Free Trial Magazine Subscriptions

Many of the magazines advertised on this site offer a free trial subscription for a period of time. Free trials can benefit you in a number of ways: You can judge the magazine for yourself to decide if it’s something you’re interested in reading You can take out free trial magazine subscriptions on a number of magazines in the same interest area (e.g. boating) and decide which one(s) you like best.

You can experiment with magazines outside of the areas you normally read about. If you’ve only ever read business magazines, this could be your chance to learn about motorbikes, for example!

Free trials explained

There are two types of free trial magazine subscriptions:

1. The most common sort of free trial magazine subscription available to consumers involves giving credit card details should you wish to carry on with the subscription.
2. The other sort of free trial magazine subscription occurs when a magazine publisher wishes to target potential advertisers. For example, a magazine about cookery might offer free subscriptions to restaurant owners. When you see a free trial magazine subscription advertised, check which of the two kinds of free trial the offer is referring to. Here at magsite, we deal in the first kind of free trial magazine subscription.

How does a free trial magazine subscription work?

It’s very simple: if you’re not impressed, you cancel the trial and no money changes hands. If you are impressed, you upgrade to a full subscription.

You select the magazines you want to try out and complete an online form with your name and address details for the magazines to be sent to. You will also be asked to complete a direct debit, but this does not become activated until AFTER the free trial period ends. You can cancel the direct debit at any time during your free trial, and no money will be taken. If you want to continue to a paid subscription, you don’t need to take any action – the direct debit will automatically begin at the end of the free trial period and you will be sent regular issues of your chosen magazines.

Magsite aims to list as many Magazine Special Offers as possible available, please ensure you check the small print and the terms & conditions.  Check out our list of magazines which have free trial offers