Completing Affiliate Offers To Get Your Free Gift.

In order to be eligible for your free gift, you must complete one of the offers on your referral site. To do this, go to the offers section (the example below is taken from Xpango) and browse through the offers available; each offer will detail the conditions of completing the offer successfully to gain your credit. You must ensure to abide by these conditions, otherwise you will not receive your credit, and you may risk having your account put on hold by some sites (see the Terms and Conditions of completing the offer your referrals site for more details).

Once you have selected an offer you would like to complete, click on the link. The website for your chosen offer will load up, and you will be directed through the process of signing up. Some of the offers are free, and some require a small payment (usually around £10, e.g. Jackpotjoy). You must click on the link through your referral site in order to sign up to the offer, otherwise you will not receive your credit for completion.

When completing an offer, you need to make sure you have cookies enabled in your browser to allow the system to track your referral ID through the affiliate website. It is also recommended that you delete your cookies before you click on the link for your chosen offer to avoid any problems tracking to your account.

Most of the offers (with the exception of the banking offers, such as Cahoot) will require you to enter your credit card details, even if they are free. For the free trials, such as Lovefilm and Which? Online, this method is used to enable subscribers of the free trial to continue seamlessly onto a paid subscription, once the trial period has elapsed. Those of you who wish to participate only in the free trial should pay particular attention to the duration of the trial; you must ensure to cancel your subscription within the stated trial period to avoid being charged.

Once you have completed your offer, you should be credited on your referrals site within the time stated. Depending on the offer you complete, this usually happens within about 5 days, but this can vary from site to site. Note that the confirmation of a completed Lovefilm offer can take several weeks on some networks, such as the Giveaway Network and Real Incentives, and you will see a 'Lovefilm Pending' notice during this period. This is to enable the free gifts site to confirm that the Lovefilm offer has been completed properly prior to awarding the credit, as the Lovefilm offer is particularly popular and prone to being improperly completed.

When you have been credited, your account will update to show your completed offer: