an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources trialpay news newspapers books scholar jstor free images october 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message trialpay type private industry e commerce online payments and promotions online retail retail and consumer goods virtual goods currencies casual gaming financial services founded 2006 headquarters mountain view california united states key people alex rampell co founder and ceo terry angelos co founder & cpo eddie lim co founder & cto products alternative payment platform ; purchase incentives website www.trialpay.com trialpay is an alternative e commerce payment system in which a consumer gets an item for free from a participating merchant in exchange for buying or trying out another product or service from a trialpay advertiser . the merchant is then paid for the item by the advertiser . trialpay refers to this payment model as get it free . the company works with online merchants in the software social applications casual games online services and retail industries relying on a web of business relationships to give consumers free goods as long as they buy something else from a long list of well known online stores . 1 trialpay s payment platform presents online shoppers with advertising offers as a way to pay for goods or services . shoppers sign up for a trial or purchase a product from an advertiser to receive a free product . the system tries to provide benefits for each party online stores make more sales from their current traffic advertisers acquire new customers on a pay for performance basis and shoppers get a free product with every purchase . 2 financial insights analyst dana gould says this is a ... unique animal . s ince these offers come at exit points companies are basically saving lost sales . 1 pc world analyst yardena arar however noted that the service made her feel like it encouraged people to get products they don t really need by trying out other products they don t really need . she also found that in some cases the company exaggerated the actual benefits a consumer would receive . 3 references edit a b a referral service that ensures somebody actually makes a sale . new york times . february 18 2008 . retrieved november 11 2011 . kim ryan february 11 2008 . trialpay offers double the savings for valentine s day . sfgate . san francisco chronicle . retrieved november 11 2011 . arar yardena december 17 2007 . trialpay free stuff with some strings . pc world . retrieved november 11 2011 . external links edit official website buckman rebecca 28 august 2007 . trialpay helps turn browsers into buyers pdf . the wall street journal . dow jones company inc. retrieved 11 november 2011 . updated list of programs available via trialpay retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trialpay & oldid 722122501 categories electronic funds transferinternet properties established in 2006hidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2015all articles with a promotional tonearticles with topics of unclear notability from october 2014all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 may 2016 at 03 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view