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\"\"<\/a>As this message is being sent out, my friend Ed and I are winging our way across the Pacific from Vancouver to Beijing.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

We're taking a 3 week tour<\/strong> of China that includes stays in Beijing, Shanghai, Guilin (the mammary mountain region), Xian (to see the terra-cotta warriors) and lastly, Hong Kong (to buy fake Rolexes… what else?). \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Oh ya, we're also taking a four-day cruise up the Yangtze River… or maybe it's ‘down' the Yangtze River. <\/p>\n

I'm not really sure.<\/p>\n

As I write this, it's 4 days before departure, and I am only now starting to feeling a little excited about this adventure.<\/p>\n

After all the travelling I did this year to conferences and such, I'm really happy just to be at home with my cat.<\/p>\n

(Yes, only one cat… Phoenix passed away in May, and John Harricharan, (Power Pause<\/a>) bless his extraordinarly kind and gentle heart, helped me get through that journey like no other could.)<\/p>\n

But back to the journey at hand…<\/p>\n

I find trip planning to be a chore<\/strong>. Will the petsitter be available, should the irrigation be blown out before or after my return, and what DOES one pack to visit China in October? Yada, yada, yada. <\/p>\n

The biggest stumbling block in planning this trip was in sourcing luggage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I've taken to travelling light in recent years (because weight-lifting wrecks shoulders), but needed a slightly larger suitcase in which to pack 3 weeks worth of duds.\n<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I'd seen those Samsonite “Spinners”<\/strong> advertised on TV, and thought they looked pretty cool.<\/p>\n

Instead of 2 wheels, they have four, which means you don't have to tilt the bag before moving it. <\/p>\n

Just push and go.<\/p>\n

Or kick and go… your choice.\n<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I tested a pretty red one out at a shop in Toronto and loved it, but it was too much to take home with me, and the store wouldn't ship to British Columbia. <\/p>\n

So, when I got back to B.C., I checked eBags.com<\/a><\/strong>, but the model I wanted wasn't available for shipping to Canada.<\/p>\n

I then called the local luggage retailer to see whether they could bring one in from Samsonite for me.<\/p>\n

Two days later I found out they could have one shipped in, but that the model was only available in black.\n<\/p>\n

\nThat just wouldn't do.\n<\/p>\n

\nEveryone and his brother has a black suitcase.\n<\/p>\n

\nI NEEDED a red one.\n<\/p>\n

\nSo, I called Ed and asked him to check whether another store close to his home in Toronto would ship to B.C.\n<\/p>\n

\nThey wouldn't.\n<\/p>\n

\nBUT, they did have a brilliant suggestion.\n<\/p>\n

\nOrder it online<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n

\nSure enough… Bentley<\/strong>, the major distributor of luggage in Canada has a site, AND exactly the bag and color I wanted…. um, I mean, needed.\n<\/p>\n

\nI was so excited by that discovery that I forgot to check and see whether they had an affiliate program before I ordered the darned thing!\n<\/p>\n

\n(Turns out they don't… and what's up with THAT?)\n<\/p>\n

\nAnyway, my pretty red suitcase arrived 2 days ago.\n<\/p>\n

\nHave luggage … will travel.\n<\/p>\n

\nSo what's my luggage sourcing story got to do with Internet and Affiliate marketing?\n<\/p>\n

\nWell, for those who doubt that the Internet is still growing by leaps and bounds, that story should tell you a great deal.\n<\/p>\n

\nWe're all shopping MORE online everyday, for all sorts of stuff<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n

\nFor those in small towns, or those who just hate shopping malls, shopping on the Internet is the ONLY way we can (or will) access some goods.\n<\/p>\n

\nAnd not all retailers have affiliate programs… yet.\n<\/p>\n

\nBut they will.\n<\/p>\n

\nThere's LOADS of opportunity just waiting for you to reach out and grab it.\n<\/p>\n

\nYou just need to pick a niche and get cracking on your shopping site.\n<\/p>\n

\nSpeaking of shopping, the next item on my list is the matching Samsonite tote.\n<\/p>\n

\nIf you can get Bentley to establish an affiliate progam, I'll buy it through your link! \ud83d\ude42<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\nHint… just to make it easy on you… you may want to point them to my article “Online Merchants: Are You Leaving Money on the Table?<\/a>“. <\/p>\n

\nGood luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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