Roy Morgan released a report which said that OzBargain was the fastest growing site in the retail area. They state:
Founded and still run by a Sydneysider named ‘scotty’, OzBargain is Australia’s fastest-growing shopping-related website, now with 948,000 unique monthly visitors—more than 2.5 times as many as in 2012.
As Scotty pointed out, our uniques are currently at 1.8m a month, double the figure Roy Morgan gives. However, looking at August 2012, the uniques were 963,988 so while the numbers may be off the ratios are fairly accurate.
We surpassed another milestone and at around lunchtime last Wednesday, we ticked off our 4,000,000th comment. Our next big milestone is our 10 year anniversary in November. We are planning an event that stops the nation, or at least takes down some retailers websites and are hoping to get some retailers on board for some cracking deals. In the next week, we will be doing a T-Shirt treasure hunt where we will be giving out our new OzB 10 T-Shirts. Stay tuned.
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Popup to tell first time commenters to read commenting guidelines (hopefully not ignored).
- Improving duplicate checking.
- Renamed OzVoucher to Couponese.
- Fixing up some speed issues related to our DB (you may have noticed some error messages)
Members
Members of the Month
August 2016
Winners from last month:
TRENT86 for posting the most popular deal of the month — Free 2x $25 voucher from The Good Guys! Yes, it's not an eBay deal this month (although eBay did take out the 2nd, 3rd and 6th place). TRENT86 has also posted 54 deals in August with +56.4 average votes, and 33 of them got onto the front page.
I would just like to award another non-eBay deal so at 4th place last month, forumninja and AmEx Shop Small September (which is coming up in 10 days). Check out all the currently running American Express deals here.
Spackbace for posting the most popular competition of the month — Win 1 of 4x $10,000 EFTPOS Cards. Unfortunately no one on OzBargain lucky enough to score that (or at least reported it). There was a reported big win though — also congratulations to Cristobel for the win to Dubai. Spackbace also posted the most deal in August — 71 with +33 vote average, and just 1 comment short from posting the most comments (which went to you-know-who).
stuhtb for being the most active new OzBargainer. Account signed up on 15 August and has already posted 25 deals in August with vote average +15.5.
-Scotty
See more about members of the month
Moderation Stats:
- Reports: 2223 (avg: 1 report every ~20 minutes)
- Deals Removed: 333 (2329 published) —- Forum Posts Removed: 57 (1075 published)
- Reasons:
- Duplicate - 166
- Requested by OP - 21
- Sockpuppeting - 30
- SPAM - 21
- Targeted Offer - 16
- No Bargains Listed - 15
- Insufficient Quantity - 18
- Referral SPAM - 25
- Combine Posts - 5
- Not Available to Australia - 3
- Expired on Posting - 5
- Banned Item - 2
- Everything else - 58
- Reasons:
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Spackbace | 71 | 33.25 |
| TRENT86 | 54 | 56.78 |
| nocure | 49 | 59.31 |
| easternculture | 48 | 39.54 |
| tightarse | 47 | 100.81 |
| altomic | 37 | 19.78 |
| tonester | 35 | 17.77 |
| neil | 22 | 26.14 |
| stuhtb | 22 | 14.77 |
| hamza23 | 22 | 60.14 |
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| stuhtb | 40 | 18.93 |
| DisabledUser193239 | 7 | 52.43 |
| schmucky | 3 | 13.33 |
| BluSpace | 3 | 12.67 |
| releasethekr4cken | 3 | 5.00 |
| TeesAndSuchAustralia | 3 | 2.00 |
| inkspottuggerah | 2 | 0.50 |
| pc market | 2 | 2.00 |
| sproxlover | 2 | 1.50 |
| fj | 2 | 4.50 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| tightarse | 47 | 100.81 |
| TRENT86 | 33 | 83.73 |
| nocure | 30 | 86.20 |
| Spackbace | 24 | 71.75 |
| easternculture | 19 | 79.37 |
| hamza23 | 15 | 83.00 |
| lyl | 11 | 93.45 |
| monty.melb | 9 | 65.11 |
| IWantThatFlight | 8 | 64.12 |
| tonester | 7 | 55.71 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWantThatFlight | 8 | 64.12 | 18 | 1 |
| monty.melb | 6 | 46.17 | 77 | 9 |
| Clear | 3 | 91.00 | 274 | 140 |
| PLE Computers | 2 | 72.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Warehouse1 | 2 | 89.50 | 20 | 4 |
| squiddy | 2 | 64.00 | 12 | 0 |
| RemotePro | 1 | 90.00 | 11 | 0 |
| mls1989 | 1 | 105.00 | 79 | 21 |
| robert1979 | 1 | 201.00 | 0 | 0 |
| mobileciti | 1 | 76.00 | 24 | 20 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Katie2014 | 72 | 5.78 |
| neil | 45 | 5.00 |
| JSQUARED | 40 | 5.35 |
| Spackbace | 32 | 8.84 |
| TheClipIt | 28 | 4.39 |
| hamza23 | 18 | 8.39 |
| Anfernee | 6 | 2.67 |
| kewforyou | 5 | 1.80 |
| Wyza | 4 | 3.75 |
| Gunwalls | 4 | 1.25 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| Spackbace | 322 | 288 |
| Baysew | 80 | 78 |
| tonester | 68 | 58 |
| shapers | 29 | 27 |
| Lukian | 19 | 18 |
| Make it so | 15 | 13 |
| Steptoe | 13 | 13 |
| BarginHunter | 12 | 11 |
| scrimshaw | 8 | 6 |
| TRENT86 | 8 | 8 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jv | 875 | 0.72 | 74 | 13 | 43 | 11 |
| Spackbace | 874 | 1.61 | 78 | 14 | 11 | 1 |
| Savas | 425 | 1.39 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| altomic | 382 | 1.90 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| albanyson | 297 | 0.63 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clear | 272 | 1.53 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| lostn | 270 | 0.43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| StewBalls | 269 | 1.77 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Diji1 | 261 | 1.07 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| easternculture | 254 | 0.50 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| I know it was a NZ coin | 311 | Ughhh | 2016-08-16 |
| You're a ghost and no one | 237 | Drew22 | 2016-08-19 |
| You know New Zealand isn't | 166 | happydude | 2016-08-16 |
| Maybe try talking to the | 158 | 2jzzzz | 2016-08-19 |
| SPARTAAAAAAAA! | 146 | j4ck | 2016-08-24 |
| "I am getting quite tired of | 123 | hell0 | 2016-08-31 |
| Yeah…way to generalise | 120 | bigpallooka | 2016-08-31 |
| People whinging about first | 103 | inherentchoice | 2016-08-31 |
| Definitely ban it. The | 102 | one man clan | 2016-08-05 |
| People being straight up | 98 | Clear | 2016-08-31 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| I'm sure most people have | -182 | bottletop | 2016-08-16 |
| Your Tinypic shows signs for | -85 | llama | 2016-08-27 |
| @smashed: That's ok. I | -72 | sagiballs | 2016-08-31 |
| I just read some posts on | -70 | llama | 2016-08-27 |
| I invite you to make a | -69 | sagiballs | 2016-08-31 |
| yeh but they dont do it for | -52 | Zfan111222 | 2016-08-02 |
| @Zfan111222: why are people | -51 | Zfan111222 | 2016-08-02 |
| i cant, because the other | -49 | Zfan111222 | 2016-08-02 |
| It's out of warranty what | -43 | Axelstrife | 2016-08-21 |
| I joined last year, if you | -43 | Savas | 2016-08-26 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubbish phone. Got it with | 20 | 20 | Modano | 2016-08-08 |
| This is ridiculous - 1st | 15 | 14 | jackary | 2016-08-17 |
| thanks, time to stock up for | 13 | 13 | sbm888 | 2016-08-31 |
| @Resistor: Cost Benefit is | 12 | 13 | 2ndeffort | 2016-08-18 |
| Its $50 more at jb….is | 12 | 12 | bargrin | 2016-08-29 |
| Looks to me like he is | 11 | 11 | jhmtaylor | 2016-08-13 |
| ….pretty mediocre… | 10 | 9 | Donatello | 2016-08-25 |
| Why does he get downvote? He | 9 | 9 | motor89 | 2016-08-08 |
| Stop this crap,,The most | 9 | 10 | dealman | 2016-08-19 |
| $683 could spend it on | 9 | 9 | tuzii | 2016-08-29 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How about Iraq , Syria , | 22 | 19 | easternculture | 2016-08-25 |
| This is ridiculous - 1st | 15 | 14 | jackary | 2016-08-17 |
| @Resistor: Cost Benefit is | 12 | 13 | 2ndeffort | 2016-08-18 |
| ….pretty mediocre… | 10 | 9 | Donatello | 2016-08-25 |
Comments with a net vote of + or - 20% with pos vote count of 10 or more.
Deals
Top 10 fastest deals to the front page
Top 10 fastest deals to 100 votes
Top 10 most popular deals by votes
Top 10 most popular deals by clicks
Top 5 most popular deals by traffic (in pageviews)
- 20% off Selected Retailers on eBay (PC Byte, Telstra, Sony, Grays Online, Betta, COTD, Shopping Square, Futu, Dell + More) - 100,355
- 15% off 12 Selected Retailers (Bing Lee, Target, BCF, Myer, Mobileciti, Tarocash. Supercheap Auto + More) @ eBay - 65,128
- MYER Extra 50% off Men, Womens & Childrens Knitwear & Sweaters Extra 40% off Jackets & Coats - 50,196
- Sign up to Digital Catalogue to Receive 2x $25 Store Credits in Your First 6 Weeks (Min Spend $50) @ The Good Guys - 49,256
- 10% off @ eBay (Min Spend $75) - 48,861
Most Popular Deals by Category
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
- Competition Pageviews: 217,705 | July: 211,239 (+3.06%)
- Comps Posted: 329 | July: 304
- Comps Won: 52 | July: 85
- Biggest Competition Win:
Samsung Home Theatre Packages (Worth $4623)
Other stats
Top 5 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
- Ordered Item From eBay, Got an Empty Packaging with No Item in It - 25,685
- Banned from Woolworths Online Forever! - 21,389
- This Guy Is Selling What Is Free from OzBargain - 18,347
- Cashier not taking NZ coins - 17,200
- I Am Sick of The Big Banks Not Passing The Full Rate Cut - 17,139
Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews)
- List of Birthday Deals/Frebies - 9,247
- List of Cheap Chinese Online Buying sites - 3,502
- American Express Referral Wiki 3,087
- Cards with No Overseas Transaction Fees - 1,936
- A guide to using Telstra Prepaid Starter Packs - 1,692
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)
- Dominos - 142,834
- Hungry Jacks - 22,259
- Uber - 13,597
- KFC - 13,263
- Woolworths - 12,570
Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 59 | 26.88 |
| Woolworths | 50 | 35.10 |
| The Good Guys | 46 | 56.46 |
| Coles | 43 | 43.23 |
| Masters Home Improvement | 41 | 50.00 |
| Harvey Norman | 35 | 26.00 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 32 | 25.06 |
| Target Australia | 29 | 25.66 |
| Dan Murphy's | 28 | 34.43 |
| Myer | 27 | 26.67 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| I Want That Flight | 524 |
| DeliveryHero | 266 |
| Specsavers | 189 |
| American Express | 137 |
| Menulog | 128 |
| Masters | 124 |
| Pinchme | 122 |
| Selling Out Soon | 115 |
| Woolworths | 92 |
| Coke Rewards | 91 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
| Query | Count |
|---|---|
| eneloop | 143 |
| lego | 141 |
| dyson | 118 |
| sonos | 113 |
| ps4 | 110 |
| specsavers | 107 |
| bose | 75 |
| japan | 72 |
| wii u | 71 |
| xbox one | 67 |
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- Whirlpool Forums - 123,190
- Facebook - 109,596
- Twitter - 33,399
- Lifehacker - 31,607
- Oursteps - 31,597
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
- Chrome 59.40%
- Safari 24.04%
- Firefox 8.38%
- Internet Explorer 3.59%
- Safari (in-app) 1.82%
Everything else
- Reports from users: 2223 || July 2016: 2244 || August 2015: 1848
- Deals posted: 2329 || July 2016: 2203 || August 2015: 2261
- Number of Freebies posted: 190
- Comments posted: 74,243 || July 2016: 71,076 || August 2015: 72,454
- Overall traffic: 9,020,575 sessions, 27,396,001 pageviews. || July 2016: 8,726,474 sessions, 25,951,503 pageviews. || August 2015: 8,263,198 sessions, 25,311,619 pageviews.
- New users: 1994
- Most commented deal: Map Bravista Latte + by Saeco (Black) $149 Delivered + 80 Pods @ Map Coffee (492 comments)
- Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: Puma Safety Shoes 50% off at Masters - Online and In Store (3173 clicks)
- Most neg'd deal: Phone Battery Cases (for iPhone 6/6S & Plus) - $64.99 Shipped (Save 20%) @ Bluerday (-5 votes)
Real time stats from our wiki
2016: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July
2015: Zeitgeist Dec - Nov - Oct - Sept - Aug - Jul - Jun -May - Apr - Mar - Jan
2014: Zeitgeist - Nov - Oct - Sept
Good stats Neil. How do you generate it? Do you use back end query to generate or you use some reporting tool here?