: /r/freebies
How exactly do they make money by just giving stuff away?

Source.

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MrWalkSoftly (16)

(58 / M-F / Louisiana)
29-Jul-17 1:21 am

FYI, in the source link, there is a link to a sub reddits called Freebies where kinks to all kinds of free stuff is posted....$10 credit to JC Penney, free BBQ sandwich at Sonny's BBQ, just to name a cpl after a cursory look.....

Edit- it's in the OP lol

Last edited by MrWalkSoftly; 29-Jul-17 1:22 am.

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Critter1211 (11)

(49 / F-MF / Tennessee)
29-Jul-17 1:48 am

I want freebies

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MrWalkSoftly (16)

(58 / M-F / Louisiana)
29-Jul-17 1:53 am

@Critter1211: Here's one....

"Free Volition Beauty Product Samples. Choose From: Mattifying Mist, Restorative Eye Gel, Defense Gel, Brightening Polish or Gelee Mask"

IDK what that is but it sounds girly

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Critter1211 (11)

(49 / F-MF / Tennessee)
29-Jul-17 1:58 am

@MrWalkSoftly: Lol mist or eye gel sounds good to me. The other night i filled out form after form for free samples online, spent about 45 minutes doing it, just to be sent back to the beginning 4 times. So frustrating. I just wanted some damn coupons lol

Last edited by Critter1211; 29-Jul-17 1:59 am.

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