Recession is affecting everyone and hurting the spending power of people all around the world. There are all kinds of people around the world; some are still spending freely on Christmas and New Year gifts, while on the other hand there are families who find it difficult to make their ends meet in these tough times.

Websites like gadgets4nowt.co.uk are thriving as it is offering lots of free gadgets. If you lead or want to lead a luxurious life, even in tough times like these, then this is exactly the website for you.

There are a plethora of freebie websites which offer free stuff online like Sony PlayStation, free iPhone, and free Wii. Many are legitimate companies like Trainn Innovations, Inc. and SwiftRewards.net. The basic model behind such websites is referral marketing. This allows consumers to receive free goods like a free PS3 and iPhone, through advertising web sites.

These websites are easy to use. Simply choose the item you would like to have for free, for example, free PS3, free Wii or free iPhone. Then you will be taken to the appropriate free gift network; just take an online offer of your choice from the list of available offers, depending on your convenience you can either go for a free offer or a paid offer. These offers are floated by reputed and known companies.

Just make sure that you reveal your classified information only to credible websites as there are a lot of spam websites on the Internet too. Check for the reviews of the website on Google as well as message boards of sites like FreeLunchRoom.com. Once you have found out the website which is credible and have the freebies that you want then you can simply sign up with your name and email id, mailing address and a password.

Once you have logged in then start completing the offers, each offer has some credits and a time line to it. At times you will have to complete more than one offer to get one credit. These offers are valid for a fixed time line, which means that once the period is over and you don't get the offer canceled then your credit card will be charged. But if you do cancel it then you get closer to your favorite freebie, totally free.

Once you have completed the offers, then you have to make a required number of referrals to claim your free Wii or free iPhone. The freebie website monitors the number of referrals actually leading to a signup, completing the offers in exactly the same way as you did. Create a customize email and mail it to people in your network. Leave your referral links on various forums in a subtle way so that they don't appear to be spam. You can even buy referrals and pay them for completing offers for you.

After getting the desired number of referrals you can claim your free Wii, PS3 or an iPhone. You might even get some cash over the preferred item. The shipping is absolutely free. So beat the recession now and gift yourself and your family all the snazzy gadgets that they ever dreamt of.