V-Bux, an incentive marketing website, today announced the shipment of over $1,000,000.00 worth of rewards to its college student user base. Incepted in December of 2006, V-Bux gives web users the opportunity to receive free consumer electronics in exchange for trying third-party advertisers’ products and services. V-Bux is owned by the Vintage Network LLC.Unlike traditional incentive incentive marketing websites, V-Bux incorporates a referral model, ensuring quality of lead generation, and promoting long-term, organic growth. Motivated by the prospect of receiving a reward, V-Bux users participate in sponsors’ products and services and refer others to do the same.

“V-Bux’s ongoing success owes itself to the exponential growth innate in a referral-based model. Not only does it take the burden off of the user, but it ensures a diverse and well-qualified set of leads reaches the advertiser,” said Vintage Network LLC President/CEO Jonathan Manzi.

V-Bux has become increasingly popular across college campuses, providing savvy students with an opportunity to obtain the most popular consumer electronics while trying products and services that interest them. Access to this demographic enables advertisers to create brand awareness and build customer loyalty among a young generation. “In four to six years, the vast majority of these individuals will be entering the workforce and will be starting families. Advertisers recognize the substantial value in connecting with this demographic,” commented Manzi.

Vintage Network LLC holds a myriad of web properties in the digital media industry. In 2008, the company plans to expand into the international market, while continuing to grow its presence in the pay-per-performance marketplace.

Contact:

Jason Webber, director of public relations
Vintage Network, LLC
888-250-8993 x703

Yes, trading referrals on freebie sites is great of course, but A4F always has to mix it up a bit so we’re proud to introduce our Freebie FORUM referral contest! Our very own PrizeShopper will be sponsoring the contest and we will be giving out 2 ipod touches, 2 ipod nanos and 2 ipod shuffles! The contest is simple really, all A4F members have a new component in their Control Panel called Referrals. There are 6 sections within said component:

• Refer your friends!: You have 2 options, you can send emails to your friends directly from A4F, or copy your ref link and use it just like any other referral link.
• Pending referals: Displays everyone you have referred who have yet to register. In other words, your Yellows are listed here.
• Point structure: The overall point structure in effect. More on this in a bit…
• View your downline: Your signed-up referrals (”Greens”) as well as any indirect points your refs have earned.
• Top referers: The top dogs.
• Running contests: You’ll want to pay close attention to this link.

Contest Prizes!

Anything4Free Referral Contest	PrizeShopper Referrals Contest
1st Place: iPod Touch (or $299 Paypal) 2nd Place: iPod Nano (or $149 Paypal) 3rd Place: iPod Shuffle (or $49 Paypal)	1st Place: iPod Touch (or $299 Paypal) 2nd Place: iPod Nano (or $149 Paypal) 3rd Place: iPod Shuffle (or $49 Paypal)

The A4F referral leaders will be auto tabulated in real time, so as soon as the contest ends, the A4F’ers with the first, second, and third most referral points will be the winners. The Prizeshopper referral leaders will be tabulated daily and the PrizeShoppers with the first, second and third most completed referrals will be the winners on that side.

This contest is open to everyone except A4F Administrators and begins today!! The contest will be open for ~1 month and ends at 12:00 Noon EST on Thursday, June 12th. Good luck, and start referring!

Now for a bit of the fine print.

Anything4Free referral contest details:

1) Refer a member to A4F: 15 Points
2) Your referral donates (to become Bronze, Silver or a Gold Donator): 45 Points
3) You get 50% of what your referrals earn from their referrals (downline)
4) And to keep it fair, if a referral gets banned (for scamming/frauding/etc) the referrer will be deducted 100 points
And any points you collect will count in the annual referral competition (more on that later)

PrizeShopper referral contest details:

1) Only Referrals who sign up May 12th through June 12th, will be counted for the contest.
2) Refer a member who completes offer requirements on a $40/ref site: 1 point
3) Refer a member who completes offer requirements on a $80/ref site: 2 points

Rules

1) Referrals of winners for each contest will be checked to ensure no spamming or fraudulent activity took place in getting the referrals. Anyone found spamming, frauding or using proxies to obtain referrals will be disqualified.
2) You must be a member of both Anything4Free and PrizeShopper to be considered for the prizes.
3) You must have fun getting your referrals because what is a contest without a lot of fun and prizes?

        As part of our effort to make freebie trading on Anything4Free.com as safe as possible, we are pleased to announce our newest member group A4F Premium Member.  The price and perks are listed below, but first an explanation as to the purpose and our goals for the new system. 

        With the new Premium group comes a new system for trading.  Now new beginner traders with fewer than 4 Trader Rating(TR) will have access to our Beginner’s Trading Post (BTP) until they get a few trades under their belt.  And the people they will trade with are either 50TR+ veteran traders or 4+TR Premium Members.  We feel this will allow them a safe introduction to referral trading which will in turn allow new members to see how great freebies can be and give them extra reason to stick around for bit, which logically will help the trading scene overall.  Any user at 4TR+ is not affected and there is no requirement to purchase Premium at ANY level.  Aside from the benefits that come with the packge, the people who do purchase Premium Membership also will then have an added responsibility to make sure they trade safely with the 0-3TR traders. 

    Cost: $29.95:/6 months or $49.95/12 months

    How/where: Open a ticket in our Ticket System in the Premium Member department. 

    Benefits:

•  Upgraded forum access: 4TR+: Create threads in our new Beginner’s Trading Post. 0-3TR: Create threads in the normal trading forums.
•  2500 Private Message Inbox space
•  Pick your own song for your Profile page
•  Premium Member Icon
•  Forum matching bright orange username
•  Larger avatar (150X150)
•  Reduced Flood Control (search the forums quicker)

FAQ

What are the new forums? - In addition to the normal trade forums, there is now the Beginner’s Trading Post (BTP).

What users have access to the 2 forums?

• 0-3TR traders only have access in the BPT.
• 0TR-3TR Premium Members have full access in the normal trade forums.
• 4TR+ traders have the same access as they did before, in the normal trade forums. 
• 50+TR trader have access in both. 
• 4TR+ Premium Members have access in both.

How can I purchase Premium Membership? - Open a ticket in our Ticket System.

How can I purchase a Pinned thread in the new BTP? - You would need to be over 50TR OR 4TR+ Premium Member.  If you are, open a ticket in our Ticket System.

How many threads may we have open with the new system? - The 2 threads per forum rule is still in affect for the normal trade forums.  The rule for the new BTP is 1 thread per forum. 

Congratulations go out to Heath_29 on her recent freebie!

She received a PS3, 5 Prologue, Call of Duty 4, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Spiderman 3 Blu-ray, and a Dual Shock Controller.

Be sure to tell her congrats, HERE.

I am no networking genius but I finally have my network set up the way I always wanted it. I found this program called Network Magic which was the easiest network set up I’ve ever seen. It has everything I thought Windows Vista should have standard.

Before this program, I’ve spent hours trying to get a decent network set up on XP or Vista. I have a wireless network with a desktop and a laptop sharing the same internet but I could never get it to share the printer or folders.

I installed it and was able to share the printer and share any folders I wanted within a minute after install. If you were looking for a program like this, give their 7 day trial a go. I ended up buying it within two days!

A4F is proud to annouce our new Free TV section! Each day, there are more and more places to watch free full episodes online. Many of these shows contain their full back log of episodes. Want to catch up on Lost? Do you find yourself reminiscing about old South Park shows? They are all here.

We currently have 205 tv shows listed and this will be growing quickly. We’ll be bringing them together in one spot and you can help! Is there something we are missing? Email us the link and we’ll add it.

Here are some of the special features. Big thanks you to Eric (eMoney) for implementing the AJAX effects!

Channel Chooser: Browse through this to link directly to the full episode sections on each site.

TV Show Viewer: Each show loads full screen without leaving A4F. You can also click the left/right buttons to browse between the TV links!

Pop some pop corn and enjoy! Want to watch them on your TV? There are ways to connect your laptop to your TV. (The easiest is arguably the S-Video cable if you have the connection available on both devices.)

Like what you see? Help us spread the word!