Your ideal network

HarryC · 09-03-09, 04:56 PM

Hey all,

I'm an interested bystander to this scene and have been lurking around the scene for a long time

I'm really interested to know what you guys would like to see in your ideal network/site? I'm talking design, gifts, features, usability, everything. I'm sure the network owners would love to hear it too.

No such thing as a silly suggestion and i think it'd be interesting to know. Also would like to know of anything you don't like about how things are at the moment (No names

) I'd really love to hear all your opinions!

I eagerly await your responses

Harry

joewarne · 09-03-09, 05:11 PM

Two words - "FreebieJeebies + Kudos"

HarryC · 09-03-09, 05:20 PM

Cool. I can see they've served you well.. Do you think there's any reason these are better than others around?

Harry

joewarne · 09-03-09, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryC

Cool. I can see they've served you well.. Do you think there's any reason these are better than others around?

Harry

great support and general quickness is the main reason i think

both will more often than not have your support ticket answered within the hour and orders are made very quickly

Dim Tim · 09-03-09, 05:49 PM

You thinking of opening your own site Harry ?

Jon · 09-03-09, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Dim Tim

You thinking of opening your own site Harry ?

My first reaction to... shame if it was as carrying out market research with out asking is not that polite.

HarryC · 09-03-09, 06:10 PM

Sorry Jon, I apologise completely. I may well be, I'm not really sure. The whole thing fascinates me at the moment and has done for a great period of time. Would you like to talk, Jon?

Harry

kevan321 · 09-03-09, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryC

Hey all,

I'm an interested bystander to this scene and have been lurking around the scene for a long time

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dim Tim

You thinking of opening your own site Harry ?

Ye, from your 1st sentence it was pretty obvious you weren't just 'an interested bystander' don't see why you'd pretend otherwise.

HarryC · 09-03-09, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevan321

Ye, from your 1st sentence it was pretty obvious you weren't just 'an interested bystander' don't see why you'd pretend otherwise.

Sorry about that, not trying to pretend anything.. Surely competition, when well managed, fair and genuine (And regulated well and put under scrutiny by people such as yourselves, i appreciate) is what you want? It's going to cause an increase in each companies efforts to please it's consumers.

Anyway, i've not said i want to enter the industry, i'm just interested

Back on track.. Is there any improvements anyone would make to how things work at the moment.. I can think of a few

Harry

Emma · 10-03-09, 11:58 AM

It's not the issue of asking about improvements or competition that we have a problem with, it's the issue 'if you are' of gaining feedback from exceem members without asking whether you can do so.

If it is for a potential new network it's common courtesy to drop an email explaining this

HarryC · 10-03-09, 01:31 PM

Fair enough, Emma. Again, I apologise. Just ignore this thread if it's going to cause such fracas and ill-feeling as this

Harry

**rider900** · 11-03-09, 07:11 AM

I'll stay on topic by saying the best network in my opinion is freebiejeebies

tomeglenn · 11-03-09, 10:52 AM

Putting aside the fact that he never asked us for our opinions first, market research or no market research, I'd like to continue this thread by saying the following...

In my short time on the "freebie hunting" scene, my first step was to research the different sites available and see which one suited me the most. Now, I am not saying any one network is better as I have only thus far tried one (And once I get my first freebie, I will be trying out another network) which is FreebieJeebies.

The reasons FJ appealed to me were that it allowed greens to be carried over once you verified for an item, there are no time limits in place that say you need to meet a certain amount of referrals to qualify, it's site design is eye catching and I had heard (and can now confirm) that their customer support is super quick and top notch.

If you really are considering putting together another network, then I suggest first and foremost you have the resources available to provide excellent customer support. Secondly, you are going to need a great web design in order to compete with the other well-established networks. Also, you are going to want to try and pick and choose the best features from the different networks and include them in yours.

It's going to be a lot of hard work, and if you think this is going to be a set and forget business opportunity you are truly mistaken.

I am not trying to put you off... Quite the opposite in fact. I am just certain that, and I believe I speak for all of us here at eXceem, your going to need to put in a lot of effort in order to gain our trust as a new network.

Hope I helped...

Garyl2k · 18-03-09, 03:38 PM

Here is an idea that I'd like to see put into place, it's based around custom orders, at the moment most networks (I say most as I have not used all yet) system works on a support ticket set up.

So basicly you sign up, click on support, enter a support ticket and give them the item you want from say Amazon and they will get back to you.

I'd like to see a more user friendly custom order page, where we select "Custom Order" and are then given a submission field where we write in the URL to Amazon of the item required.

We then hit submit and the site then simply set's up the rest.

If it's not accepted for what ever reason then a simple email/message on your account stating the reason.

I believe right now it's only the hardcore freebie hunters that use the custom orders, if it was made a lot more simple to new users then maybe conversions would be better, who knows.

Just food for thought

claire80 · 18-03-09, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garyl2k

Here is an idea that I'd like to see put into place, it's based around custom orders, at the moment most networks (I say most as I have not used all yet) system works on a support ticket set up.

So basicly you sign up, click on support, enter a support ticket and give them the item you want from say Amazon and they will get back to you.

I'd like to see a more user friendly custom order page, where we select "Custom Order" and are then given a submission field where we write in the URL to Amazon of the item required.

We then hit submit and the site then simply set's up the rest.

If it's not accepted for what ever reason then a simple email/message on your account stating the reason.

I believe right now it's only the hardcore freebie hunters that use the custom orders, if it was made a lot more simple to new users then maybe conversions would be better, who knows.

Just food for thought

select freebiejeebies

i think the problem with that is the market place stuff etc ..could be wrong though

moviedrome · 18-03-09, 04:16 PM

Yeah it's not that simple because not everyone wants to order from amazon - and we get a lot of requests from sites that we simply cannot order from (they don't allow delivery to other addresses) and if it's a marketplace seller then we have to use our cash rate as we don't get to reclaim the VAT.

Select.FJ was the best we could come up with

Amiethest · 18-03-09, 05:55 PM

To ditto sentiments on here,

Good networks = paying up when you get our referrals (ie Freebiejeebies and Kudos), not holding on and not greening them cause your might have to actually pay out, and ignoring emails (ie GA)

kudos · 19-03-09, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garyl2k

Here is an idea that I'd like to see put into place, it's based around custom orders, at the moment most networks (I say most as I have not used all yet) system works on a support ticket set up.

So basicly you sign up, click on support, enter a support ticket and give them the item you want from say Amazon and they will get back to you.

I'd like to see a more user friendly custom order page, where we select "Custom Order" and are then given a submission field where we write in the URL to Amazon of the item required.

We then hit submit and the site then simply set's up the rest.

If it's not accepted for what ever reason then a simple email/message on your account stating the reason.

I believe right now it's only the hardcore freebie hunters that use the custom orders, if it was made a lot more simple to new users then maybe conversions would be better, who knows.

Just food for thought

Every kudos site has got a special custom order page exactly like you described

You can chose to order Amazon vouchers or bank transfer. The system will calculate what you will get. You can also order items from any website by inputting the URL and price.

All of these requests are submitted as tickets which you can then observe for a response to see whether your custom order request has been successful or not.

You can find this feature on the support page, under the Custom Order tab.

Garyl2k · 19-03-09, 12:14 PM

Never knew that, will have to check this out, kinder system I was talking about, I just feel it's not explained very well about custom orders on many sites, then again if they really wanted to know more then they would reseach it more I suppose.

Thanks Kudos

joannakay · 16-04-09, 06:38 PM

I think a good network is xpango - they have fast delivery, and you don't have to complete the offers if you dont want to. Plus i am willing to help, it sounds interesting.

09-03-09, 04:56 PM	#1
HarryC iPod Shuffle Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5	Your ideal network Hey all, I'm an interested bystander to this scene and have been lurking around the scene for a long time I'm really interested to know what you guys would like to see in your ideal network/site? I'm talking design, gifts, features, usability, everything. I'm sure the network owners would love to hear it too. No such thing as a silly suggestion and i think it'd be interesting to know. Also would like to know of anything you don't like about how things are at the moment (No names ) I'd really love to hear all your opinions! I eagerly await your responses Harry

10-03-09, 11:58 AM	#10
Emma Mini Mac Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5,450	It's not the issue of asking about improvements or competition that we have a problem with, it's the issue 'if you are' of gaining feedback from exceem members without asking whether you can do so. If it is for a potential new network it's common courtesy to drop an email explaining this __________________ Spoiler Received: Xbox360 - iPod 30gb Photo - GHD Straighteners- £45 Amazon Vouchers - £40 in vouchers - 19" Samsung Monitor - 4 chick lit books - Trainers - Towel set - More trainers - Chicklit books - Las Vegas flights consoles freebiejeebies \| Free Gifts \| Free DSi XL \| Free PSP Go \| Free DVD Player

11-03-09, 07:11 AM	#12
rider900 Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7,772	I'll stay on topic by saying the best network in my opinion is freebiejeebies __________________

18-03-09, 04:16 PM	#16
moviedrome FJ Network Owner Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 6,802	Yeah it's not that simple because not everyone wants to order from amazon - and we get a lot of requests from sites that we simply cannot order from (they don't allow delivery to other addresses) and if it's a marketplace seller then we have to use our cash rate as we don't get to reclaim the VAT. Select.FJ was the best we could come up with __________________ freebiejeebies Consoles \| Apple \| HDTV \| PS3 \| Mobiles \| Sports \| Gadgets \| Points \| Gifts \| Select Supported Network of the Year 2008 & 2009 & 2010 & 2011 Network Staff Member of the Year 2009 & 2011 (joint) Supported Network of the Year (Design) 2008 New and Unproven Network of the Year 2007

18-03-09, 05:55 PM	#17
Amiethest is meant to be revising Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 6,451	To ditto sentiments on here, Good networks = paying up when you get our referrals (ie Freebiejeebies and Kudos), not holding on and not greening them cause your might have to actually pay out, and ignoring emails (ie GA) __________________ Well since as my SERPS are now dead, I won't belearning how to get an iPad for nothing anymore\| My Free Xbox 360 sitehas tanked \|And the only one that was an experiment and doesn't make money is Free 3DS darn it. Want to know how to get greens (referrals) for FreebieJeebies? I'll tell you how..... Work hard, like the rest of us! Feel free to ask questions!

09-03-09, 05:11 PM	#2
joewarne Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Great Yarmouth Posts: 4,742	Two words - "FreebieJeebies + Kudos"

09-03-09, 05:20 PM	#3
HarryC iPod Shuffle Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5	Cool. I can see they've served you well.. Do you think there's any reason these are better than others around? Harry

09-03-09, 05:49 PM	#5
Dim Tim Mini Mac Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Swansea Posts: 5,584	You thinking of opening your own site Harry ?

09-03-09, 06:10 PM	#7
HarryC iPod Shuffle Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5	Sorry Jon, I apologise completely. I may well be, I'm not really sure. The whole thing fascinates me at the moment and has done for a great period of time. Would you like to talk, Jon? Harry

10-03-09, 01:31 PM	#11
HarryC iPod Shuffle Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5	Fair enough, Emma. Again, I apologise. Just ignore this thread if it's going to cause such fracas and ill-feeling as this Harry

11-03-09, 10:52 AM	#13
tomeglenn iPod Nano 4GB Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Alnwick, UK Posts: 373	Putting aside the fact that he never asked us for our opinions first, market research or no market research, I'd like to continue this thread by saying the following... In my short time on the "freebie hunting" scene, my first step was to research the different sites available and see which one suited me the most. Now, I am not saying any one network is better as I have only thus far tried one (And once I get my first freebie, I will be trying out another network) which is FreebieJeebies. The reasons FJ appealed to me were that it allowed greens to be carried over once you verified for an item, there are no time limits in place that say you need to meet a certain amount of referrals to qualify, it's site design is eye catching and I had heard (and can now confirm) that their customer support is super quick and top notch. If you really are considering putting together another network, then I suggest first and foremost you have the resources available to provide excellent customer support. Secondly, you are going to need a great web design in order to compete with the other well-established networks. Also, you are going to want to try and pick and choose the best features from the different networks and include them in yours. It's going to be a lot of hard work, and if you think this is going to be a set and forget business opportunity you are truly mistaken. I am not trying to put you off... Quite the opposite in fact. I am just certain that, and I believe I speak for all of us here at eXceem, your going to need to put in a lot of effort in order to gain our trust as a new network. Hope I helped...

18-03-09, 03:38 PM	#14
Garyl2k iPod 20gb Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dagenham, Essex Posts: 979	Here is an idea that I'd like to see put into place, it's based around custom orders, at the moment most networks (I say most as I have not used all yet) system works on a support ticket set up. So basicly you sign up, click on support, enter a support ticket and give them the item you want from say Amazon and they will get back to you. I'd like to see a more user friendly custom order page, where we select "Custom Order" and are then given a submission field where we write in the URL to Amazon of the item required. We then hit submit and the site then simply set's up the rest. If it's not accepted for what ever reason then a simple email/message on your account stating the reason. I believe right now it's only the hardcore freebie hunters that use the custom orders, if it was made a lot more simple to new users then maybe conversions would be better, who knows. Just food for thought

19-03-09, 12:14 PM	#19
Garyl2k iPod 20gb Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dagenham, Essex Posts: 979	Never knew that, will have to check this out, kinder system I was talking about, I just feel it's not explained very well about custom orders on many sites, then again if they really wanted to know more then they would reseach it more I suppose. Thanks Kudos

16-04-09, 06:38 PM	#20
joannakay iPod Nano 4GB Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Devon Posts: 325	I think a good network is xpango - they have fast delivery, and you don't have to complete the offers if you dont want to. Plus i am willing to help, it sounds interesting.