SamplePact
Try new products for free and tell the brand what you really think.
Brands send you new products to try at no cost, and all you do in return is post an honest review on their website. Whether you loved it or not, they publish what you wrote.
It's free to join, and we won't ask for a card when you sign up.
Example offer
Hydrating face serum
from a small skincare brand
Your part
- Post an honest review on the brand's website
- Mention that you got the product free
- Post within 14 days of delivery
Whatever you think of it, the brand publishes your review.
For shoppers
Free Samples by Mail, in Exchange for a Review
Brands mail you products that fit what you're into, and in return you try each one and post an honest review on the brand's website before the deadline.
Reviews go on the brand's own website only, and never on Amazon, Google or any other store or review site.
Step 1: Sign up free
Pick the product categories you'd like to test, add your age range and where you live, and choose the kinds of reviews you're happy to write. It's free, and we won't ask for a card.
Step 2: Accept an offer
When a brand's campaign fits your profile, we'll email you the product, its regular price, the review format and the deadline. If you say yes, the brand ships it straight to you.
Step 3: Post your review
Try the product, then post an honest review on the brand's website by the deadline and mention that you got it free. The brand publishes it whether it's glowing or critical.
What You Get
Free samples are only worth your time if they fit your life and your opinion actually counts, so here's what you can expect from SamplePact.
New products, mailed to you
Brands ship products to your door, and you don't pay for the product or the shipping. Whatever you're sent is yours to keep.
Offers in categories you chose
You pick the categories you'd like to test when you sign up, and we use them, along with your age range and location, to match you with brands.
Review formats you're comfortable with
Tell us which formats you're happy to do, whether that's text, text with a photo or video, a photo on its own or a short video, and we'll only match you to campaigns that ask for one of them.
A review that gets published
Brands agree to publish every review they receive, whatever the rating, and not to edit, hide or filter it. The only exceptions are reviews with personal information, unlawful content or off-topic content, which the brand has to bring to us first.
Free Samples by Category
Brands run each campaign in one product category, and matching starts with the categories you pick. These pages explain what kinds of products fit each one and what sort of reviews brands may ask for.
- Free skincare samplesCleansers, serums, moisturizers, sunscreen and lip care.
- Free makeup samplesFoundation, lip, eye and brow products, plus brushes and sponges.
- Free perfume samplesPerfume, cologne, body mists and travel-size sprays.
- Free pet samplesTreats, food toppers, grooming products, toys and gear.
- Free baby samplesDiapers, wipes, baby skincare, feeding gear and toddler snacks.
- Food and drinkCoffee, tea, snacks and pantry staples, when food and drink brands run campaigns. You can pick it when you sign up.
- HomeCandles, cleaning products, bedding and the small things that make a home feel good. You can pick it when you sign up.
You can also pick haircare, health and wellness, kitchen, fitness, tech accessories, fashion and outdoors when you sign up, so choose as many as you'd actually use.
What Brands Ask of You
Every campaign comes with the same four expectations, and you'll see the specifics on each offer before you accept.
Reviews go on the brand's own website only, and never on Amazon, Google or any other store or review site.
An honest review
Say what you liked and what you didn't, because no brand can ask you for a certain star rating.
Posted on time
Post within the brand's review window, which can be 7, 14, 21 or 30 days. Your review window starts when the package is delivered. You'll see the deadline on every offer.
In the format they picked
That might be a few sentences, a photo, a short video, or text with a photo or video, and you're only ever matched to formats you said yes to.
A clear disclosure
Mention in your review that you received the product free in exchange for an honest review, which is what FTC guidelines ask of anyone reviewing a free product.
Plain and upfront
How the Card on File Works
You'll add a card when you accept a product. Once it arrives, you can post your review or send the product back, and either way you're never charged. If you keep it without reviewing, you pay the product's regular price.
Your rating and what you write never affect whether you're charged; the only thing that counts is whether you posted your review, or sent the product back, by the deadline.
No card at sign-up
Signing up is free and doesn't ask for a card. You'll only add one when you accept your first product.
You see the price first
Every offer shows the product's regular price before you accept, and that's the most you'd ever pay if you kept a product without reviewing it.
The money goes to the brand
If you keep a product without reviewing it, the charge goes to the brand that sent it, to pay them back for a product that didn't turn into a review.
Only accept what you can review
If a deadline doesn't work for you, just pass on the offer, because turning one down never costs you a thing.
If you'd rather send it back
If you'd rather not review a product, you can send it back instead. It can come back in any condition as long as you return the whole product, and you pay the return shipping. Ship it with tracking to the return address in your account before your deadline, and you won't be charged once the tracking shows it's on its way.
If a package is late, lost or damaged
Once campaigns start, you'll have a "Report a delivery problem" button in your account, and one tap lets both SamplePact and the brand know. Your review deadline pauses while it's being sorted out, and you're never charged for a package that never arrived.
The full rule is in the draft reviewer terms, which you'll agree to before you accept your first product.
How SamplePact Keeps Reviews Honest
A review only helps the next shopper if it's honest, so SamplePact is built around a few rules that both sides agree to before any product ships.
What brands agree to
- Publish every review they receive through SamplePact, regardless of rating.
- Not edit, hide or filter any review, apart from the narrow exceptions in the brand terms.
- Leave each reviewer's disclosure in place.
- Never ask a shopper for a certain star rating.
What shoppers agree to
- Write an honest review based on their own use of the product.
- Say in the review that they received the product free.
- Post on the brand's own website only, in the format the brand asked for. Never on Amazon, Google or any other store or review site.
- Post by the deadline shown on the offer.
For brands
If you run a brand, you can get honest reviews from people who match your customers.
You send samples to shoppers who look like your customers, and each one agrees up front to post a review on your site by your deadline, in the format you choose. If a shopper keeps the product without reviewing it or sending it back, the shopper is charged the retail price, and we pass that payment to you (payout terms at launch).
Why We Started SamplePact
We've run our own online brands, and we know how hard the first reviews are to get. Shoppers trust reviews, and a new product with none is a hard sell. We tried sending free product to get reviews going. Most people never wrote anything, and for a small brand, all that free product got expensive fast.
SamplePact fixes the part that broke for us. Shoppers get products they actually want to try, and they agree up front to post an honest review. Brands can see how many brands each reviewer has reviewed before they ship anything.
Free Samples FAQ
Here are quick answers for shoppers. If you run a brand, the product sampling page covers your side of things.
Is free product testing really free?
It really is. The product and its shipping cost you nothing, and there's no fee to join. The only time you'd ever pay is if you accept a product and then keep it without posting your review or sending it back by the deadline, in which case you'd pay the product's regular price and that money goes to the brand that sent it. Your rating and what you write never affect whether you're charged; the only thing that counts is whether you posted your review, or sent the product back, by the deadline. Taxes may apply to products you receive, and the reviewer terms explain more.
Are these free samples for reviews or regular free samples?
These are free samples for reviews. A regular free sample usually comes with no strings attached, but with SamplePact you agree up front to post an honest review on the brand's website by a set deadline, in the format the brand asked for.
Do I have to give a good review?
Not at all, so just write what you actually think. Brands agree to publish every review regardless of rating, and no brand can ask you for a certain star rating.
Where are reviews posted?
They go on the brand's own website, usually right on the product page. Reviews go on the brand's own website only, and never on Amazon, Google or any other store or review site. Each offer tells you exactly where to post.
Why will I need a card?
The card is how brands know a review will come in. You'll add one when you accept a product, and as long as you post your review on time or send the product back, you're never charged. Your rating and what you write never affect whether you're charged; the only thing that counts is whether you posted your review, or sent the product back, by the deadline.
Do I need a card to sign up?
You don't. Signing up is free and doesn't ask for a card, and you'll only add one when you accept your first product.
Who can sign up?
Anyone who's 18 or older with a US shipping address can join. Sign-up asks for your ZIP code and state so brands know where they'd be shipping.
Can I test products for free without a big social following?
You don't need a following at all. Your Instagram and TikTok handles and your follower count are optional, and because reviews go on the brand's own website rather than your social accounts, the size of your audience has nothing to do with whether you can join.
When will I get my first offer?
We can't promise a date just yet, because we're signing up shoppers ahead of our launch. We'll email you as soon as brands in your categories start their campaigns.
Start Getting Free Samples
Sign up for free, and we'll email you as soon as brands in your categories start their campaigns.