November was a record setting shopping month. Will have more in next month's stats but here's the short:
- 10/11+11/11 Click Frenzy 4,541,079 vs 3,769,319 +20.47% but coinciding with Singles Day.
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- 11/11 Singles Day 2,226,821 vs 1,828,901 +21.76%
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- 27/11 Black Friday 4,238,896 vs 3,921,045 +8.11% (Most ever 1 day of pageviews)
(Pageviews)
Our winners of the OzBargain T-Shirt Competition and mask competition.
Members
Members of the Month
October 2020
Here are the winners:
gamemaster for posting the deal of the month, Borat Subsequent MovieFilm Added to Amazon Prime Video. Still have not seen the movie and have no idea why this one won, especially considering how useful the second place was. But the community decides here I guess.
dealbot for making the most deals on the OzBargain front page. He has posted 60 deals in October, and 56 of them getting onto the front page with vote average of 186.25, most popular being Free Sonic The Hedgehog 2 @ Steam.
Lysander for taking the crown of most deals posted, at 214 deals with vote average of 21.88. The top 3 most popular deals posted by Lysander were all free games from Epic Store — Costume Quest 2 and Layers of Fear 2, Abzu and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
gnv 9 for again posting the most competitions, at 202 comps posted with vote average of 17.99. Most popular being Win a Sony/Samsung/MacBook Air Prize Package from Aussie Broadband.
Congratulations!
See more about members of the month
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Limit input size for comp prize field.
- Auto-expiring of deals now expires 45 days after start date rather than creation date if start date is specified.
- Change newsletter to exclude expired deals by default
Moderation Stats:
- Reports from users: 6286 (avg: 1 report every ~7 minutes) || September 2020: 6111 || October 2019: 4320
- Deals Removed: 607 (4596 published) —- Forum Posts Removed: 121 (1480 published) — Competition Posts Removed: 15 (433 published)
- Reasons:
- Duplicate - 216
- Requested by OP - 96
- SPAM - 38
- Merged with Existing Thread - 39
- Sockpuppeting - 62
- Referral SPAM - 14
- Insufficient Quantity - 14
- No Bargains Listed - 25
- Lack of Business Details - 20
- Out of stock on posting - 5
- Unobtainable Deal (Coupon doesn't work, misread promotion etc.) - 18
- Combine Posts - 12
- Joke Post - 8
- Post as deal - 7
- Not Available to Australia - 6
- Deal doesn't meet Amazon AU posting guidelines - 30
- Expired on Posting - 6
- Classified does not meet posting guidelines - 12
- Circumventing Ban - 10
- Deal doesn't meet eBay posting guidelines - 5
- Price Matches - 0
- Fuel Watch - 1
- Megathread - 0
- Everything else - 99
- Reasons:
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Lysander | 214 | 21.88 |
| save50 | 85 | 23.58 |
| Ulya | 78 | 10.95 |
| nocure | 70 | 48.30 |
| dealbot | 60 | 175.20 |
| onhunt | 55 | 21.05 |
| hamza23 | 34 | 58.91 |
| Clear | 28 | 34.39 |
| RichardL | 26 | 38.27 |
| Chazzozz | 24 | 42.12 |
Top Deal Posters
- nocure (3848 deals) +77
- tightarse (3704 deals) +17
- dealbot (3439 deals) +68
- Lysander (3389 deals) +225
- Being Askhole (2996 2978 deals) +18
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| virco | 6 | 53.83 |
| nilesstandish | 4 | 19.00 |
| TravisD | 4 | 13.50 |
| TheRogg | 4 | 13.25 |
| First Blood | 4 | 8.75 |
| zxnmcx | 3 | 81.33 |
| dcypher | 3 | 16.00 |
| Sebastian1983 | 3 | 7.67 |
| Auloostore | 3 | 6.67 |
| ARO1 | 3 | 5.67 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| dealbot | 56 | 186.25 |
| nocure | 28 | 95.50 |
| Lysander | 26 | 101.31 |
| hamza23 | 21 | 82.52 |
| save50 | 17 | 73.59 |
| tightarse | 15 | 353.73 |
| RichardL | 11 | 66.91 |
| doweyy | 10 | 222.20 |
| Wu007 | 9 | 93.22 |
| Being Askhole | 9 | 78.78 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tightarse | 7 | 415.43 | 121 | 37 |
| gotyourback | 3 | 183.33 | 63 | 4 |
| Gearbite | 3 | 149.00 | 164 | 25 |
| jason101 | 3 | 80.67 | 28 | 6 |
| luketechfast | 2 | 166.50 | 92 | 3 |
| ArcherVice | 2 | 119.00 | 26 | 0 |
| AHUANG | 2 | 118.00 | 16 | 8 |
| Clear | 2 | 108.00 | 298 | 202 |
| lyl | 2 | 83.50 | 17 | 2 |
| AIRJO CoffeeRoasters | 2 | 68.00 | 65 | 0 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| gnv 9 | 202 | 17.99 |
| Cheapha | 45 | 6.31 |
| rinny | 13 | 6.69 |
| Gold Coast | 9 | 3.22 |
| djk | 7 | 10.43 |
| Katie2014 | 7 | 8.43 |
| Wilkshire13 | 7 | 5.43 |
| originaloa | 7 | 2.14 |
| sss333 | 5 | 26.40 |
| Allyouplay | 5 | 2.40 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| alvian | 231 | 225 |
| DuckKnight | 110 | 103 |
| Baysew | 76 | 74 |
| tonester | 70 | 61 |
| O O | 67 | 63 |
| Hargain Bunter | 53 | 51 |
| aether | 45 | 44 |
| BarginHunter | 41 | 38 |
| gnv 9 | 38 | 36 |
| Steptoe | 30 | 28 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| queer dog geyfrog | 1357 | 0.19 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| jv | 673 | 0.57 | 51 | 9 | 47 | 10 |
| AustriaBargain | 620 | 0.91 | 42 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| Willco88 | 533 | -0.22 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 5 |
| brendanm | 522 | 1.34 | 50 | 13 | 12 | 3 |
| jayboi | 453 | 1.06 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| LiMaaa | 431 | 1.45 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| onhunt | 395 | 0.94 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| SF3 | 378 | 0.95 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| whooah1979 | 367 | 0.83 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
Most Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanks, bought 5. | 369 | Rojohe | 2020-10-19 |
| So, you want twice your | 287 | ggop | 2020-10-22 |
| You're not going to be | 264 | timps | 2020-10-06 |
| I call JB Hifi every day and | 245 | dealbot | 2020-10-29 |
| ok. | 217 | avgbowlofpho | 2020-10-28 |
| You should feed your | 199 | jv | 2020-10-05 |
| I bet the loss on fulfilling | 166 | ScottEh | 2020-10-29 |
| VERY NICE! | 164 | harrybard | 2020-10-23 |
| I think as long as you’re | 162 | supasaiyan | 2020-10-18 |
| Distracted by their phone or | 157 | sss333 | 2020-10-30 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
Least Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| So, I got in early and paid | -176 | lostwasgood481516 | 2020-10-10 |
| The Oppo Find X2 Pro is such | -136 | graceyym | 2020-10-22 |
| You sound really bitter I | -125 | eckorock | 2020-10-17 |
| yeah absolute worst kind of | -88 | eckorock | 2020-10-17 |
| i honestly cannot remember | -86 | squash | 2020-10-21 |
| Only negative is having to | -79 | kev98 | 2020-10-04 |
| Victorian Premier does very | -74 | Frugal Rock | 2020-10-22 |
| I know it sounds suss, but I | -68 | Talos2005 | 2020-10-14 |
| Agree. Its just an opinion. | -63 | graceyym | 2020-10-22 |
| So do you think the council | -61 | EightImmortals | 2020-10-11 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You mean socialists vs | 24 | 24 | zCrimson | 2020-10-26 |
| It has a link in the first | 19 | 17 | TogTogTogTog | 2020-10-18 |
| [^^^ There always has to be](/comment/9464964/redir) | 15 | 15 | TEER3X | 2020-10-16 |
| Crooked company that virtue | 14 | 15 | zombrex | 2020-10-27 |
| Already cancelled my account | 14 | 15 | GrimCheaper | 2020-10-29 |
| Yep, people think this is | 13 | 13 | CompulsiveOzB | 2020-10-30 |
| Horns are for communicating | 13 | 12 | DisabledUser320553 | 2020-11-01 |
| What a joke this was today, | 13 | 11 | zombrex | 2020-10-09 |
| The budget phone that | 13 | 14 | rottenpotato123 | 2020-10-19 |
| Thanks OP got 2! | 11 | 9 | b2dz | 2020-10-17 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mate, Google it or ask EB | 33 | 37 | TogTogTogTog | 2020-10-18 |
| But leftist don't buy books, | 32 | 35 | zCrimson | 2020-10-26 |
| My front bumper is now | 31 | 27 | queer dog geyfrog | 2020-10-05 |
| I don’t think that book | 25 | 21 | Pennypacka | 2020-10-26 |
| Bunnings doesn't have a | 23 | 26 | EmCKay | 2020-10-22 |
| no solution yet, please just | 21 | 17 | ChiMot | 2020-10-07 |
| It has a link in the first | 19 | 17 | TogTogTogTog | 2020-10-18 |
| But the Samsung one is | 17 | 14 | ozvictor | 2020-10-15 |
| If you can then I should put | 16 | 20 | l005e | 2020-10-28 |
| so you are inciting violence | 15 | 12 | beebs23327 | 2020-10-26 |
Comments with a net vote of + or - 20% with pos vote count of 10 or more.
["K:D"] highest vote average with minimum 100 comments and also 50 comments.
100 comments
| User | Comments | Average |
|---|---|---|
| supasaiyan | 135 | 3.79 |
| MS Paint | 272 | 3.75 |
| PainToad | 126 | 3.55 |
| Hybroid | 189 | 3.32 |
| bobbified | 205 | 3.05 |
| apsilon | 146 | 2.94 |
| pegaxs | 202 | 2.86 |
| Arthur Dunger | 156 | 2.82 |
| Juiciness | 145 | 2.72 |
| perhaps | 117 | 2.70 |
50 comments
| User | Comments | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Rojohe | 54 | 7.61 |
| p1 ama | 82 | 6.66 |
| dealbot | 78 | 5.67 |
| AdosHouse | 58 | 5.64 |
| dizzle | 51 | 5.45 |
| jjjaar | 77 | 5.06 |
| iforgotmysocks | 91 | 4.89 |
| mbck | 52 | 4.79 |
| Nugs | 54 | 4.57 |
| mskeggs | 73 | 4.33 |
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)
- Free AirPods with eBay Plus Trial Today Only from 2pm AEDT @ eBay Australia - 66,780
- Free Large Pizza by Downloading The App @ Domino’s - 61,324
- Apple TV 4K 32GB $159 (Was $249), 64GB $199 (Was $279) @ JB Hi-Fi (Available In-Store and Online) - 52,316
- Chromecast with Google TV & 6 Months of Netflix ($95.94 Worth of Credit) for $139.99 @ Google Store- 52,172
- Bonus $500 JB Hi-Fi Gift Card with Telstra 80GB $59/Month 12 Month Plan (Port-in Customers Only) @ JB Hi-Fi- 48,620
Most Popular Deals by Category
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
| Comp | Votes | Clicks | Entered | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win an Isuzu D-MAX X-TERRAIN Worth $68,344 from Nine | 99 | 6635 | 410 | sss333 | 2020-10-25 |
| Win a Hisense 100” S8 4K LED LCD TV Worth $12,995 from Harvey Norman | 83 | 6377 | 442 | gnv 9 | 2020-10-19 |
| Win a Sony/Samsung/MacBook Air Prize Package Worth Up to $5,180 from Aussie Broadband | 129 | 6127 | 475 | gnv 9 | 2020-10-22 |
| Win $10,000 Cash from Domain | 59 | 4137 | 297 | gnv 9 | 2020-10-07 |
| Win 1 of 2 Weber Family Q Premium BBQs Worth $799 from SBS | 75 | 4012 | 374 | gnv 9 | 2020-10-09 |
| Win a PlayStation 5 Console from PressStart | 52 | 3870 | 259 | Holzy95 | 2020-10-26 |
| Win a BenQ 27" QHD 144Hz Freesync Monitor Worth $749 from PC Case Gear | 60 | 3716 | 324 | gnv 9 | 2020-10-02 |
| Win an Xbox Series X Console & Assassin's Creed/Reebok Prize Pack Worth $1,169 from adidas | 63 | 3589 | 311 | gnv 9 | 2020-10-29 |
| Win a $1300 Omnidesk from the Omnidesk.com.au | 47 | 3362 | 244 | JennH | 2020-10-27 |
| Win a Philips 27" Momentum 144Hz FreeSync Monitor from Centre Com | 52 | 3133 | 306 | gnv 9 | 2020-10-19 |
Most Won Competitions
Comps Won: 50 | September: 61
Competition Pageviews: 451,518 | August: 450,664 (+.19%)
- Comps Posted: 433 | September: 390
- Biggest Winner: Win 1 of 5 Dell XPS Laptop Prize Packs Worth Up to $4,800 from CBS Interactive
Other stats
Top 5 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
- Good Easy Cushy Job That Pays over 85k No Degree No Qualification Just Get in The Door Type Deal - 41,672
- No International Travel till Late 2021 - 22,349
- Acceptable Age to Still Be Living at Home with Parents? - 20,193
- Employer Dismissed Me on The Grounds of Unsatisfactory Work Performance - 19,203
- Amazon Prime Day - October 13 & 14 2020 - 18,240
Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews, excluding help pages)
- List of Birthday Deals/Frebies - 10,175
- Discounted eGift Cards - 8,462
- Price Comparison Sites - 2,536
- List of Chinese Buying Sites - 966
- Cards with No Overseas Fees - 1,935
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 | 693 | 31.68 |
| Amazon UK | 152 | 35.49 |
| Amazon Global Store | 146 | 22.71 |
| Dell | 84 | 58.33 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 78 | 46.15 |
| Woolworths | 64 | 53.73 |
| Kogan | 64 | 36.11 |
| Coles | 64 | 50.05 |
| BIG W | 59 | 36.44 |
| Nintendo | 56 | 30.96 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| American Express Cashback Offers | 678 |
| Amazon AU | 567 |
| eBay | 512 |
| I Want That Flight | 477 |
| American Express | 337 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 331 |
| Specsavers | 330 |
| Uniqlo | 325 |
| Boost | 314 |
| Uber Eats | 274 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
| Query | Count |
|---|---|
| nintendo switch | 801 |
| lego | 678 |
| dyson | 498 |
| philips hue | 370 |
| ryobi | 336 |
| rm williams | 329 |
| sonos | 285 |
| ozito | 268 |
| eneloop | 238 |
| synology | 224 |
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- Facebook - 148,186
- Whirlpool Forums - 143,950
- Google News 125,120
- Oursteps - 95,026
- Twitter - 41,834
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
- Chrome 63.84%
- Safari 24.03%
- Samsung Internet 3.71%
- Firefox 3.54%
- Edge 2.02%
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Ozbargain Android App 0.76% (+.16%)
Everything else
- Deals posted: 4596 || September 2020: 4036 || October 2019: 3409
- Total number of deals: 332,877 || Total number of forum topics: 91,542
- Number of Freebies posted: 195
- Comments posted: 163,313 (Most Ever) || September 2020: 154,195 || October 2019: 140,815
- Total comments posted: 9,730,317 comments
- % of removed comments: 1.22% || September 1.34% || October 2019 1.27%
- Overall traffic: 15,787,671 sessions, 49,717,467 pageviews || September 2020: 15,080,498 sessions, 46,312,715 pageviews || October 2019: 13,663,872 sessions, 40,849,520 pageviews
- New users: 3908 Total number of users: 308629
- % of rep posts: 15.79% || September: 16.21% || October 2019: 17.98%
- User Age: 18-24: 10.97%, 25-34: 37.73%, 35-44: 23.86%, 45-54: 12.98%, 55-64: 8.72%, 65+: 5.74% || September 2020: 18-24: 17.60%, 25-34: 37.84%, 35-44: 21.69%, 45-54: 11.18%, 55-64: 7.09%, 65+: 4.61% || October 2019: 18-24: 6.98%, 25-34: 40.04, 35-44: 27.11%, 45-54: 13.39%, 55-64: 7.73%, 65+: 4.74%
- Male: 72.42% Female: 27.58% || September 2020: Male: 68.41% Female: 31.59% || October 2019: 64.20% Female: 35.80%
- # of stores in referral system: 461 +12
- # of banned websites: 5102 +92
Newsletter subscribers: 112,583 +1158 (62% with accounts)
Most commented deal: Apple TV 4K 32GB $159 (Was $249), 64GB $199 (Was $279) @ JB Hi-Fi (Available In-Store and Online) (1013 comments) (1417 comments)
- Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: TV Bracket $39.99, Soundbar $129, NC Headphones $39.99, Antenna $29.99, Smart Wireless Camera $99.99, Floodlt Camera $149 @ ALDI (5848 clicks)
- Most neg'd deal: Google Pixel 5 (8GB RAM, 128GB, 5G) - $999 at Google Store (-11 votes) (-15 votes)
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2019: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - August - September - October - November & December
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2017: Zeitgeist - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - Aug & Sept - Oct - Nov - Dec
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2015: Zeitgeist Dec - Nov - Oct - Sept - Aug - Jul - Jun -May - Apr - Mar - Jan
2014: Zeitgeist - Nov - Oct - Sept
533 is a lot of comments to have in a month with a negative average comment rating!