Freetures Further Defined    

Elements:

In order for a promotional give-away to qualify as a freeture, it must fit six of the following eight descriptive qualities: 

A freeture must be Free of charge
A freeture must be Realistic
A freeture must be Extra
A freeture must be Enhancing to the product/service
A freeture must be Tangible
A freeture must be Unused
A freeture must be Repairable/Replaceable
A freeture must be Extractable from the product/service    

The basis for any freetured item is determined by the fact that there is no charge or cost associated with the delivery of the item which would require the recipient to pay for. It must fit the true definition of "Free".
 
The item must be clearly defined. For example, if it is a book, the title should be provided, the author should be identified and the category should not be in the abstract. That is our interpretation of "Real".  

By definition, anything that is extra is something in addition to the already existing element defined as a product or service. A freeture is that item which is offered/given in addition to the existing product or service. It is "Extra".  

Promotional give-aways are generally considered to be enhancements of the products/services being sold on the open market in order to entice more prospects to bid on or purchase those products/services. We'll abide by those generalities and will go one step further. The "Enhancement" will be evaluated based upon reasonable market value or industry standards.
 
Can you hold it in your hand?, Sink your teeth into it?, Put it in a DVR and play it?, Read it?, kick the tires, so to speak, or treat it in all the ways that something real can be treated? The answers to those questions should be "Yes" otherwise it may not be a Freeture. It cannot be a promise or anything that is unidentifiable. A freeture must be "Tangible".  

For all purposes applicable to products and services offered for sale on the open market, it must be new and not previously used by other persons, unless it is a recyleable item and has in-fact been recycled, in which case it would pass our new and "Unused" test.  

Many products and services today are sold and delivered subject to warranties/limited warranties depending on the type of product or service. The reason for these assurances is to provide the purchaser with a certain amount of peace-of-mind in knowing that if anything goes wrong with the purchased item, the problem will be fixed at minimal or no cost to the new owner. The freeture must be similarly covered, thereby rendering it replaceable or at least "Repairable". 

 In every instance the item being considered for freeture determination must have the capacity to be extracted and be set apart from any package it is attached to in order that a value may be placed upon it, in and of itself. If the item cannot stand alone it does not comply with our definition of "Extractable" and therefore may not be a...

 ... "Freeture".  




Discovery


To determine if or when a Freeture has been discovered, the searcher should follow some very simple steps as listed below:  

1 - Immediately refer to the elements and description page and compare the item to each of the eight descriptions listed.
 
2 - Select six out of the eight elements which best describe the item and make a list of those elements.
 
3 - Be sure that a value can be placed on the item and that it is extractable. Those are two of the main elements of a freeture.
 
4 - Determine the approximate value of your item by utilizing the "Fair Market Value" approach or doing an evaluation on Ebay. 

 5 - Once you have determined the value of the item compare it to the price/value of the package to which it is attached.
 
6 - You're now going to determine its actual % value to the package it is being used to promote which we refer to as the IPVR. It's a simple process as is demonstrated in number 7 below. 

 7 - To determine the IPVR you must divide the Item Value by the Package Value (IV divided by PV) = Item to Package Value Ratio or IPVR  

8 - This is probably the most important step in freeture determination. An item qualifies as a freeture when it is valued at not less than 5% or more than 10% of the package which it is being used to promote.  

9 - If your item falls in this value range and fits the description of at least six elements from the elements list, you have found a freeture.  

10 - Once you have discovered a true freeture, please let us know about it by posting the item, its IPVR the source and the specific package it is being used to promote by posting it to this page along with any additional comments you may have.

Thank you.   
 
FMS
    


First Freeture Search  


The first freeture search took place between January 31, 2009 and February 25 during which a total of six web hosting companies were selected for a freeture search test review. The result yielded a total of thirty six (36) freetures which we listed on our original freetures publishing back in January. 

We have continue that effort on our "Freeture listings" page utilizing a slightly different approach to identify and add value to those freetures we find. In this approach we utilized the same list of companies, but this time, instead of measuring their product/service enhancements against our predetermined list, freetures were determined by selecting a popular product/service package offered by the provider/merchant and measure the package against the extra item(s) being offered outside of the package and in many cases not produced, created or owned by the provider/merchant but which authorization is given to offer same is clearly granted.      

Please join us in posting any freetures you may discover on your internet journey. This Freeture listings page will be our official Freeture site until further notice. Thanks.  

TPJaveton-  


Notes:

Information used to make some determinations on this and other pages on this site was derived from Wealthy Affiliate, a site owned and operated by Kyle and Carson.