(Thrillist) – “A former gear blog that’s just been completely overhauled, LoDo-based Activejunky‘s now a place for nature-heads to price-comparison shop from among 100+ popular outdoor stores, and receive cash back on literally every purchase, making that $15mil one for Louisiana actually look pretty stupid. Searching for a particular product will return a retailer list (high-ended by the likes of Backcountry, Moosejaw, REI, and Patagonia) with prices for each; in three months, Junky’ll cut and mail you a check for 5-10% of your purchase price, hook up your money via PayPal, or, should you opt in, donate it all to The Nature Conservancy, but not the Naughty By Nature Conservancy, who’ve already got mad Feel Me Cash-Flow. Lest you run out of ideas for…”
See the full article at Thrillist.com.
The winter gear wishlist you started building in September? Time to cross a few off the list – and save – with ActiveJunky. Don’t wait around until Christmas because you know this year your girlfriend won’t be boxing up that $450 Arcteryx jacket to fill out your gear closet.
For those readers tuned into affiliate marketing, it’s easy to identify the model is an ingenious one. The only remaining competitive edge most e-commerce stores have (aside from free two-way shipping) is….price. Problem is they can only go so low but that’s where the affiliate sites pick up the slack. ActiveJunky is playing the volume game over the margin game. If I recall, EBates.com run a similar shop, but ActiveJunky’s cornering of a particular market where there’s typically some extra dough floating around could help it become a big hit.
As for the wait to receive your ‘rebate’? Sure, you could spent that time thinking of why you paid BackCountry.com full price, and aren’t receiving…wait, anything? As far as we’re concerned, there’s no reason not the dip into this treasure chest this holiday season.
Pony up.
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