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Struggling with Promoting on Free Stuff Sites

by ampeloi13
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I was wondering if any ecommerce owners have ever offered discounts or coupons at Free Stuff websites? Was looking for some advice about doing this as my early attempts have got me in hot water with the mods. Meaning I was trying not to come across as spam or self referral but it appears I was. Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author BizOnTheWeb
    Can you post some examples of what your offers looked like?
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    • Profile picture of the author Solid Commerce
      I think we might need a bit more information about your question.

      Would you mind elaborating on your situation? Tell us a bit more about your store, what you sell, what these "free stuff sites" are, exactly how they work, and why you found yourself in hot water with the mods.
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      • Profile picture of the author ampeloi13
        Can you post some examples of what your offers looked like?
        I was offering $10.00 of total purchase for digital books and the $10.00 is good for repeat purchases for time span of 4 weeks. Books are not geared towards IM crowd but for everyday people. Topics include herbalism, paleo & vegetarianism recipe books, Weight loss, conditioning/toning, gardening, hydoponics/aquaponics, self-help/hypnosis, etc.

        To me FREE means FREE if you have to buy something at any point then that isn't free. Perhaps you could give away a small item as a way to build an email list for your store? That may be allowed by these sites.
        Yes I 100% agree with you. Free is Free and the $10.00 discount is the Free giveaway.

        I think we might need a bit more information about your question.

        Would you mind elaborating on your situation? Tell us a bit more about your store, what you sell, what these "free stuff sites" are, exactly how they work, and why you found yourself in hot water with the mods.
        So yes the site is all digital books catering towards the non IM traffic. The 'Free Stuff Sites' were recommended in the WSO I bought from 'Ron Rule' over a year ago. I have other ecommerce stores that are doing fine and are all physical based products. Honestly I wanted to put into play the actionable steps in the WSO I purchased with a digital based store for explorative purposes. http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ng-budget.html

        I respect Ron's work and advice and have sent him a message regarding this also. Expect to hear from him soon. Below is the last email I received:

        We are sorry to inform you that your account has been banned from Slickdeals.net.

        Ban type: Permanent
        Additional details: User received a Permanent Ban Warning and
        was permanently banned.

        Self-promotion is not allowed at Slickdeals.
        If you would like to work with us, please get in touch with
        our business team at bannedadvertiser@slickdeals.net.
        I fully understand that there is paid advertisement but,
        I see thousands of promotional offers with direct links and I
        followed the exact format. Even spent time reading all the TOS/
        FAQ/Forum Rules and sent questions to the mods online explaining
        them what I had to offer. Now I am not a 'Big Box' retail giant.
        However I carefully looked at other posts from new members with
        fewer than 10 posts that had direct links and such.

        I am now a bit obsessed with cracking this nut and learning about
        this process. Feel that there is real merit in it for traffic.
        I know the WSO is old but I respect Ron Rule's work and am hesitant
        to go into greater detail in his WSO.

        Thanks to all for replying to my OP!
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  • Profile picture of the author UnkwnUsr
    To me FREE means FREE if you have to buy something at any point then that isn't free. Perhaps you could give away a small item as a way to build an email list for your store? That may be allowed by these sites.
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