About

Most “free” offers online aren’t. Sweepstakes that sell your data, trials that bill you until you notice, deal sites that never checked anything. We got tired of it.

So we check every listing against its official source, tell you what it costs you in personal data, and link straight to the real page. We go after scammers. We never make fun of anyone who needs help.

We cover all 50 states, DC, the 10 provinces and the 3 territories, plus national deals that work everywhere.

How it actually works

A person reads the official page before a listing goes up. Not a scraper, not a press release, not a guy in a group chat. If the page doesn’t say it, we don’t say it.

Then we keep checking. Batches of listings get rechecked against their official pages, and anything that fails goes back to a person. The runs are posted on How We Verify, failures included.

When something turns out to be a data grab in a free costume, it goes in the Hall of Shame with the evidence and an archived copy of the rules, so nobody can quietly edit them later.

Nobody pays to be listed. When a link earns us money, the listing says so, right next to the button.

The serious stuff, like heating help, food banks, legal aid and tax filing, gets plain instructions and no jokes. Those are on Save on essentials.

Contact

Tips, corrections and complaints all go to the same place. Use “Report a problem” on any listing, or send a tip through the report form.