Well, these stats are way late.
April sparked a cash back war between newcomer to Australia, Shopback and Cashrewards, with each company matching/beating each others rates plus offering exclusive deals. They also were featured in "the news". Great to see competition but wonder what's happened with Pricepal?
We also made a change to notifications and implimented them in a way we should have probably at the start. If you aren't getting notifications or aren't getting subscriptions, see this thread. You'll need to specifically set your preferences.
Upcoming:
- Active OzBargainer Competition Ends June 12.
- EOFY Sales
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Never automatically delete penalty private messages sent by system
- Fix bug where nodes are still being listed as NEW when user has mark all as read.
- Colour changes to buttons (yellow, blue), no more 1990s buttons.
- Consolidating Reply & New Comment Notification for Node. Automatic web notifications for replies will no longer be sent until user auto-subscribes with option 'replies only' and includes web notification.
- Firearm Deals have been banned.
- RRP Guidelines have been implimented based on feedback and ACCC advice.
- Floating comment bar uses a menu to provide functions to mobile users.
- For Cashback Offers popup, show cashback sites with higher cashbacks first.
- Add notification delivery method settings on category subscription page
- Add infinite scroll to notifications.
- Lots more subscription changes/bugs.
Members
Members of the Month
April 2018
spk for posting the most voted deal in April, 10% off eBay with PAYBACK, which received over 700 +1 votes and reached front page of OzBargain in 10'47".
Calmerancer for helping out an OzBargainer scammed by buyer on eBay by drafting out a nice response.
docbj for fuelling up 82L of PLUP at 0.1c/litre PULP with 7-Eleven's Fuel App glitch, and first one to post a receipt to prove it.
stuhtb for his outstanding work as a Power User. In April stuhtb has made 398 edits on 396 deals/forum posts to keep them clean and organised.
Winners from last month:
Congratulations!
-Scotty
See more about members of the month
Moderation Stats:
- Reports from users: 3510 (avg: 1 report every ~12 minutes) || March 2018: 3666 || April 2017: 2619
- Deals Removed: 358 (2775 published) —- Forum Posts Removed: 100 (1116 published)
- Reasons:
- Duplicate - 163
- SPAM - 41
- No Bargains Listed - 18
- Sockpuppeting - 27
- Referral SPAM - 13
- Deal doesn't meet Amazon posting guidelines - 13
- Insufficient Quantity - 12
- Requested by OP - 20
- Not Available to Australia - 6
- Out of stock on posting - 8
- Expired on Posting - 9
- Combine Posts - 10
- Unobtainable Deal - 9
- Circumventing Ban - 2
- Deal doesn't meet eBay posting guidelines - 0
- Everything else - 107
- Reasons:
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Being Askhole | 167 | 37.99 |
| nocure | 65 | 55.69 |
| chibot | 60 | 23.05 |
| save50 | 52 | 24.12 |
| Detective Pikachu | 51 | 34.45 |
| altomic | 28 | 12.43 |
| headphonejack | 26 | 69.92 |
| urbancartel | 25 | 30.56 |
| homersimpson | 24 | 16.62 |
| RogueWolf | 23 | 20.13 |
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Browny Smith | 4 | 7.00 |
| henr | 4 | 6.25 |
| steve08 | 3 | 37.33 |
| wizenedyard8023 | 3 | 4.67 |
| SecretWarehouse | 3 | 4.67 |
| allajunaki | 2 | 30.00 |
| 53H2w2 | 2 | 21.00 |
| Hernandaz | 2 | 16.50 |
| MikeLittoris1 | 2 | 16.50 |
| Soapdroid | 2 | 16.00 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Being Askhole | 66 | 74.44 |
| nocure | 44 | 74.73 |
| tightarse | 22 | 164.32 |
| headphonejack | 16 | 103.81 |
| Detective Pikachu | 16 | 89.12 |
| chibot | 14 | 64.07 |
| doweyy | 12 | 208.58 |
| hamza23 | 12 | 92.83 |
| save50 | 12 | 73.17 |
| Clear | 11 | 57.27 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimsDirect | 4 | 122.75 | 313 | 1 |
| IWantThatFlight | 4 | 85.25 | 6 | 1 |
| Clear | 4 | 50.75 | 508 | 393 |
| telecube | 2 | 127.50 | 268 | 0 |
| lyl | 2 | 51.00 | 15 | 5 |
| tightarse | 1 | 229.00 | 127 | 46 |
| Astivita | 1 | 139.00 | 17 | 0 |
| gotyourback | 1 | 121.00 | 41 | 1 |
| Lulu22 | 1 | 112.00 | 35 | 0 |
| LowPriceFly | 1 | 97.00 | 5 | 0 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| gnv9 | 365 | 11.75 |
| Phalaxis | 39 | 11.15 |
| Katie2014 | 23 | 5.83 |
| icanfly | 22 | 7.36 |
| chiltwamberlain | 14 | 1.29 |
| Smalot11 | 13 | 6.46 |
| altomic | 13 | 4.46 |
| Inittowinit | 10 | 5.10 |
| sss333 | 8 | 7.50 |
| CraziThinkr | 7 | 8.14 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| stuhtb | 398 | 396 |
| Baysew | 244 | 239 |
| alvian | 211 | 189 |
| gnv9 | 153 | 137 |
| O O | 86 | 77 |
| Spackbace | 72 | 66 |
| doweyy | 59 | 57 |
| dasher86 | 35 | 35 |
| tonester | 33 | 30 |
| TakaHas | 27 | 27 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tuzii | 729 | 0.41 | 52 | 10 | 41 | 6 |
| jv | 708 | 1.05 | 56 | 12 | 28 | 0 |
| PJC | 684 | 1.39 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Clear | 504 | 1.58 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| xev | 504 | 1.56 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Being Askhole | 479 | 0.41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| garage sale | 372 | 0.60 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Scab | 352 | 2.25 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Diji1 | 351 | 0.76 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| TarquinOliverNimrod | 348 | 0.74 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not being mean, but, come on | 239 | Nutrino | 2018-04-11 |
| Wow… he's(?) going to | 176 | Spackbace | 2018-04-28 |
| Because its in tents. | 140 | acek47 | 2018-04-26 |
| Unlike the doors and windows | 131 | abb | 2018-04-18 |
| Nice try. not giving away my | 126 | dasher86 | 2018-04-17 |
| I'm sorry to hear you're | 123 | iforgotmysocks | 2018-04-28 |
| Your poll is invalid. The | 113 | Scrooge McDuck | 2018-04-02 |
| Yer I Agree. Make it as | 113 | Calmerancer | 2018-04-08 |
| Break a window before you | 106 | picklewizard | 2018-04-17 |
| @montorola: For non | 101 | docbj | 2018-04-22 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| You are being intolerant, | -69 | freemoneyhunter | 2018-04-04 |
| What drives people to | -65 | Herodotus | 2018-04-16 |
| Until it runs out of juice | -60 | EightImmortals | 2018-04-09 |
| The best April Fools so far. | -53 | AussieDaddy | 2018-04-01 |
| A male Pet peeve when my | -43 | davowan | 2018-04-28 |
| Or get a better job? :) | -40 | boomramada | 2018-04-18 |
| "If the smoker wants to take | -39 | freemoneyhunter | 2018-04-04 |
| That's a dumb Aussies fault | -38 | DisabledUser175899 | 2018-04-04 |
| What's the point of spending | -34 | Save Medicare | 2018-04-08 |
| You need to drive a; BMW M3, | -34 | TheBilly | 2018-04-09 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| obviously blocking queue | 19 | 20 | whooah1979 | 2018-04-08 |
| As a student of psychology, | 18 | 17 | ozzpete | 2018-04-07 |
| Does it come with | 15 | 15 | whitey | 2018-04-02 |
| So basically more expensive | 13 | 14 | WatchNerd | 2018-04-04 |
| got 4 from belmont wa the | 13 | 11 | kingmoron | 2018-04-21 |
| How much are they normally? | 12 | 12 | jv | 2018-04-07 |
| No smart arse replies?? | 12 | 13 | chumlee | 2018-04-28 |
| It was nothing to do with | 11 | 10 | Phreakuency | 2018-04-01 |
| Triggered cat "owners" | 11 | 9 | airal3rt | 2018-04-02 |
| I've been the smoker that's | 11 | 13 | qaddemp | 2018-04-05 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No, There is no point in | 35 | 40 | PissLUR | 2018-04-26 |
| You are right. Same refinery | 30 | 25 | saltypete | 2018-04-20 |
| I never heard of the other | 22 | 19 | freakatronic | 2018-04-05 |
| obviously blocking queue | 19 | 20 | whooah1979 | 2018-04-08 |
| As a student of psychology, | 18 | 17 | ozzpete | 2018-04-07 |
| Give him a lesson in life. | 15 | 18 | Burnertoasty | 2018-04-28 |
| So basically more expensive | 13 | 14 | WatchNerd | 2018-04-04 |
| got 4 from belmont wa the | 13 | 11 | kingmoron | 2018-04-21 |
| No smart arse replies?? | 12 | 13 | chumlee | 2018-04-28 |
| Find me a pair of | 11 | 9 | blibster | 2018-04-26 |
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
| Deal | Votes | Clicks | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10% off eBay ($50 Min Spend, Max Discount $100) | 702 | 5972 | spk | 2018-04-26 |
| $20 off at Amazon AU for New Users (Minimum Spend $79) | 590 | 9277 | smiley-k | 2018-04-19 |
| Free Speed Upgrade for Telstra Cable Network Customers (Power Cycle Your Cable Modem) | 568 | 5306 | BNR32 | 2018-04-20 |
| KFC $5 Hot & Spicy Lunch (Until 4pm Daily) | 474 | 8758 | first in line | 2018-04-16 |
| Free Colgate Sample Pack Containing Colgate Sensitive Pro Relief and Toothbrush Worth $8.98 [Delivered] | 459 | 20588 | Ramie | 2018-04-17 |
| 5% off Sitewide (Min Spend $30) @ eBay | 446 | 4221 | doweyy | 2018-04-02 |
| 20% off 70 Stores @ eBay (Allphones, Futu, KG Electronics, Grays, Amaysim, Sony + More) | 442 | 18214 | tightarse | 2018-04-09 |
| Free 2 Month Audible Membership (Includes Two Credits) + US $10 Amazon Gift Card | 377 | 7564 | ohdear | 2018-04-11 |
| $15 off Purchase @ Menulog (Min. Spend $25) Facebook Required | 371 | 8001 | jdogg | 2018-04-23 |
| Black Golf Umbrella $5 C&C (Or +Delivery) @ Officeworks | 369 | 11806 | doweyy | 2018-04-22 |
Top 10 most popular deals by clicks
Top 5 most popular deals by traffic (in pageviews)
- 20% off 70 Stores @ eBay (Allphones, Futu, KG Electronics, Grays, Amaysim, Sony + More) - 77,671
- 100 CITIZEN Eco-Drive Watches – 49% to 76% off RRP – @ eBay/Jomashop/DownUnderWatches etc - 58,037
- Sony Bravia 60" KD60X6700E 4K Ultra HD TV $945.25 (or $895.50 with MADE4YOU) @ The Good Guys eBay - 52,364
- 20% off Storewide @ EB Games eBay (E.G Nintendo Switch $380.15, Xbox One X $524.91 Delivered) - 50,972
- eBay 20% off Select Items (AirPods $175, Dyson V10 $719, Yamaha YAS107 $159, Breville BES870 $519, Logitech Z623 $95, MK545 $55) - 45,875
Most Popular Deals by Category
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
| Comp | Votes | Clicks | Entered | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win a Mazda CX-8 Diesel Worth $68,000 from Mazda | 81 | 3425 | 253 | gnv9 | 2018-04-27 |
| Win 1 of 10 $10,000 Cash Prizes from Network Ten | 70 | 2912 | 116 | gnv9 | 2018-04-06 |
| Win a Hyundai i30 Active Worth $25,485 from Hyundai | 37 | 2387 | 122 | gnv9 | 2018-04-03 |
| Win a 'Treasures of Egypt' Cruise & Tour for 2 Worth $22,390 from Scenic | 24 | 2148 | 111 | gnv9 | 2018-04-28 |
| Win 1 of 10 Family Trips to Vanuatu Worth $8,035 from Network Ten | 34 | 1817 | 76 | Phalaxis | 2018-04-22 |
| Win a Trip to Japan for 2 Worth $12,778 from Flight Centre [Age 18-39] | 36 | 1572 | 123 | gnv9 | 2018-04-08 |
| Win a Ready-to-Run IEM Certified GTX 1080 Gaming PC Worth $2,599 from Scorptec | 32 | 1269 | 121 | gnv9 | 2018-04-24 |
| Win an MSI GeForce GTX 1060 or GTX 1070 Ti/1070 GPU from MSI | 20 | 1195 | 59 | gnv9 | 2018-04-19 |
| Win 1 of 5 $100 Bunnings Vouchers from Landcare Australia | 28 | 1142 | 115 | gnv9 | 2018-04-01 |
| Win a Limited Edition God of War PlayStation 4 Pro Bundle from PressStart | 32 | 1122 | 101 | gnv9 | 2018-04-19 |
- Competition Pageviews: 410,387 | March: 443,044 (-7.37%)
- Comps Posted: 626 | March: 661
- Comps Won: 91 | March: 302
- Biggest Winner
VIP World Superbike Championship Package for 2 Worth $5,000 from Yamaha Motor Finance
Special mention of this comp of flights to Sydney + 3 nights hotel + a laptop that was won by competing in gaming entered by the winner's partner. Very nice of another member to offer their ticket to the winner's partner so they could attend. :)
and this competition from Optus that had 83 winners
Other stats
Top 5 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
- [April Fools] 澳八根将全面中文化 (Announcement: OzBargain Is Changing to Chinese) - 106,296
- eBay Buyer Has Accused Me of Sending Him an Empty Box - Am I Stuffed? - 49,071
- Scammed on Gumtree for $2000 - 38,231
- 7/11 Fuel App Watch - Nationwide - 27,988
- Hiring Personal Bodyguards in India, Specifically Bangalore - 22,813
Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews)
- List of Birthday Deals/Frebies - 17,994
- List of Cheap Chinese Online Buying sites - 4,941
- Discounted eGift Cards - 2,658
- Cards with No Overseas Transaction Fees - 1,948
- List of Price Comparison Websites - 1,875
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)
- Dominos - 117,654
- eBay - 98,054
- Pizza Hut - 21,373
- Uber Eats - 15,165
- Woolworths - 14,438
Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Woolworths | 100 | 33.07 |
| Amazon AU | 71 | 43.93 |
| Coles | 66 | 39.41 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 63 | 29.29 |
| BIG W | 59 | 34.54 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 53 | 24.68 |
| Zapals | 40 | 36.30 |
| LightInTheBox | 39 | 35.49 |
| Harvey Norman | 39 | 25.28 |
| Amazon US | 36 | 33.75 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| American Express Cashback Offers | 677 |
| I Want That Flight | 662 |
| eBay | 360 |
| American Express | 300 |
| Specsavers | 293 |
| Uniqlo | 192 |
| DeliveryHero | 186 |
| Gearbest | 179 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 174 |
| Telstra | 168 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
| Query | Count |
|---|---|
| nintendo switch | 589 |
| lego | 261 |
| xiaomi | 238 |
| dyson | 227 |
| ps4 | 196 |
| sonos | 189 |
| amex | 175 |
| yeelight | 171 |
| ebay | 159 |
| chromecast | 157 |
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- googleapis.com - 135,456 (Google/Google Now/Android recommended stories) - 148,304
- Whirlpool Forums - 99,892
- Facebook - 98,088
- Oursteps - 54,696
- Twitter - 34,607
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
- Chrome 47.02%
- Safari 37.51%
- Firefox 5.28%
- Internet Explorer 2.66%
- Samsung Internet 2.16%
Everything else
- Deals posted: 2774 || March 2018: 3054 || April 2017: 2142
- Number of Freebies posted: 263
- Comments posted: 100,043 || March 2018: 105,968 || April 2017: 74,762
- % of removed comments: 1.26% || March 1.21% || April 2017 1.55%
- Overall traffic: 11,171,266 sessions, 32,129,9043 pageviews. || March 2018: 11,460,139 sessions, 32,430,831 pageviews|| April 2017: 9,390,044 sessions, 27,479,748 pageviews.
- New users: 2750
- Most commented deal: [VIC] Extra 95 Fuel $0.001 Per Litre @ 7 Eleven, Hampton Park via Fuel App (369 comments)
- Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: Mondella Double Glass Shelf $5 Was $88.80 @ Bunnings (3330 clicks)
- Most neg'd deal: Enameled Cast Iron Grill (Griddle) Pan 24cm - $69 (RRP $130) + Shipping @ Chef's Quality Cookware (-10 votes)
Real time stats from our wiki
2018: Jan - Feb - Mar
2017: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - Aug & Sept - Oct - Nov - Dec
2016: Zeitgeist Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - August - September - October November - Dec
2015: Zeitgeist Dec - Nov - Oct - Sept - Aug - Jul - Jun -May - Apr - Mar - Jan
2014: Zeitgeist - Nov - Oct - Sept
Thanks for these updates. I always like to see the top comments of the month.
Speaking of top comments, With certain posts, we used to be able to see top comments using the yellow bar, but that feature seems to be gone now. That's a shame — when I am in a hurry (read: feeling guilty about reading all the comments on a post or deal), I like to just click through the best comments there. I don't see it mentioned here, but is there any chance of it coming back?