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A free sample is a portion of food or other product which is given out in shopping malls, grocery stores, and other venues. Sometimes samples of non-perishable items are included in direct marketing mailings. The purpose of a free sample is to acquaint the consumer with a new product. For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ... ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Direct marketing is a discipline within marketing that involves contacting individual customers (business-to-business or consumer) directly and obtaining their responses and transactions for the purpose of developing and prolonging mutually profitable customer relationships. ...
The concept of a free sample is not unlike that of a test drive, in that a customer is able to try out a product before purchasing it. A test drive is taking an automobile for a short drive to test its drivability and general operating state. ...
There are lots of free samples online. One example is free Aloe Vera samples Often, people will create websites to share free samples they find, such as the freekeyring.com website.[1]
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