Our Treasure Hunt is on so look for prizes hidden around OzBargain.
The EOFY charity drive resulted in $4000 each going to Lifeline, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Dementia Australia, and R U OK? See here
New stats this month.
Stores in referral system: 405
Banned websites: 4699
Members
Members of the Month
May 2020
We are getting close to the middle of the year! Like last month, the most voted deals are again free games from Epic Store, so I won't be rewarding any deal from the Gaming category. Here are the winners for May 2020:
dv1den for posting most popular non-gaming deal, $15 off Your Order @ Menulog. 1.4k votes and expired within 5 hours. Glad that many people got free/cheap dinner/supper on the day.
toasty for posting this salty deal, Saxa Iodised Table Salt 750g $0.25 from Amazon. It's the fastest non-gaming deal reaching home page but got ozbargained within 10 minutes. Well done for those who have actually received it.
hellohi for posting the most popular deal under the Internet category, Residential Gigabit nbn Plans on FTTP and HFC 1000/50Mbps $149/Month @ Aussie Broadband. It's also the most popular non-gaming "Upcoming deal" on OzBargain last month. For May, 194 out 3,968 deals posted (~5%) were "Upcoming deal" (or Deals Starting Soon). It has actually been a bit of headache for the moderators, as in some cases we need to figure out whether the announcements are official, or just a 3rd party speculating. Recently we have also updated posting guidelines that "Upcoming deals should not be posted more than 90 days in advance".
batrarobin for posting the most popular competition Telstra Plus 1st Birthday Gift Giveaway of $1.7m prize from Telstra. It's still running until coming Sunday. Wish me luck.
See more about members of the month
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Notify a deal poster when the deal is reported as expired / sold out by other users. This will hopefully lessen the reliance of moderators to mark deals expired.
- Deal posters have 10 minutes to unpublish new deals/competitions that do not have comments yet. See announcement
- Deal start dates can now only be at most 90 days into the future. See announcement.
- Update top deals block to say 'active or upcoming' deals.
- Add warning when classifieds titles include listing type. e.g. No need to put [WANTED] in the title of a classified in the wanted section.
- Title suggestion to support currency before $ (A$, NZ$, S$ and US$). Apparently we've been writing currency in the wrong format for many years.
- Free Games Page.
- OzBargain Twitter account has been locked and we're having difficulty getting it unlocked. In the meantime, use @ozbargainnew.
Moderation Stats:
- Reports from users: 6035 (avg: 1 report every ~7 minutes) || April 2020: 7217 || May 2019: 4963
- Deals Removed: 551 (3968 published) —- Forum Posts Removed: 114 (1356 published) — Competition Posts Removed: 25 (360 published)
- Reasons:
- Duplicate - 226
- SPAM - 58 See Profiteering Ban
- No Bargains Listed - 39
- Merged with Existing Thread - 38
- Lack of Business Details - 29
- Insufficient Quantity - 29
- Sockpuppeting - 25
- Requested by OP - 27
- Referral SPAM - 20
- Unobtainable Deal (Coupon doesn't work, misread promotion etc.) - 16
- Combine Posts - 15
- Not Available to Australia - 13
- Deal doesn't meet Amazon AU posting guidelines - 13
- Expired on Posting - 7
- Out of stock on posting - 6
- Circumventing Ban - 5
- Joke Post - 3
- Post as deal - 3
- Deal doesn't meet eBay posting guidelines - 2
- Price Matches - 1
- Classifieds requirements not met - 1
- Fuel Watch - 0
- Megathread - 0
- Everything else - 114
- Reasons:
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Lysander | 266 | 26.49 |
| nocure | 115 | 63.86 |
| save50 | 108 | 27.23 |
| dealbot | 106 | 161.71 |
| Being Askhole | 45 | 59.71 |
| LoCure | 34 | 22.74 |
| bonky | 29 | 44.55 |
| bargain ben | 29 | 18.93 |
| onhunt | 25 | 31.80 |
| dmbminaret | 24 | 25.17 |
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| jfconline | 7 | 10.43 |
| smartsavings | 6 | 63.00 |
| DHRUVGI | 5 | 7.80 |
| Charlie34 | 4 | 4.25 |
| Teddy Co Funland | 4 | 1.00 |
| frontliners199 | 3 | 51.00 |
| Lightsup | 3 | 7.67 |
| StadiAU | 3 | 1.33 |
| Lola343 | 2 | 158.50 |
| Cybdee | 2 | 21.50 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| dealbot | 97 | 175.03 |
| nocure | 75 | 88.65 |
| Lysander | 33 | 142.94 |
| Being Askhole | 28 | 84.61 |
| doweyy | 23 | 178.61 |
| save50 | 22 | 83.64 |
| tightarse | 21 | 245.76 |
| hamza23 | 17 | 81.65 |
| brandogs | 14 | 102.57 |
| bonky | 9 | 113.78 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tightarse | 4 | 349.50 | 165 | 100 |
| Clear | 4 | 111.50 | 221 | 127 |
| luketechfast | 3 | 76.00 | 62 | 23 |
| gotyourback | 2 | 333.00 | 64 | 33 |
| xev | 2 | 111.50 | 22 | 2 |
| Gearbite | 2 | 94.00 | 30 | 12 |
| jimkiddsports | 2 | 76.00 | 11 | 0 |
| greglyda | 2 | 38.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Lola343 | 1 | 300.00 | 0 | 0 |
| dealhunter88 | 1 | 264.00 | 0 | 0 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| gnv9 | 211 | 19.24 |
| cheapha | 31 | 5.55 |
| Katie2014 | 15 | 9.40 |
| Frunk | 8 | 12.25 |
| sss333 | 5 | 6.00 |
| chemy | 4 | 16.75 |
| djk | 4 | 14.00 |
| mclarge | 4 | 9.00 |
| Winter Summer Man | 3 | 18.67 |
| subboy | 2 | 21.00 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| aether | 177 | 171 |
| alvian | 162 | 134 |
| Baysew | 105 | 105 |
| DuckKnight | 101 | 100 |
| tonester | 95 | 88 |
| O O | 70 | 66 |
| robinCTS | 65 | 51 |
| brandogs | 64 | 63 |
| Lukian | 63 | 60 |
| Steptoe | 52 | 47 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jv | 802 | 0.39 | 65 | 15 | 94 | 14 |
| Jar Jar binks | 587 | 1.45 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| DataScientist1 | 501 | 1.80 | 53 | 12 | 11 | 2 |
| Lysander | 412 | 0.60 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Hybroid | 394 | 2.81 | 61 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| tshow | 378 | 2.29 | 55 | 13 | 6 | 3 |
| brendanm | 361 | 3.24 | 70 | 18 | 7 | 4 |
| pegaxs | 348 | 3.33 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| Spackbace | 331 | 2.82 | 53 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| dmbminaret | 311 | 0.54 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
Most Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| +1 for the description | 363 | Stealthzor | 2020-05-16 |
| The cheapest thing to do is | 234 | tsunamisurfer | 2020-05-01 |
| What is my responsibility | 202 | bdl | 2020-05-21 |
| Glue a friendly reply to | 196 | gmail92 | 2020-05-29 |
| In your garage since you | 178 | Derain | 2020-05-21 |
| Fun Not my recollection | 176 | ash2000 | 2020-05-29 |
| Good riddance. Having to pay | 173 | brendanm | 2020-05-06 |
| We should ban the export of | 167 | Prince K | 2020-05-13 |
| That sounds illegal. | 145 | dust | 2020-05-01 |
| That’s on you mate. | 144 | Hughesyboy | 2020-05-27 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
Least Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Well it’s brand new | -136 | DEvok | 2020-05-27 |
| Great if you have a house | -126 | Phoebus | 2020-05-26 |
| Can I say it’s just faulty | -114 | DEvok | 2020-05-27 |
| Without wanting to go into | -110 | cameldownunder | 2020-05-08 |
| Don't know why you're that | -106 | Mechz | 2020-05-26 |
| Thanks for chiming in. I own | -83 | Jimboid | 2020-05-28 |
| Thank your wife for doing a | -80 | stringbean402 | 2020-05-12 |
| No I just left and not sure | -79 | DEvok | 2020-05-27 |
| You sound like a pest | -75 | FlopHunter | 2020-05-04 |
| Not a bargain, even for a | -74 | nikoris | 2020-05-05 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea a 0.3% death rate… per | 41 | 40 | The Wololo Wombat | 2020-05-08 |
| I will vote negative for | 27 | 27 | Jef Tino | 2020-05-16 |
| yes. It's bad. Games should | 25 | 25 | Wizard | 2020-05-29 |
| I hate to break it to you, | 23 | 21 | Jayden16 | 2020-05-02 |
| "Equity and diversity" is a | 20 | 19 | thatguyfromthatplace | 2020-05-01 |
| Good price but gee | 19 | 19 | Circly | 2020-05-26 |
| ouch, keep forgetting people | 18 | 16 | onlinepred | 2020-05-27 |
| Foxtel, like Telstra, is for | 17 | 17 | Diji1 | 2020-05-06 |
| A quick google search shows | 17 | 19 | DisabledUser343463 | 2020-05-27 |
| Chinese boycott Aussie | 16 | 17 | MauTauAja | 2020-05-22 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| There is a reason this is | 65 | 54 | Danstar | 2020-05-29 |
| Overpaid YES. Last year i | 51 | 55 | askme69 | 2020-05-27 |
| Yea a 0.3% death rate… per | 41 | 40 | The Wololo Wombat | 2020-05-08 |
| Chinese Beer..ummm…No | 38 | 34 | Hawks33 | 2020-05-18 |
| It is highly ridiculed, but | 37 | 34 | Danstar | 2020-05-29 |
| +1 for non-halal. Gonna buy | 36 | 39 | Bryanalves | 2020-05-19 |
| careful there you're showing | 32 | 36 | Baghern | 2020-05-19 |
| "Not really a bargin as it | 32 | 26 | burty1992 | 2020-05-28 |
| I’ll be steering well | 28 | 31 | miq | 2020-05-27 |
| Ok boomer | 25 | 30 | brendanm | 2020-05-17 |
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)
- 100,000 Complimentary Economy Class Return Tickets for Frontline Health Care Professionals @ Qatar Airways - 70,879
- [PC] Free - $15 off Coupon (Min $22.99 Spend) - Grand Theft Auto V Premium Edition (Expired) @ Epic Games - 66,221
- $15 off Your Order (Pick up / Delivery) @ Menulog (Min $16 Spend - Including Delivery Fee) - 65,608
- iPad Air 3 Cellular Gold or Silver, 64GB / 256GB $657.36 / $760.32 Outright @ Optus (In-store - Selected Retail Stores) - 61,195
- Bonds Online Warehouse Sale - up to 80% off - 60,415
Most Popular Deals by Category
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
| Comp | Votes | Clicks | Entered | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win an Intel Gaming PC & ASUS Monitor/Cooler Master Peripherals Worth Over $3,900 from Computer Alliance | 115 | 5870 | 383 | gnv9 | 2020-05-07 |
| Win 1 of 6 $10,000 Cash Prizes from Seven Network | 77 | 5605 | 262 | gnv9 | 2020-05-10 |
| Win $10,000 Worth of Coles Gift Cards from Network Ten | 93 | 5475 | 236 | gnv9 | 2020-05-24 |
| Win an LG 65″ 4K OLED TV Worth $5,399 from Man of Many | 88 | 5393 | 353 | gnv9 | 2020-05-12 |
| Telstra Plus 1st Birthday Gift Giveaway | 126 | 5317 | 184 | batrarobin | 2020-05-05 |
| Win a Galax RTX 2070 Super Hall of Fame 10th Anniversary Edition GPU from PC Case Gear | 95 | 5304 | 285 | gnv9 | 2020-05-21 |
| Win a Hisense 75″ Series Q8 4K ULED TV & NRL Jersey Worth $3,898 from Hisense | 71 | 4696 | 334 | gnv9 | 2020-05-27 |
| Win a Sony 65" Android Bravia LED TV Worth $1,399 from Flicks | 62 | 4422 | 239 | gnv9 | 2020-05-01 |
| Win an LG Nano 9 Series 65" 4K TV Worth $3,239 from The Latch/LG | 47 | 4154 | 211 | gnv9 | 2020-05-16 |
| Win an LG 65" CX 4K OLED TV Worth $5,399 from Tech Guide | 53 | 3637 | 217 | gnv9 | 2020-05-29 |
Most Won Competitions
Comps Won: 34 | April: 30
Competition Pageviews: 485,684 | April: 447,925 (+8.43%)
- Comps Posted: 360 | April: 354
- Biggest Winner: 100GB/month Mobile Plan for 10 years ($281210=$3360)
Other stats
Top 5 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
- Click Frenzy Mayhem 2020: Tuesday May 19 2020 - 273,441
- Contacted by NSW Police about traffic incident which never happened - 29,398
- Staff on JobKeeper Won't Come Back to Work - 29,173
- Possible Fraud? Demo Yaris Bought and Asked The Car Back- 28,011
- 7-Eleven Fuel App Watch - Nationwide - 18,806
Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews)
- List of Birthday Deals/Frebies - 8,170
- Discounted eGift Cards - 5,851
- Price Comparison Sites - 3,084
- List of Chinese Buying Sites - 1,558
- 7 Eleven Fuel App - 1,158
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 | 462 | 30.83 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 82 | 37.37 |
| Steam | 81 | 41.72 |
| Woolworths | 72 | 56.43 |
| Amazon Cloud Reader | 70 | 117.19 |
| Coles | 68 | 38.87 |
| Amazon Global Store | 59 | 39.25 |
| Kogan | 54 | 26.81 |
| Nintendo | 45 | 28.76 |
| David Jones | 44 | 17.77 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| American Express Cashback Offers | 692 |
| Amazon AU | 549 |
| eBay | 526 |
| I Want That Flight | 508 |
| American Express | 334 |
| Uniqlo | 330 |
| Specsavers | 314 |
| Boost | 275 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 275 |
| CT Shirts | 274 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
| Query | Count |
|---|---|
| nintendo switch | 868 |
| lego | 584 |
| dyson | 442 |
| philips hue | 371 |
| rm williams | 314 |
| sonos | 284 |
| ryobi | 261 |
| nvidia shield | 225 |
| ps4 | 217 |
| eneloop | 214 |
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- Facebook - 161,324
- Whirlpool Forums - 119,150
- Google News 108,725
- Oursteps - 67,597
- Twitter - 50,459
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
- Chrome 63.28%
- Safari 24.37%
- Firefox 3.99%
- Samsung Internet 3.99%
- Edge 1.60%
…
Ozbargain Android App 0.08%
Everything else
- Deals posted: 3968 || April 2020: 3689 || May 2019: 3536
- Number of Freebies posted: 393
- Comments posted: 138,291 || April 2020: 140,996 || May 2019: 117,135
- % of removed comments: 1.43% || April 1.47% || May 2019 1.45%
- Overall traffic: 15,949,513 sessions, 49,443,818 pageviews || April 2020: 15,861,155 sessions, 49,265,093 pageviews || May 2019: 14,290,313 sessions, 40,839,411 pageviews
- New users: 3719
- % of rep posts: 13.74% || April: 14.27% || May 2019: 21.79%
- User Age: 18-24: 17.58%, 25-34: 39.45%, 35-44: 20.24%, 45-54: 10.04%, 55-64: 7.03%, 65+: 5.66% || April 2020: 18-24: 16.45%, 25-34: 37.97%, 35-44: 20.97%, 45-54: 10.42%, 55-64: 7.93%, 65+: 6.26% || April 2019: 18-24: 6.68%, 25-34: 36.31%, 35-44: 27.16%, 45-54: 14.52%, 55-64: 9.27%, 65+: 6.07%
Male: 67.35% Female: 32.65% || April 2020: 65.46% Female: 34.54% || May 2019: 65.72% Female: 34.28%
Most commented deal: eBay Plus Month: AirPods 2 $99, AirPods Pro $249, Galaxy A70 $299, SodaStream $19, Xiaomi Purifier $179, Neon Switch + Game $449 (1877 comments)
- Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: Further 30% off Clearance Prices @ Myer (6336 clicks)
- Most neg'd deal: Anker Soundbuds Surge- $0.49, Switch Lite $224.99, iPhone SE $554.99, Galaxy S20+ $1109.99 @ Expansys.com.au (-18 votes)
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