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Originally Posted by flatout
Interesting, how to do get those free credits exactly? Like what is given and how on their social channels?
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There are a few ways to get "reward points" (every 20 points = 1$).
1) Buy something from Sideshow, 5% is applied to your account automatically after 30 days (after the return period ends) which you can use towards any purchase (no limits, includes things that are already discounted)
2) Follow their socials during their monthly events. Big ones are Spooktacular (October), GeeksGiving (November), 24 days of Sideshow (December), SDCC celebration (July). This month's event is court of the dead day. (No purchase necessary, you just need a sideshow account)
3) Referrals
During these events they either drop a code on their social media or during one of their live streams (on youtube, instagram and facebook). Here is an example from last October:
https://twitter.com/collectsideshow/...54355158446080
As you can see, they aren't hidden in anyway. Pretty obvious. All you need to do is enter that code to side.show/code. These codes are usually 2-5$ and are applied to your account immediately. They usually limit these codes to first 2000 people, so you need to be one of the first two thousand to enter it to your account. This may look like a tiny amount but bear with me. Once or twice per event their head of marketing drops by the live streams and hides a 100$ code in there in the form of a puzzle (for example he is wearing a shirt with a show/game logo and you need to enter the name of the show/game in the same link as above). 100$ codes are limited to the first 3-5 people that solve the puzzle.
The cool thing about these reward codes is that they don't expire for 2 years and can be used on any item even if it is highly discounted, in pre order or even low on stock. There are only 2 restrictions 1) you can't use the reward points towards tax & shipping. 2) The
total of your cart needs to be more than 50$. So even though 2$ might seem low, they add up quickly over 2 years. They drop on average 50$ worth of codes during the major events I mentioned above. For example this years Spooktacular they gave 70$ worth of codes and 50$ during Geeksgiving. So if you followed their social October-November, you got 120$ free credits.
As for the free stuff:
1) During the events mentioned above they have, on average of 20-25 gleam giveaways. The items they give range from 90-800$ in value. These giveaways usually last 30 minutes, sometimes a day (unlike pure arts where giveaways last 6 months to a year), so you learn if you won pretty quickly.
2) They have these 100% promo hunts, they go live on their socials, give you a code to crack. The first 3-5 people to crack the code and enter it to the link above, gets the item for free (you just need to pay shipping). These range from 150-800$ in value. This may seem difficult but it isn't. I have never seen these challenges take more than 30 minutes (aka 3-5 people claim them within 30 minutes usually)
That's over a 100 chances every year. As I said, I won 4 things last years, 1348$ in retail value. The odds are high.
Here is one of the 100% promo challenges I solved last year. There was also a free shipping offer on the item so it came to 0$
Edit: I forgot to mention. Every time you buy an item, you get 25$ to spend on sideshow.com, but that expires within a month usually.
