When to Submit a Missing Credit Request on IFWs

Posted by Christina Crowe in Freebie Trading, Method 1 on August 6, 2010 | no responses

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Before I talk about missing credit requests, I think we should refresh our memory and touch briefly on freebie trading terminology for any confused readers out there. In my Beginner’s Guide to Anything4Free: Method 1 post, I briefly discussed the term IFW. IFW stands for Incentivized Freebie Website or simply websites for which you complete a certain number of offers in order to earn a reward, often cash but sometimes items as well. If you’re trading in Method 1, you would complete offers on IFWs and get paid by the trader your completing the offers for. For method 2, you recruit other traders to IFWs so that you can receive a gift from the IFW after your referrals get credited for all required offers.

Now that I’ve re-informed you exactly what IFWs are, let’s talk about missing credit requests. When you complete an offer on an IFW, you must wait a bit for credit. Often times, the offer gets credited within a few hours after completion. Sometimes the offer won’t get credited until 24 hours have passed. “Instant” offers, for example, shouldn’t take longer than 24 hours to receive credit. Other offers that aren’t “instant” can take days to credit. So, if there’s so much variation, how do you know when to submit a missing credit request?

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Even if you clear cookies and follow the steps I noted in my beginner’s guide, some offers just will not credit or else they will take extremely long to do so. These offers need to be given a push, and so you must submit a missing credit request. Generally, I like to wait a day or two after the time the offer was supposed to be credited before submitting a missing credit request. One of my reasons for doing so is because some offers are just slow and don’t get updated until the day after it’s supposed to be credited. Another reason is to prevent unnecessary tickets. However, if you’ve waited several days and it does not receive the credits due, you may need to give it a little shake.

Submitting a Missing Credit Request

Submitting a missing credit request is actually pretty easy if you know where to look. Let’s walk through it step-by-step.

Make sure you’ve waited enough time for the offer credits. If you’re waiting for an “instant” offer, at least 24 hours should have passed before sending a missing credit request.
Find the support tab. Most IFWs will have some sort of support section where you can submit tickets.
Click the “submit a missing credit request” link on the support tab. If there is no such link, just go to “submit a ticket” or something similar.
Fill out the form and describe how you are still waiting for an offer to receive credit. Let the support team know the offer you completed and the date you completed it. Check your email and find the confirmation email you received after you completed the offer. You will need to make sure the email shows full headers before copying and pasting it on the missing credit request form. To turn on full headers in Yahoo, go to the confirmation message and click the blue “Full Headers” link at the bottom right corner. In gmail, go to the confirmation message, click the down arrow on the far upper right corner and choose “Show Original.” Copy and paste the email data in the missing credit request form.
Wait for credit. Credit can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. The IFW can’t control when you receive credit, since they have to contact the company the offer is for and wait for their reply. Be patient and complete other trades if you feel the need to fill time.

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