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[jb888]

A4F - Anything for Free forum

advertiser - any company who pays an affiliate to market their products using freebie sites

approval - refers to someone completing all site requirements, and approved to claim their final Prize

avatar - small graphic that represents you on the forum

banned - A temporary ban for spamming means you cannot use the FLR forum for a short time, usually a few days. A permanent ban means you can never use the FLR forum again.

buyer - the one who pays cash for a referral

bump - to cause your thread or post to rise to the top of the list

cashout - refers to receiving your grand prize or cash from a freebie site

cc - credit card required; or "no cc" means no credit card required

clear cache or clear cookies - mainly refers to erasing old cookies, so the wrong site does not receive credit when you do an offer

conga line - Similar to the chain letter idea. You sign up at the bottom. Eventually you get to the top of the list and stay there till you get a set number of referrals.

cookie - A small bit of electronic tracking information stored on your computer. A site cookie is stored when you log into a site and click on the offer page. An offer cookie is stored after you are redirected to a specific offer page. Both cookies help you receive credit for doing the offer.

crediting - the process of getting your completed offer credited to your account on the freebie site

diy site - Do It Yourself or Points site. Instead of getting referrals, you do all the offers yourself.

evergreen - A term used on some repeatable sites, meaning that you keep your own green status forever. Same as forever green.

FIpG - Free Ipod Guide forum

FLR - Free Lunch Room forum

forever green - A term used on some repeatable sites, meaning that you keep your own green status forever. Same as evergreen.

free green - Sometimes a network will grant you green status on a site without requiring you to do an offer yourself. Then all you have to do is get referrals.

freebie site - Any online marketing site that will give you free cash, products, or gifts for obtaining referrals who try advertising offers. They provide companies with a method of advertising and getting their products to customers.

G4G - green for green (trading sites with someone)

green - Means you have completed the basic Offer Requirements for a specific freebie site, and all offers have credited to your account. People will say you have gone green, or given them a green.

green for green trade - Also known as G4G, ref 4 ref, or site 4 site. This is when you do someone else's site and they do yours. No money has to change hands. It's a good idea to trade sites this way. If you are paid cash to be a ref, you only make half the ref value. If you trade sites, you eventually receive full referral value.

guaranteed crediting - Sometimes a freebie network will guarantee that your MCR will be approved as part of a special monthly promotion. The offer will only apply to offers that allow MCRs, and there may be other conditions or limitations, so read the network rules on this.

hijacking - Contacting someone who replied to someone else's trading thread. This is against the forum rules.

IFW - Incentivized Freebie Site

IP - Internet Protocol address, tells freebie sites exactly where you are; ie your home address.

jump the fence - start seeking referrals instead of just doing sites for cash

locked thread - Means nobody can reply to the thread. Your trading thread can be temporarily locked if you violate a rule, for example if you bump it too many times.

LTCO - Looking To Complete Offers, used to be a section of the FLR forum

MCR - Manual Credit Request. You sign into your freebie site and look for the MCR area. Then ask for your missing credit on the offer you did.

Mentor - trusted teacher, advisor, counselor. A mentee would be the person receiving advice or assistance.

Method 1 - The beginner stage. You sign up on a site, complete the Offer Requirements for that site, wait for your offers to be credited to your account, and then get paid. End of transaction.

Method 2 - The buyer's stage. You get your own referrals and collect a prize directly from the freebie site. This may be cash, or it may be a physical prize like an ipod, but it will not be both. Before beginning Method 2, you must be fully prepared to train others, pay referrals and guard against scammers. A Mentor can help you learn.

Mods - same as Moderators, people who regulate FLR

network - Name of the company or parent site, like Giftmonster or Zero Price Tags. Each network may offer many freebie sites, and you can sign up for each site once. Networks are rated by several agencies according to quality, customer service, and how long they have been active.

offer - The advertising offer for a specific product or service on the freebie site. You can only do each offer once, no matter how many freebie sites carry that offer.

Offer Requirement - The amount of offers or credits needed to qualify on a specific freebie site before you collect your own referrals. Some 1 credit sites only require 1 offer. Some 1 credit sites require 5 or more offers.

offer weight - The same offer can be worth a full credit on one site, and only half a credit on another -- even though the final prize on both sites is the same.

OOD - Offers of Doom, a problem on Offercentric sites. The offers become almost impossible to complete for your last few referrals.

order - refers to ordering your grand prize from a site, which can sometimes be a separate step after approval

payout - refers to the actual value that a site pays for a referral. This is also known as the "full referral value." Anytime you are paid by another trader for going green, you will normally receive about half of the payout or full referral value.

PFR - paying for referrals

piggyback offer - An additional trial offer that comes with the offer you want to do. Don't worry if you've already done the piggyback part before, as that will not affect the main offer. If you accept the piggyback, make sure you abide by the cancellation terms.

points site - Do It Yourself or Points site. Instead of getting referrals, you do all the offers yourself.

PM - Private Message. Click on someone's avatar to the left of their message to access their profile or send them a message.

post - type of forum message where you just hit reply and answer

PP or PPD - Project Payday, a training program for using freebie sites

prize - The final reward you receive after completing the Offer Requirement on a freebie site and collecting all needed referrals. Most sites have a choice of various prizes or cash, and you can usually change your prize after you sign up.

red status - Refers to revoked credits on a freebie site, offers which are no longer green. If someone pays you for going green, and you revert to red, you will owe them a refund.

referral or ref - someone who has been referred by another trader (who would be the referrer or sponsor member)

referral link - the signup web link which gives the Referring Party credit for the referral

referral value - The amount each referral is worth on a freebie site. Take the prize value and divide by the number of referrals. So if the site pays out a $400 prize based on 10 referrals, the referral value would be $40. The amount of cash someone will pay you to be their referral is usually half of that.

repeatable - Will let you collect prizes more than once. Most repeatable sites are also evergreen. But some will make you do an offer again and re-green before you can collect more referrals.

RS - Referral Swapper forum

scamming - Committing fraud, against another trader, a forum, a freebie site or an advertiser. Usually involves refusing to refund if you go red or obtaining money under false pretenses.

seller - The one who goes green, or becomes a referral, to earn cash. In a green 4 green trade, neither one is the Buyer or Seller. Both are just "traders."

site - Each freebie site in a network will have it's own website like easycashout.wish4free or canadian.wish4free. You can sign up for each site once.

spamming - Contacting someone about trading without them initiating the contact. This is against the forum rules.

sticky - A thread or post that constantly stays at the top of your page. They are often used by moderators for important announcements. You can also pay for a sticky trading thread, so that more people will see what you are advertising.

support ticket - You sign into the freebie site, look for the help or support area, and leave a message about your problem on the site.

thread - same as forum post, except you start a whole new topic

TOS - Terms of Service. These are the terms of an offer, or the fine print. Pay special attention to the cancellation method required and how long you have to cancel a membership.

TM - Trade Manager, where trades are tracked on FLR

TR - or iTR means Trade Rating, shows how many trades someone has completed within a certain forum system, like the Free Lunch Room.

trade - any deal you make with another trader

trading thread - the message thread advertising what sites you need referrals on, and what sites you want to do

Trainn or TRAINN - Stands for Transcendental Innovations. It is a network that owns numerous freebie sites. Good for newbies, as you can go green with one offer. They have great customer service, will accept a Manual Credit Request and can help you get your missing credits.

Trainn 4 Trainn - Same as green for green, but both people are trading sites from the Trainn network.

verified by FLR - means you have paid $50 to join the verified program, and are now eligible to purchase a sticky

verified green - means you have passed an initial check and the freebie site says you appear to be ok

VM - Visitor's Message. Refers to the message posting area on your Profile page.

walk through - This is when someone stands next to you and tells you what to do for every step. A walk through is illegal, because we are NOT supposed to tell others which offers to choose.

yellow status - Means you have signed up for a site, and now have your own referral link. But you do not have enough offers credited to your account yet to be green.

[Gladiator]

Wait til our reference guide goes up and this would be a great addition to it!

[jb888]

Sounds great.

[$formyFamily]

Thanks a*lot Joanna! Very informative! A great refresher.

[Smoresqueen]

The glossary you made is really helpful. Thanks so much!

[jb888]

I hope the terms will be helpful to newbies. Glad you like my list.

[zio_demonio]

Great list for a newbie, thanks! But might I add, can some please tell me what "walking through" is?

[jb888]

Sure, a walk through would be when someone stands next to you and tells you what to do for every step.

This is illegal, as we are NOT supposed to tell others which offers to choose.

Thanks for asking about this. I have added this term to the list.

[Lucky777]

very nice Jo...you really are a helpful one huh...lol...we needed somethinglike this!!!

[SaraLovely]

Nice post!