Free Shares From Using Online Products & Services
Back in 'the good old days' this section of the site used to be full of thriving young web sites, all keen to grab your custom by offering you a small share in their future success in exchange for you helping them get there. The best of these have now closed their doors to newer customers, but sadly many just quietly disappeared.
It looks like a revival may be on the way, but today it's only worth a quick look here, before you head over to our free stuff page.
Active Sites:
me2everyone
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NEW Just getting news on this one. me2everyone is in the early stages of launching and are now awarding 1,000 250 free shares to everyone who gets involved now. It's going to be a new virtual online world and social networking site. But with lots of unusual twists that make it a very interesting prospect. Definitely recommend joining this one. But do it today because the free shares are only being given out to those who join in the early days, and the amount for new members keeps reducing. Click For me2everyone
(Or read more about me2everyone free shares)
TxtShare
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NEW TxtShare is offering 10,000 free shares if you manage to be one of the first 5,000 users to join - it's quick and free to join. The free shares then drop to 3,000 for the next 30,000 members, and eventually down to just 500. So join quick to get the most benefit. The TxtShare service itself provides a way to get share prices sent by text message to your mobile phone. You can also set up portfolios to get multiple prices all at once. You even get £5 of credit to try the service out for free. Click For TxtShare
Sqip
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NEW Hot on the heels of me2everyone comes Sqip. They are giving away 100 shares (or PEP's as they call them) to everyone joining up now. The site itself plans to be a full blown portal, social networking, everything kind of site. It's a big ambitious plan and possibly the main problem with the site. Jack of all trades and potentially master of nothing? It hasn't launched properly yet so I reserve some judgement but I can only give it a fairly low rating for now. You can always join for free now to claim your stake in the company and see what happens. Click For Sqip
My Free Shares
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Not paper shares, but a free share of the profits! This is kind of a member site where you earn a share of the profits of the company - the more shares you have the more profits you earn. Don't expect huge sums unless you have lots of shares - but you can earn free shares by clicking links in the member area or buying recommend products or services. Company profits come from advertising and those offers that other members buy! Click For My Free Shares
Closed Share Offers:
MindPixel
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Slightly wacky you may think, but Mindpixel is a serious scientific project. It is the world's largest Artificial Intelligence effort! Currently with nearly 50,000 users. Basically you input a 'Mindpixel' (a statement that can be answered yes or no), and then validate 20 others input by other users. In so doing you help to build 'Gac's brain and boost the cash value of the project. As a member you own a little piece of the project. Unfortunately the site can be pretty baffling - you really have to dig around to find out what it is all about. Lot more work needed on the 'FAQ' and Introduction areas.
50Connect
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"The UK's leading internet channel dedicated to today's over 50's". You don't have to be 50+ to join though! 50 free shares credits awarded on joining. 50Connect reckon an active member may expect up to £200 upon an IPO or takeover. Extra points can be earned by shopping via the site, introducing friends, opening an email account or sending an article (presumably writing rather than 'an item'!). Quite basic at present but gets an extra * for potential due to the rapidly growing 'silver surfer' market.
KewlBrits
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This company are mainly suppliers of corporate and family entertainment, i.e. artists such as comics, magicians, lookalikes etc. But also, oddly, have branched out into internet services and many other areas. Perhaps too many as the network of sites can be baffling! What the shares are and how the offer works also seems to change faster than we can keep up with - which accounts for the low rating.
The Mutual
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The Mutual give you free shares just for joining (which is also free of course). And these are not just any old shares either, these are real London Stock Exchange listed shares. This is a company that saw a 90% increase in share price in 2002, and a 30% surge when reporting profitability levels to the city on 30 June this year. And not only do you get free shares in the company just for joining, this company will also give you more when you shop at online stores linked from their site. And with over 500 shopping sites to choose from, these are places you already shop! Sites such as Amazon UK, Tesco, Argos, Homebase, Lunn Poly, John Lewis plus loads more. So where's the catch? Well, none really. You get 'units' at first rather than shares, but these are simply converted to shares in bulk at regular times - so don't let that put you off. Join for free today and you get 1,000 units to start you off.
The Share Centre
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As well as share dealing, The Share Centre provide ISA and PEP management. If you take out an ISA, or transfer your existing PEP or ISA to them, they award free shares in Share plc. 100 free shares per £5,000 ISA/PEP transferred in, or a sliding scale for a new ISA starting at 40 free shares for a £3,000 lump sum ISA. The free shares are traded on ShareMark, a market set up by The Share Centre. (Follow the 'More Free Shares' link on the right hand menu for offer details).
Virtual Trader
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Play the real stock markets completely free, with virtual money, but you can win up to £2,500 real cash or 1 million member shares! Nicely done and great fun - if you've always thought you could do better than the cautious 'experts' now you can prove it!
Latest: Offer ended 10/05/2001
MyAd
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"Get paid up to £1 per hour while you surf, plus up to 25p an hour for any friends you introduce". 5 free shares of Myad for every 5 members introduced. Was launching late Summer 2000, delayed until end of 2000, but now unlikely to ever really happen.
Latest: Site dead for some time...
Lets Share It
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100 free shares just for signing up. Gain 100 more for up to 3 sensible business ideas you submit. Plus, should one of your ideas be chosen you get a 10% stake in the new company.
Latest: Domain appears to have been bought by someone else... dead!
Free Chariot
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Latest: Site design improved greatly, though that free shares offer seems to have completely disappeared...
Somewhat baffling site. Telecomms provider who appear to offer free shares for customers transferring their BT telephone account to them. Unmetered internet access and free local call packages - but if the amateur site design is anything to go by, I wouldn't personally want to risk my phone account...
You can now find the dead free shares from shopping sites here and the dead worldwide free shares list here.
