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Affinity Discounts-Part 2: Outdoor Industry Pro Deals

 Many years ago, I worked for a company that was in the outdoor industry (footwear to be specific), and while I had been an online shopping discount queen for years already,  my time at this Outdoor company taught me about one of the most incredible affinity discounts I've ever heard about:  The Outdoor Industry Pro Deal.

Basically, if you work in the Outdoor industry (retail brands, government, travel/tourism, other adjacent industries like fitness, and so on...), with proof of your employment (email address/paystub/business card...likely all verified though ID.me or something similar), you could qualify for extra deep discounts not normally offered to the non-Pro group-think...like...40%, 50%...sometimes more off of the every-day pricing of items sold at these Outdoor retailers that offer a Pro Discount.  Wowie wow.  It was a great perk when working in the outdoor industry-one I made use of many times-and I've never heard of another industry offering 'insider employee' discounts like this-except perhaps for the perks that a lot of hospitality workers might get at other hospitality establishments. 

Getting to these discounts is very similar to how you would shop when trying to get the ID.me Discount I mentioned in my previous post:  You can start at the retailer's website itself, and liekly be bounced to the Pro Discount membership site to sign up (and then return to the retailer website to complete your discounted purchase), or you can start at the Pro Discount membership website that corrals these discounts into one place-ExpertVoice is probably the biggest player in this space, but there's also Outdoor Prolink, Guidefitter, and numerous others.  If you work in the Outdoor space, your employer may have a preferred partner for you to get your discounts through, but I've never heard of an employer (or Membership site) being restrictive on what Membership site you can join-as long as you qualify!

So, go on you Outdoor Industry Pros-get to shopping with some great discounts!  ...and if you have experience with ExpertVoice, Outdoor Prolink...or anyone else, drop a comment below and let me know what you think of your Pro Deals!

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