10 Free Trials you need to Try
Companies are willing to let you try their product or service in attempt to get you to pay once the trial is complete. This gives you an opportunity to get something for nothing as long as you pay attention to the details of the offer. Most “free” trials come with at least some strings attached. Most companies will require a credit card at sign up. Usually your card will be charged when the free trial is over.
Make sure you are aware exactly how to cancel your service before signing up for the free preview, companies will usually make it somewhat difficult.
Set your calendar as a reminder to make sure you cancel the free trial on-time. They will probably not remind you that you are ready to be charged. This tactic works, so you can see why they want to use it.
Look at who is making the free offer. Free trials are great, even with the strings attached. However, some offers are just scams in an attempt to get your personal information. Free software downloads are notorious for attempting to scam customers.
Is it really free? Make sure you aren’t paying a service fee, cancellation fee or shipping, if the shipping charge seems unreasonable.
Now that the fine print is out of the way, here are our top ten free trials:
GameFly – Movie and game rental subscription service
Offer: 30 day free trial – one movie or game out at a time
Free trial link: www.gamefly.com
Why you will want to try it:
GameFly is a DVD rental and game streaming service offering all the latest movies and games along with older classics. This free offer is for one movie or game out at a time for 30 days. Select DVD titles from their Web site and receive the games via First-Class Mail and return them when you are finished using pre-paid mailers.
GameFly’s game streaming service offers streaming quality similar to console quality and is available on Samsung Smart TVs and the Amazon Fire TV.
Audible.com – discount audio book membership
Offer: Download any audiobook free for 30 days
Free trial link: www.audible.com
Why you will want to try it:
Download the free Audible app to listen to audio books any time it is convenient for you. During your free membership period you will get one monthly credit good for any audiobook. You will also be able to purchase additionally audio books at 30% off the retail price and have access to daily sales for as little as $2.99.
Choose from more than 180,000 best sellers, new releases, sci-fi, romances, mysteries, classics, and more. You can cancel any time from your Account Details page.
Ancestry.com – Research your family history
Offer: 14 day free trial
Free trial link: www.ancestry.com
Why you will want to try it:
Ancestry.com is the largest provider of family history with more than two million paying subscribers and close to 1.4 million DNA samples in the AncestryDNA database. Members with Ancestry have created more than 70 million family trees and contains more than 200 million photographs, documents and written stories.
Choose a membership to try. There is not risk and you will only be billed if you decide to keep your membership after your free trial.
Match.com – worlds largest dating service
Offer: 3 day free trial
Free trial link: www.match.com
Why you will want to try it:
Match is the leading dating site leading to more dates and marriages than any other site. You will have to be aggressive as your trial is only for three days. If you are serious about continuing a membership this should give you enough time to see if you like the features. Match will give you more matches than anyone else, so you might be able to get a taste in three days.
Dating sites depend on you not cancelling, but make sure you do if you don’t want to get charged the regular rate. You will probably receive a better offer in an email if you do cancel anyway.
Texture – unlimited access to digital magazines
Offer: 14 day free trial
Free trial link: www.texture.com
Why you will want to try it:
Texture is an app where you can view hundreds of magazines like; Rolling Stone, Time, People, Men’s Health, Vogue, etc. From the most popular magazines to those with a targeted audience.
The Texture app is available for Windows, Android and Apple mobile devi
ces. Read online or offline by downloading your magazines before going offline.
Get unlimited access to all weekly and monthlymagazines, including all back issues. Access up to five devices for each account. Cancel anytime. Choose between the basic free trial (regularly $9.99 a month) or the Premium (regularly $14.99/mo.).
Rhapsody – Ad free online music
Offer: 30 day free trial
Free trial link: www.rhapsody.com
Why you will want to try it:
Rhapsody gives you access to millions of songs and you can listen to full-length albums too. Another great feature is the ability to download and play offline on your phone, table or computer.
Amazon Prime – Video and musice streaming service, free 2 day shipping
Offer: 30 day free trial
Free trial link: www.amazon.com
Why you will want to try it:
| To sign up for the Amazon Prime free trial, your account must have a current, valid credit card. After you are enrolled in the free trial of Amazon Prime you will have access to FREE Two Day shipping, Prime Video, Prime Music, and access to the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.Amazon offers easy cancellation of your prime membership is available with clear instructions |
SiriusXM – Satellite radio
Offer: 30 day free trial
Free trial link: www.siriusxm.com
Why you will want to try it:
SiriusXM supplies commercial-free music from every genre, live play-by-play sports, the biggest news 
and talk, and the hottest entertainment at your fingertips, 24/7. More than 175 channels including music, sports, talk, news, entertainment and more.
Listen free for 30 days through the SiriusXM app or your computer. You may also qualify for a free trial if your car has a SiriusXM receiver.
eTextbooks – from Amazon
Offer: 7 day free trial
Free trial link: www.amazon.com
Why you will want to try it:
In addition to the convenience of have all your books on your tablet, phone or laptop you will also have access to digital features including keyword search, swift navigation, multicolor highlighting, and X-Ray for Textbooks on Fire tablet, iPad, iPhone, and Android.
Take a look to see if your textbook is available through the free trial. Cancellation is easy, no games with Amazon.
Microsoft Office 365
Offer: 30 day free trial
Free trial link: https://products.office.com/en-us/try
Why you will want to try it:
Obviously you know about Microsoft Office. Do you have a PowerPoint project coming up? If so, try out the latest version for free, create your project and if you aren’t in love with paying for Office after the trial, just cancel it.
You will get a full install of Office and the installation is compatible with either PC or Mac. The free offer also includes 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage.
We hope you are able to take advantage of some of these offers, if you do, please let us know how you liked them. Look for our free video trials in an upcoming post.
