Well this was exciting. I have told you guys about a Word of Mouth marketing program before called House Party. I haven’t participated in awhile and when I got an email invitation a few weeks ago I decided to apply. I was accepted for a DiGiorno House Party and I got my little kit in today’s mail. I got little favors for party guests as well as a football hot pad and a coupon book with 22 coupons for free pizzas or $4 off a DiGiorno pizza. Since the pizzas happen to be $3.99 this week at Safeway that makes 22 free pizzas for the MFA house!
The way this program works is that they have various themed parties with everything from Gerber baby food to Windows 7. You agree to have friends over for a party on a certain day and fill out an application. They select a certain number of candidates and then send out a party pack. I have done 3 parties in about 2 years with House Party and the party packs vary greatly. I did one for an organic cleaning product and my party pack had (2) .55 coupons in it and that was basically it. But I did one with Gerber baby food and got (34) 2pks of Organic Baby food- so some are incredibly generous and some are not as much.
We are going to have some friends over for our party and I won’t have to worry about a thing because we will have a ton of pizzas on hand. Plus I should have plenty of extra coupons to give out to my guests as part of their party favors- how fun!
You can read more about House Party HERE.
**Something to keep in mind is that I just got lucky this was an awesome party kit and that I got accepted. I used to apply for these all the time and always got rejected. There are typically way more applications for parties than party kits available so you just have to cross your fingers that one will come your way!
Cheyenne says
I applied for that, but when they wanted me to send out invitations for it I was hesitant because I didn’t want to send out invitations if I wasn’t going to be getting the pizza. Did you have to send out the invitations first or how did all that work with setting up your page?
admin says
I know I was bummed to miss the Fisher Price one a few years ago- they gave out awesome FP toys!
Kim says
I signed up for some of these parties as well. You said you’d be getting 22 free pizzas, but aren’t those coupons suppose to go to your guests? I even had to sign an agreement to that affect.
admin says
Cheyanne if you are to the part of sending out invites than you are pretty much in. Plus I sent them to family members only just in case so I can cancel on them and not be embarrassed 😉 It is a stinker because you don’t really know what the party pack will contain but for us it was an excuse to have a few people over.
admin says
Yup- like I said some of the coupons will go to my guests in the party favors and some of them we will use to feed people at the party!
Jenny says
I just did the Fun, Fit, & Guilt Free House party. It was so much fun! I got coupons for 5 free 6 packs of Jello Mousse, the new Your Shape Wii game, the Just Dance Wii game, head bands for guests and Jello coupons for guests. Great party pack. This was the 2nd House Party I had hosted. Definitely worth taking the 10 minutes to fill out the application.
Jen says
I just did the Fun, Fit, & Guilt Free one too, we had a good time! Also did the Windows 7 Party awhile back and that wasn’t as much fun but we did get the new Windows 7 for our computer and everyone to to check it out early but not much for freebies to give to guests.
tifffrog says
I have done this twice. I also got the fun, fit and guilt free house party. I also got one for Martha Stewart scrapbooking products. They were both awesome and I received at least $100 dollars worth of stuff for the party each time.
Amanda C. says
I got selected for the DiGiorno party too! I was very pleased with the party pack and they were definitely very generous. I also got to do the Juicy Juice party a while ago and that pack was awesome as well. Like you said, it’s definitely worth filling out the applications!
sarah m says
thanks for the info.. i just signed up and will be keeping my fingers crossed to get into a good one 🙂
Tonia says
I love these parties! I have done about 7 of them since I started getting accepted about a year ago! It took a good 7 monthsof applying before I got chosen for my first one. Normaly when you go to the party information page about the party before you apply, it has a list of what your party kit will contain. I love any excuse to have people over and hand out free stuff. And, you do not have to use their invite system, you can do it however you wish! Normally I just put in the names of the people I invite with no email and then I go in and check yes, no or maybe when they respond! Love Houseparty! Have a fun party!
Shell says
Lucky! I didn’t get invited for that one, which is lame because my husband could LIVE on frozen pizza. I did the Your Shape & Jello mousse one earlier this month though- received TWO free Wii games, 6 coupons for Free 6-packs of Jello mousse, coupons for $10 off Your Shape (if you need one lemme know! 🙂 & coupons for the Jello for the guests. Oh & spoons, napkins & headbands. I love House Party!
Shell
Sarah says
I was accepted too and also got my party pack today! I am so excited. My husband works in the movie industry and we were given a copy of The Princes
Sarah says
s and the Frog, so we are doing a pizza/movie party!
Sheena says
I was accepted for the DiGiorno one but ended up having to decline. I’m hoping to get the Zatarain’s party cuz I really want to have a Mardi Gras Party. I hope it is a good pack!
Heather says
I got accepted to host a DiGiorno party too! It’s gonna be so fun, I can’t wait!
Jennifer Moore says
I got accepted too, but haven’t received my Party Pack yet – I hope it comes tomorrow!!
Melissa says
Just wondering if there is a catch? If you get accepted for the party, then what? Do you have to provide them with proof that you had the party? Or return anything
Karen says
I was going to ask the same thing as Melissa. How do they know who actually had a party?
It seems like I hear online that with the Vocal Point coupons most people keep them all for themselves even though the coupons clearly state that other than the 1-2 bigger value coupons the rest are to ‘share with a friend’.
Thanks for sharing the info on House Party. I had heard of them but didnt know quite what they were.
admin says
It is an honor code agreement. They also ask for participation post party with a few pictures and things. I don’t usually do a lot of the post party stuff because of limited time constraints.
admin says
No. There is no catch. I don’t think they will come and get you if you don’t have a party but I wouldn’t do it if you can’t invite a least a few people over. I don’t think it needs to be a grand event- maybe just invite a few girlfriends or family. We will probably do game night with our family members- easy.
admin says
Oh I can’t wait for that movie to come out- what a fun idea! Can I come to your party?
admin says
Shell that is a GREAT pack- I think I’d rather have the Wii games 🙂
Stevie says
My friend did the FP price one a few yrs ago.
I did the Scret Life and Make it or Break it one a few weeks ago.
My other friend just did the Wii game one last week.
Lauren says
I love it! Just got my party pack this week -and my boys (son and husband) are excited to be having a “Football Pizza Party” even though we won’t be able to cheer for our EAGLES! I also did the UL party before Christmas – tons of white Christmas lights, wreaths, ribbons, ornaments…It really makes for a fun event!
Sheila Capell says
YAY! I’m doing the DiGiorno one too!! Now I can’t wait to check my mail today!! Hopefully it came today. We’re doing a Superbowl party and I was thinking I was going to have to “buy” a little more food for all the people coming, but now knowing the guests coupons are $4 and FREE at Safeway I’m ALL OVER THAT!!! We’ll have plenty for everyone AND they’ll get to take home some coupons!! WAHOO!!
NICOLE D. says
I also just did the Fun, Fit, & Guilt Free House party. IT WAS AWESOME! MY FAMILY, GUESTS, & FRIENDS LOVED IT!! I LOVE HOUSE PARTY SO MUCH! THEIRS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. I APPLIED FOR THE DIGIORNO HOUSE PARTY BUT DIDN’T GET ACCEPTED. BUT IT DIDN’T MATTER BECUZ I GOT TO HOST THE FUN, FIT, & GUILT FREE HOUSE PARTY. EVERYONE SHOULD JOIN THIS SITE!
Jill M. says
I am throwing a DiGorno party too and ran to Dominick’s (Safeway to many of you) to get the $3.99 pizzas. The catch at Dominick’s is that that great $3.99 price is limited to 1 pizza. Maybe Safeway is different, but they are owned by the same company and run the same deals, so I’m not sure. Just a heads up…
Tina says
WOW this sounds like so much fun . I signed up today, hopefully I’ll get lucky and get to throw a party. Thanks for this.
Nicole@Bugaboos says
Yeah for you!! Have Fun!!! I love house party!! I have been chosen for a couple, I did the I can’t it’s not butter bake one a few months back and it was fun!! I got yellow totes with tons of coupons for freebies and high value ones plus goodies for everyones bags. House party applications are super easy and well worth the few minutes to fill them out!!
Saraf says
I just got accepted for the Pullups potty training party – the first party I applied for hooray! Couldn’t have come at a better time, we’re just about to start potty training! Thanks for this post or I never would have known about House Party
sarah m says
i just stopped back to say Thank you soo much for posting this.. just got accepted to host the Zaterans Mardi Grais Party!!! I am amazed i got to host one this soon!