Magazines.com offers 35 categories of trade magazines – over a hundred and fifty titles, all completely free to qualified subscribers. That last phrase there, ‘qualified subscribers,’ that’s the sticking point.

See, Magazines.com’s business magazine partners offer free subscriptions to professionals working in related fields. Their goal is to build and maintain a concentrated audience of influential professionals within a market segment. Rather than ask you to pay for these magazines they ask for information that qualifies an individual by title, product purchase influence or other relevant criteria.

See, that way they know the magazine is going to someone who works in that field. They can then get more money from their advertisers, who know their ads are reaching professionals.

Now, when you subscribe, that form is sent to the publisher – they review it and decide how ‘professional’ you are, and whether or not you’d be worth the postage. If the answer is ‘no’ – you won’t get any free magazines. If it’s a ‘yes’ you’ll get a free one year subscription. And you’ll never see a single charge or bill.

Here’s a good example: One of the magazines they offer is Pet Product News International. If you’re a veterinarian or own a dog training business, or breed cats, or own a pet supply shop, or so forth and so on, you’d qualify. Just look in your field, and see what they have to offer! That easy.