by Troy G Jones

Free giftcards are everywhere online. Some are good, some are bad. Some nay-sayers claim they are scams. But most of these nay-sayers have overlooked some part of the program requirements.

So how do you find the best online giftcard for you? Follow the five steps below to claim your free online gift card.

Step #1: Find the Best Free Gift Card Online
There are a lot of free online gift cards out there. How do you decide which giftcard is best? The fastest way to determine which card offer is the best is to compare the estimated dollar amount of the card vs. the program requirements.

For example, there are quite a few giftcard offers worth $1000 and the typical program requirements are 2 Silver, 2 Gold, and 9 Platinum offers. This is an average offer for a free online gift card worth $1000. Wouldn't you rather get that gift card for 2 Silver, 2 Gold, and 7 Platinum?

Most offers require program participation. Those that don't are scams. Since the program requirements are mostly the same from one offer to the next a simple comparison of 2 Silver, 2 Gold, 9 Platinum for $1000 to 2 Silver, 2 Gold, 7 Platinum for $1000 is a reasonably accurate means of comparison.

Step #2: Sign Up for Your Top 3 Free Online Gift Cards
Most free online gift card offers won't allow you to see the promotional offers (Silver, Gold, and Platinum level offers) until after you've signed up. Signing up just requires an email address or zip code. Once you've signed up for the gift card offer then they will send you to a series of pages listing all of the promotional offers available. That leads us to Step #3.

Step #3: Print Out the Program Requirements for Each Free Online Gift Card
After you've signed up for your top 3 free online giftcard offers print out every page of promotional offers for each giftcard offer. This will allow you to compare each offer side by side. The printouts are necessary for later reference.

Step #4: Examine all the Print Outs
Compare the promotional offers from each of your top 3 free online gift card offers and decide which offer set you have the best chance of completing. Many people think free giftcards are scams because they don't fulfill all of the program requirements. Make sure that you can complete any offer before you begin fulfilling any of the promotional offers.

Step 5: Complete the Best Free Online Gift Card
Once you've decided which giftcard is for you, and you've decided which promotional offers you are going to fulfill then go to it. Make sure you fulfill as many promotional offers as fast as you can. You don't want to fulfill most of the required offers and forget to finish. You will have wasted your time.

Remember that the nay-sayers complain because they didn't get their giftcard. They didn't get their card because they didn't complete all of the necessary steps. Complete all of the offers as fast as possible there is a time limit of 60 days (for most offers). Make sure you read all of the Terms & Conditions for the giftcard offer. Don't get rudely surprised!

Troy Jones

Search Free Online Gift Card Offers with Ratings -- Remember anything above 3 stars is an excellent offer!

http://wiki.Free-Gift-Card.us

Troy Jones is the owner and creator of the Free Gift Card wiki where he provides ratings of every gift card offer he can find. Troy also provides a number tips and tricks for helping you get your free gift card with a minimum of effort.

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