Making Money By Giving Away Free Magazine Subscriptions. Real?

Written on June 8, 2008 | Filed Under Monetize

According to Mike, there are various money-making schemes can be found on the Internet. One of the newest is generating income by giving away free magazine subscription. The idea is to give away free magazine subscription, products and white papers relevant to your blog or website.

This opportunity has been offered by RevResponse, a subsidy of NetLine. To aid you at the beginning, they will give you a co-branded site with a lot of ads and widgets. If you want the official details, this is how RevResponse describes it:

With NetLine’s RevResponse, you’re in the position to give your audience valuable content completely free of charge AND get paid for doing so. As you know all too well, this is practically unheard of. Your users see the value and sign up for the free content, and we pay you a commission on every qualified subscription or download request - including requests from your international audience. Find another network that pays you to give away professional content and resources.

Categories of magazine are various; amounting a total of 600 different offering including podcasts, white papers, trade and business magazines. Popular magazine such as eWeek, BusinessWeek and The Economist are also available. Free offers magazines makes a total of 30 and includes IT, Internet, Small & Medium Business, Sales and Marketing, Finance, Multimedia, Networking etc.

Money is paid on free subscriptions. According to RevResponse: ‘We’ll guarantee you a $1.50 minimum on every qualified subscription/request.’ This can be more. Normal payout is between $2 to $20. There is also money to be made by referring others into the program. The referral range is 20% for the first six months of them joining. Payments are carried out through Check or PayPal. Payments are made in USD and the minimum payout is $50.

The RevResponse team offers both forum and blog where you can get in touch with 100s of other members and actively share information. In the forum there is a section where you can communicate with the admin directly. The RevResponse is a free service and operates internationally.
All in all it is a new kind of business opportunity, which is worth a try.