November and December are our busiest months. Here is what we have coming up:
- Sydney West Meetup 17/11 12:30PM Parramatta
- Sydney CBD #1 22/11 6:30PM Surry Hills
- Black Friday/Cyber Monday November 23
- Sydney Northshore #2 28/11 5PM Chatswood
- Sydney CBD #2 29/11 6PM Sydney
Melbourne 29/11 5:30PM Melbourne
Brisbane No date/time/place yet.
- Perth No date/time/place yet.
- Sydney Northshore #1 No date/time/place yet.
- Last month we spoke about Amazon Spam (Spamazon) from reps. We created a thread took feedback and have banned overseas reps which seems to have improved the situation but will follow up with stats in December.
- Our Click Frenzy page experienced a 176% increase in traffic from last year. It also helped that their site went down for a bit.
- The Click Frenzy discussion page which was mostly about people trying to score the cheap Nintendo Switches, Apple Watches etc. increased 95% from last year.
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Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Remove google plus link on store pages as they are shutting G+ down.
- Automatically parse instagram handles from URL (helpful for IG competitions).
- Automatically parse YouTube channel/usernames from URL (also useful for comps).
- Experiment code for new front page algorithm. (Discussed before but useful to tamp down the busy days and conversely bring up deals on slow days. Still testing.)
- Close AMA threads after 2 weeks or 72 hours of last comment, whichever comes later.
Members
Members of the Month
October 2018
doweyy for posting the most popular deal of the month, $15 off ($49 Min Spend) on Eligible Orders at Amazon AU. There have been quite a few good Amazon deals and many bad ones especially from overseas sellers, to a point where we need to ask the community for feedback. Do look out for their Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals in 2 weeks.
chibot for posting the most number of deals last month. He has posted 174 deals averaging +56.51 votes, most popular being Optus Perks - Free Chicken Regular Rappa Meal at Oporto.
gnv9 for again dominating all the competition posting last month, including the top 3 most voted comps, which are all about winning cars — Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace from Nine Network, Mazda CX-3 from Opera Australia and Holden Commodore V8 from Shannons. She has also posted 449 competitions in October, averaging +18.46 votes.
BlazinPast because sometimes you do get paid for being 1st posting eBay search links.
Congratulations!
-Scotty
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Moderation Stats:
- Reports from users: 3988 (avg: 1 report every ~11 minutes) || September 2018: 3913 || October 2017: 3734
- Deals Removed: 412 (3124 published) —- Forum Posts Removed: 101 (1279 published) — Competition Posts Removed: 25 (800 published)
- Reasons:
- Duplicate - 185
- No Bargains Listed - 24
- SPAM - 45
- Sockpuppeting - 40
- Requested by OP - 29
- Referral SPAM - 32
- Deal doesn't meet Amazon AU posting guidelines - 2
- Deal doesn't meet eBay posting guidelines - 6
- Unobtainable Deal - 7
- Circumventing Ban - 2
- Combine Posts - 7
- Insufficient Quantity - 10
- Not Available to Australia - 8
- Expired on Posting - 5
- Out of stock on posting - 5
- Joke Post - 4
- Everything else - 127
- Reasons:
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| chibot | 174 | 56.07 |
| Being Askhole | 148 | 39.97 |
| nocure | 87 | 58.02 |
| save50 | 84 | 15.06 |
| Lysander | 47 | 17.09 |
| beatthatflight | 32 | 25.47 |
| tightarse | 26 | 239.96 |
| bonky | 21 | 43.48 |
| adr8 | 20 | 28.50 |
| neil | 19 | 32.05 |
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| luketechfast | 5 | 22.20 |
| retain222 | 3 | 23.67 |
| Wired | 3 | 23.33 |
| crayola | 3 | 4.67 |
| Jacksergey | 3 | 0.67 |
| phuc9797 | 2 | 161.00 |
| Nooni | 2 | 49.00 |
| Seqwool | 2 | 20.00 |
| Dave075 | 2 | 10.00 |
| WhitsundaysDeals | 2 | 6.00 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| chibot | 97 | 89.62 |
| Being Askhole | 62 | 74.53 |
| nocure | 60 | 76.35 |
| tightarse | 26 | 239.96 |
| doweyy | 12 | 192.25 |
| headphonejack | 10 | 130.20 |
| xev | 10 | 64.90 |
| save50 | 10 | 56.40 |
| WatchNerd | 9 | 72.44 |
| Snacky | 8 | 107.00 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| xev | 8 | 71.62 | 313 | 107 |
| tightarse | 4 | 305.25 | 102 | 25 |
| lyl | 4 | 76.50 | 13 | 1 |
| IWantThatFlight | 4 | 67.25 | 3 | 0 |
| gotyourback | 3 | 173.00 | 88 | 27 |
| Clear | 3 | 83.00 | 354 | 308 |
| addictedtoaudio | 2 | 230.00 | 14 | 0 |
| HunterOfBargains20 | 2 | 118.00 | 23 | 0 |
| TheGamesmen | 2 | 109.50 | 31 | 0 |
| flightscout | 2 | 93.00 | 6 | 1 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| gnv9 | 449 | 17.34 |
| Katie2014 | 133 | 5.74 |
| pvikkles | 35 | 7.09 |
| altomic | 15 | 5.80 |
| sss333 | 13 | 5.00 |
| dylo | 12 | 5.58 |
| Smalot11 | 11 | 21.91 |
| Phalaxis | 10 | 13.10 |
| queenietan | 6 | 7.33 |
| Sascan | 5 | 11.60 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| alvian | 459 | 432 |
| Baysew | 229 | 223 |
| gnv9 | 86 | 86 |
| doweyy | 86 | 79 |
| tonester | 60 | 52 |
| Steptoe | 38 | 32 |
| DuckKnight | 37 | 37 |
| dasher86 | 17 | 17 |
| BarginHunter | 15 | 15 |
| O O | 15 | 14 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HighAndDry | 1221 | 1.63 | 122 | 23 | 12 | 3 |
| jv | 925 | 0.54 | 62 | 11 | 45 | 3 |
| PJC | 636 | 0.77 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| dm01 | 579 | 1.34 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Scrooge McDuck | 386 | 4.39 | 89 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| tshow | 371 | 3.02 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| try2bhelpful | 353 | 1.05 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clear | 346 | 1.17 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Diji1 | 314 | 0.68 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| altomic | 311 | 2.47 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best during date. | 287 | strangeloops66 | 2018-10-27 |
| Forget breeders and adopt a | 246 | Scrooge McDuck | 2018-10-08 |
| Search Link. | 187 | BlazinPast | 2018-10-22 |
| What he means is you usually | 165 | Andweeb | 2018-10-24 |
| Perfectly legal. It's their | 153 | HighAndDry | 2018-10-08 |
| Hiding funny posts is | 147 | whooah1979 | 2018-10-03 |
| $2,359 | 140 | phunkydude | 2018-10-05 |
| This is why you must have | 138 | tshow | 2018-10-10 |
| Bricks and Mortar stores | 132 | Scrooge McDuck | 2018-10-09 |
| Acer Predator XB271HU - 27" | 129 | mortgagebroker | 2018-10-22 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanks. Thats in general. | -107 | D6C1 | 2018-10-08 |
| Why? Apart from being their | -90 | D6C1 | 2018-10-08 |
| that still takes more effort | -88 | Savas | 2018-10-28 |
| It isn't about having | -86 | Quantumcat | 2018-10-05 |
| why spend all day on | -64 | Savas | 2018-10-28 |
| how is that annoying? | -60 | Savas | 2018-10-28 |
| Except that my fist will | -51 | dasher86 | 2018-10-16 |
| Never pay a dime, they will | -48 | srhardy | 2018-10-14 |
| I'm looking for bargains on | -48 | iforgotmysocks | 2018-10-22 |
| *Myers Triggered | -48 | Bellpop | 2018-10-05 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 years old compared to the | 26 | 26 | scynaz | 2018-10-04 |
| anyone who buys dogs from | 17 | 18 | terminal2k | 2018-10-09 |
| As someone who switched from | 15 | 15 | PainToad | 2018-10-13 |
| "Forget" to scan a few | 14 | 15 | Quantumcat | 2018-10-28 |
| Let me guess Chinese or | 13 | 13 | DaTa | 2018-10-23 |
| Wrong. You are basically | 13 | 11 | alikazi | 2018-10-25 |
| So much hassle for a dog | 11 | 13 | nahi11 | 2018-10-08 |
| Ozbargain. Life is cheap. 1 | 11 | 11 | syousef | 2018-10-18 |
| Do you guys really not like | 10 | 10 | AddNinja | 2018-10-21 |
| why link a dozen articles | 10 | 8 | Savas | 2018-10-29 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| last time I left my | 24 | 20 | Savas | 2018-10-28 |
| anyone who buys dogs from | 17 | 18 | terminal2k | 2018-10-09 |
| For day to day use, it's | 15 | 12 | nurries | 2018-10-06 |
| So there’s nothing in the | 15 | 18 | bohdud | 2018-10-22 |
| "Forget" to scan a few | 14 | 15 | Quantumcat | 2018-10-28 |
| +1 An option also is to | 13 | 16 | Quantumcat | 2018-10-03 |
| Wrong. You are basically | 13 | 11 | alikazi | 2018-10-25 |
| So much hassle for a dog | 11 | 13 | nahi11 | 2018-10-08 |
| why link a dozen articles | 10 | 8 | Savas | 2018-10-29 |
| Literally any android phone | 10 | 9 | Super Kami Dende | 2018-10-30 |
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
| Deal | Votes | User | Posted | Mins to Front |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20% off 33 Selected Stores @ eBay | 362 | tightarse | 2018-10-15 | 6.08 |
| 20% off The Good Guys @ eBay | 482 | tightarse | 2018-10-08 | 7.07 |
| 10% off Sitewide @ eBay (Min Spend $50, Max Discount $100, Monday 10am to Midnight) | 621 | tightarse | 2018-10-07 | 7.98 |
| Amazon Australia 10% Cashback (up from 6%) @ Cashrewards | 332 | tightarse | 2018-10-24 | 8.32 |
| $15 off ($49 Min Spend) on Eligible Orders @ Amazon AU (First Orders) | 667 | doweyy | 2018-10-17 | 8.50 |
| Amazon Australia 10% Cashback (up from 6%) @ Cashrewards (9PM - Midnight AEDT) | 191 | tightarse | 2018-10-08 | 10.15 |
| Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SSD $199 Delivered (Back Order) @ PC Case Gear | 355 | Lockster | 2018-10-05 | 10.75 |
| Flight Delay Pass with 28 Degrees Mastercard - Free Food and Lounge for Flight Delays over 2 Hours (Pre-Registration Required) | 358 | Schumi5 | 2018-10-30 | 10.77 |
| eBay 5% off Sitewide ($50 Min Spend, Maximum 3 Transactions) | 285 | RichardL | 2018-10-01 | 11.18 |
| 20% off The Good Guys eBay | 206 | nocure | 2018-10-31 | 11.53 |
Top 10 fastest deals to 100 votes
| Deal | Votes | User | Posted | Mins to +100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15 off ($49 Min Spend) on Eligible Orders @ Amazon AU (First Orders) | 667 | doweyy | 2018-10-17 | 25.57 |
| $20 off Uber Eats Order (Existing Users) | 613 | red2001 | 2018-10-27 | 36.95 |
| 10% off Sitewide @ eBay (Min Spend $50, Max Discount $100, Monday 10am to Midnight) | 621 | tightarse | 2018-10-07 | 41.57 |
| [Existing Customers] Kogan Mobile Data Upgrades on Plan for this Cycle | 327 | adrenaline127 | 2018-10-18 | 42.00 |
| 20% off The Good Guys @ eBay | 482 | tightarse | 2018-10-08 | 45.18 |
| Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SSD $199 Delivered (Back Order) @ PC Case Gear | 355 | Lockster | 2018-10-05 | 46.67 |
| Bucket of Popcorn Chicken (80 Pieces) $10 @ KFC (Excludes Some QLD Stores) | 515 | aussie bob | 2018-10-24 | 48.80 |
| Cashrewards Launches VISA In-Store Card Linked Offers (eg Sony Spend $500, Get $60 Back) | 487 | tightarse | 2018-10-15 | 54.37 |
| Amazon Australia 10% Cashback (up from 6%) @ Cashrewards | 332 | tightarse | 2018-10-24 | 57.78 |
| 20% off 33 Selected Stores @ eBay | 362 | tightarse | 2018-10-15 | 58.32 |
Top 10 most popular deals by votes
Top 10 most popular deals by clicks
| Deal | Votes | Clicks | User | Posted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungry Jack's Vouchers - Valid until Monday 17th December 2018 | 383 | 47838 | wc | 2018-10-01 | |
| 20% off The Good Guys @ eBay | 482 | 33166 | tightarse | 2018-10-08 | |
| Up to 70% off Clearance Sale at Myer | 131 | 29975 | ameebaro | 2018-10-05 | |
| Lifetime Storage Locker $39.99 (Was $155) @ Bunnings | 77 | 26207 | miller0 | 2018-10-14 | |
| Freestanding Retro Arcade Machine - Rampage or Street Fighter II $499 , Cocoon 3D Printer $299 @ ALDI | 220 | 21189 | paulj13 | 2018-10-23 | |
| 20% off The Good Guys eBay | 206 | 19986 | nocure | 2018-10-31 | |
| Telstra $45pm for 12m with 50GB & $200 JB Gift Card or $65pm for 24m with 80GB & $300/$500 Credit for Phone Purchase @ JB Hi-Fi | 352 | 18673 | fastzoomzoom | 2018-10-05 | |
| [VIC] Nike Employee Store Abbottsford Moving Sale - Open to The Public | 89 | 16657 | mattxland | 2018-10-13 | |
| RM Williams Chelsea Boots £175 + £4.99 Shipping (~AU $332) @ Collier Bristow | 168 | 15973 | StrawberryCrown | 2018-10-15 | |
| Personalized Weet-Bix Bowl $10 Shipped from Weet-Bix | 200 | 14416 | ltwinter | 2018-10-17 |
Top 5 most popular deals by traffic (in pageviews)
- 20% off The Good Guys @ eBay - 74,983
- Telstra $45pm for 12m with 50GB & $200 JB Gift Card or $65pm for 24m with 80GB & $300/$500 Credit for Phone Purchase @ JB Hi-Fi - 73,386
- Sony WH-1000XM3 Noise Cancelling Headphones $274 C&C (Or + Delivery) @ The Good Guys Commercial (Membership Required) - 69,467
- 20% off 33 Selected Stores @ eBay - 58,151
- Up to 70% off Clearance Sale at Myer - 49,114
Most Popular Deals by Category
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
- Competition Pageviews: 714,631 | September: 649,678 (+10%)
- Comps Posted: 800 | September: 7716
- Comps Won: 198 | September: 1133
- Biggest Winner: TCL 55" QUHD Android TV & Melbourne Cup Double Pass Worth $1,580.50
Other stats
Top 5 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
- 7/11 Fuel App Watch - Nationwide - 39,148
- Best Purchase under $1000 to Improve Quality of Life? - 30,197
- Holding Parking Space by Standing in It - 24,697
- [AMA] I Am a Former EB Games Employee of 5 Years - 23,836
- [AMA] I'm a Mortgage Broker, I Like Saving Myself and Others Money! Ask Me Anything! - 23,671
Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews)
- List of Birthday Deals/Frebies - 17,489
- List of Cheap Chinese Online Buying sites - 4,462
- Discounted eGift Cards - 3,708
- Price Comparison Sites - 2,282
- Amex Shop Small Guide - 2,179
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)
Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon AU | 116 | 46.11 |
| Woolworths | 81 | 36.85 |
| The Good Guys | 78 | 45.88 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 58 | 40.53 |
| Coles | 58 | 46.24 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 53 | 44.55 |
| BIG W | 45 | 33.82 |
| Harvey Norman | 36 | 26.72 |
| Steam | 36 | 39.94 |
| Catch.com.au | 35 | 17.09 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| American Express Cashback Offers | 731 |
| I Want That Flight | 625 |
| eBay | 446 |
| Specsavers | 348 |
| American Express | 315 |
| Youfoodz | 290 |
| Amazon AU | 253 |
| Uniqlo | 214 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 198 |
| Telstra | 181 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
| Query | Count |
|---|---|
| nintendo switch | 695 |
| lego | 337 |
| dyson | 278 |
| sonos | 238 |
| xiaomi | 235 |
| ps4 | 230 |
| ps4 pro | 191 |
| rm williams | 187 |
| japan | 186 |
| yeelight | 184 |
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- googleapis.com (Google/Google Now/Discover/Android recommended stories) - 461,042
- Facebook - 121,409
- Whirlpool Forums - 120,071
- Oursteps - 67,881
- Twitter - 38,757
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
- Chrome 63.07%
- Safari 25.31%
- Firefox 4.41%
- Samsung Internet 1.88%
- Internet Explorer 1.35%
Everything else
- Deals posted: 3121 || September 2018: 2928 || October 2017: 2693
- Number of Freebies posted: 249
- Comments posted: 108,705 || September 2018: 98,552 || October 2017: 100,136
- % of removed comments: 1.4% || September 1.27% || October 2017 1.19%
- Overall traffic: 12,992,248 sessions, 36,310,088 pageviews || September 2018: 11,975,791 sessions, 33,647,819 pageviews || October 2017: 11,390,148 sessions, 34,879,898 pageviews
- New users: 3342
Most commented deal: Sony WH-1000XM3 Noise Cancelling Headphones $274 C&C (Or + Delivery) @ The Good Guys Commercial (Membership Required) (593 comments)
Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: Ryobi Hanging Wall Storage Cabinet $89 @ Bunnings Warehouse (5582 clicks)
Most neg'd deal: Unlimited Talk/Text/100m Int. Calls/4GB $30/Month, 300m Int. Calls/10GB $35/Month, 20GB $40/Month, $49 One Off Fee @ Up. Mobile (-11 votes)
Real time stats from our wiki
2018: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - Aug - Sept
2017: Zeitgeist - 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
Nice work handling Amazon Spam