New GB features

Hey all. Here at GB central we’re trying hard to build a product that makes you happy. Here are a few new features in our latest release

• GB needs some loving from your friends. Why not share some love and invite them to the site. For every 10 friends that activate their account we’ll give you a $10 gift certificate to backcountry.com (terms apply)
• Love the GB service but want don’t want to clog up your inbox while you’re on vacation? Then you should check out the “Take a Breather” functionality.
• Feel like the “Gear Gods” release their best gear on Wednesdays? If so, then perhaps you should select to receive our emails only on those days.

Thanks for using GB! We’ll keep working hard. Let us know if there is anything you’d like to see.

Gear Burger: Turbocharged

Hola Gear Burger’ers,

Big changes underfoot here at Gear Burger HQ.  We have drastically changed the Gear Burger service, so please read on so you know what to expect going forward.

GB no longer monitors the 6 one-deal-at-a-time gear sites.

That’s right, we no longer monitor SteepandCheap.com, BonkTown.com, ChainLove.com, Tramdock.com, Brociety.com or WhiskeyMilitia.com.

Why? These sites don’t have very many interesting deals.

These sites are really fun but they each have less than 100 deals per day and they all come from BackCountry.com warehouse.  Additionally, we saw that many of the same products are frequently put on sale over and over.  These factors combine to critically restrict the number of interesting deals we can find for our users.

GB now monitors the full inventory of +20 outdoor retailers.

Instead of monitoring 6 one-deal-at-a-time sites, we now monitor the complete inventory sets of over 20 outdoor retailers.  We’ll use your same user preferences (department, category and brand) but match them to a massively bigger product set and send you one daily email, showcasing the products that have gone on sale in the last 24 hours that match your preferences. So we have gone from seeing ~700 deals per day to monitoring over 2,000 brands and 20,000 products across more than 20 outdoor retailer sites and we’re adding more retailers every day.  The current list of retailers we are monitoring is included below.

To summarize:  No more SteepandCheap.com or others!  Going forward: 1 email per day matching your preferences to tens of thousands of products across +20 outdoor retailers.

We always welcome your feedback on our forums and look forward to providing you the best possible service!

Regards,

Team Gear Burger

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Retailers Gear Burger now monitors (the list will be growing every day):

Altrec.com

AltrecOutlet.com

Backcountry.com

Bike.com

CampSaver.com

DepartmentOfGoods.com

DogFunk.com

EvoGear.com

FontanaSports.com

GearX.com

Giantnerd.com

HalfMoonOutfitters.com

HucknRoll.com

Konasports.com

MasseysOutfitters.com

Moosejaw.com

o2GearShop.com

OutdoorBasics.com

Patagonia.com

RamseyOutdoor.com

RealCyclist.com

Skis.com

Snowboards.net

USOutdoorStore.com