bluecarrots.com

Advantages: A nice looking shopping protal site, the vague possibility of free shares
Disadvantages: I just cannot see this site becoming a profitable online business

Well, don't I look a total dingbat! No, I'm not referring to the photo on my profile page, I'm referring to the fact that I was persuaded to join Blue Carrots last week thinking I could be making myself a bit of free money. Blue Carrots have been around for nearly two years now, and so, in terms of giving away shares in their company in return for loyalty, they were one of the first companies to launch on the net with this idea. The concept is simple, ...
...You don't need to shop at the site, or give them money. Something for nothing, and we all like that don't we? The big selling point of the site has always been the cashback scheme that it runs. This allowed registered users to shop at any of the sites featured on the Blue Carrots site, and receive a variable amount of cashback on those purchases, effectively saving you even more on already low web-prices. Great for someone liek me who makes quite ... Read review

Advantages: free shares; email; community-based
Disadvantages: 'hidden' information; cashback ending; shares not worth much?

BlueCarrots started as an ISP and portal, with new members particularly attracted by the idea of free shares. The site has undergone a number of redesigns since its launch in August 1999, with it most recently describing itself as a 'community based shopping portal' - but this looks set to change again. There is also a fair range of general and themed content, including various semi-exclusive competitions, plus usual facilities such as discussion ...
...and bonus shares for introducing new members). You need to remain active (e.g. login once a week) to remain eligible for shares. A major feature of BlueCarrots was the offer of cashback on online purchases. Their particular implementation of such a scheme was particularly inflexible and many key sites (Amazon, for example) simply didn’t want to join in. Because of the limited range of cheaper cashback sites, it could often end up being significantly ... Read review

Advantages: Cashback, free shares, regular competitions and disscussion / film / book reviews.
Disadvantages: May never float onto stock exchange

I have been with bluecarrots.com for nearly a year now and their site is very handy. You gain when you sign-up free 1000 shares and if you are an existing members or new members, you get a further 500 free shares. You only see these shares if you are a loyal customer. This I mean is after a year, you will get a third of the shares, after two years, slightly more, and after three years, the full 1000 shares. I am not quite sure how the bonus 500 shares ...
...purchase through the link on bluecarrots.com website page, otherwise you will not get any money. The other thing is to use your bluecarrots email address so that it confirms you as making the purchase. The cash back total is updated about 3 / 4 times a year, so dont worry if you have purchased and the total has not changed. After the cashback total is updated, bluecarrots give you a choice of three options. First is the changing the cash balance ... Read review

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Where's my cashback ??

Bluecarrots the cute and cuddly sounding site was launched as a ‘Users Portal’ offering free shares and cashback on purchases through it’s online partners. That, however, was back in the days of spiralling valuations for internet stocks – the days when putting dot com in the name of your business brought investors flooding to your door waving wads of cash and the internet seemed like the surest one way bet the world had seen. ...
...is ending the free shares for new members (as a step to formalising some value for existing shareholders apparently) and the cashback from partner stores has now been halted. (I have never yet seen a penny from the cashback I should have had – emails complaining remain unanswered or have been ‘bounced’ back to me as the receiving mailbox was full !!). So what can Bluecarrots offer now ? Well from what I can see not much really. ... Read review

Advantages: Free shares and the cheapest top ten albums I've found
Disadvantages: Log in once a week to keep your share allocation alive

With the news that Bluecarrots is set to demutalise there has not been a better time to get in there and grab your 1000 free shares A well rounded site with news, games and free email (not brilliant but worth having as an extra). Earn cashback on all your shopping from a wide variety of UK stores. There link with BorrowRob gives you top ten albums at the cheapest I have found them anywhere in the UK (after cashback). Any referrals you send there ... Read review