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{{short description|Referral marketing company that rewards customers with products of high-demand}}
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[[image:GratisLogo.png|right|thumb|Gratis Internet Logo]]

'''Gratis Internet''' was an American [[referral marketing]] [[company (law)|company]] based in [[Washington D.C.]] that rewarded customers with technological [[consumer product]]s of high-demand such as the [[iPod]] and [[PlayStation 3]]. In 2004, it became a member of the [[Inc. 500]] and in 2005 ranked eighteenth. Its name comes from the [[Latin]] word ''Gratis'', meaning "free of charge". The company stopped operating entirely or was bought by another company around 2010.

Following its rise and eventual closure, ''Gratis Internet'' was a subject of repeated criticism for its [[false advertising]] in regards to products it offered being entirely "free" and general business structure that, as a referral system, was by design an unsustainable [[pyramid scheme]] where only [[early adopter]]s could profit in short term.