Rant on Amazon AU Deals

mrhugo on 24/12/2020 - 14:02
Last edited 24/12/2020 - 15:22 by 1 other user

This is a light hearted rant about the Amazon AU deals.

I've think I've hit my limit on some of these low value items and the amount of posts that make the front page from Amazon AU

For example;

Barilla Pasta Sauces 400g - at best your saving a $1.80, and its not even half price, ghez, wait for Coles or Wollies.
Starburst Jumbo Size 500g Snakes or Party Mix
NIVEA MEN Active Clean Shower Gel 500mls

I think big ticket items, games, lego, PC parts etc are kinda interesting.

Under https://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/amazon.com.au, 50 posts in the last 24 hrs. It's starting to look like one of those Spam emails I can never seem to unsubscribe from, shoppingsquare and banggood, I'm looking at you.

An oxygen meter;
a hamper bag;
a massage chair;
a teddy bear;
a manual lawn mower;
an extra wide twin stroller (glwt in the supermarkets).

Should we list each and every half-priced item from Coles and Wollies on its on own dedicated deal, a few hundred posts per week.

Now, what would be cool is a way to hide deals from Amazon AU for my account. I'm sick of seeing them.

Mod: See related post on how to customize your Ozbargain front page (hide deals)

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  • spackbace on 24/12/2020 - 14:09
    +10

    Now, what would be cool is a way to hide deals from Amazon AU for my account.

    You can…

    Grab a random deal, click "Hide", then "Hide deals from store Amazon AU"

    The main advantage of Amazon deals is being able to have it shipped to your door for 'free' (with Prime), and for some people that's a lot more convenient than ducking down to Coles/WW

    • fredblogs on 24/12/2020 - 14:42

      Is Prime worth it if you’re not going to use Prime tv?

      • spackbace on 24/12/2020 - 14:46
        +5

        $59/yr, so depends how many orders you make if you make it up in free shipping

        • knasty on 24/12/2020 - 15:01
          +3

          Free and fast….fast makes a big difference too vs Ebay. Returns is great too - I recently had 1/12 bottles broken on delivery and they refunded the whole thing.

        • Agarwal on 24/12/2020 - 15:09
          +3

          Also, I have saved a bit from not buying things I don't really need just to get me to the $39 required for free shipping without prime.

          However…I have probably bought a few things I don't really need now because shipping is free 🤔

  • SnoozeAndLose on 24/12/2020 - 14:12
    +7

    I would say different people have different needs and buy things differently. You can just respect.

  • SBOB on 24/12/2020 - 14:28
    +3

    Feel free to post some of your own deals….

    And hide Amazon ones if you don't want to see them.

  • Bad Wolf on 24/12/2020 - 14:28
    +1

    While I don’t think every grocery item on amazon needs to be posted, there are items that when “half price” at the supermarket, never have stock. Amazon’s stock is accurate.
    Anyone getting their groceries delivered can’t get a rain check and amazon will have specials from Woolworths and Coles when people might have only convenient access to one.

  • tsunamisurfer on 24/12/2020 - 14:31
    +5

    I am a career teetotaller, when I see all the alcohol deals I just keep scrolling. Costs me nothing.

    Starburst Jumbo Size 500g Snakes or Party Mix

    This is a legit deal as you cannot buy these in Coles / Woolies anymore,

    • Moderatorhamza23 on 24/12/2020 - 15:12

      FYI, if you prefer, you can hide all deals from the Alcohol category

      My Account > Settings > Deals > I want to include Deals For Selected Categories > Click all but 'Alcohol'

      Direct link for your account only

      • tsunamisurfer on 24/12/2020 - 16:23
        +1

        Thank you but I will leave it as is.

        If I am going to a gathering I will share alcohol deals for drunkard friends.

      • mrhugo on 24/12/2020 - 16:33

        OMG, this is perfect, I never knew I could filter things in/out. I will make use of this feature.

        • Moderatorhamza23 on 24/12/2020 - 16:41

          Just keep in mind that anything under 'Front page (new)' won't work unless you change your front page setting from 'list' or 'grid' to 'new'. See here.

          Everything above it will work with any setting though (filtering categories, NSFW, targeted, minimum votes, highlighted deals, expired deals etc). Also, as Spackbace already mentioned, you can also block particular domains or posters, by clicking the 'hide' button under any deal post. See here

          The new front page is just for users who want advanced customisation and it works on an algorithm rather than just showing front page deals in order.

  • dstar012 on 24/12/2020 - 14:32
    -3

    Absolutely 100% agree with this.
    The amount of cheap & garbage amazon posts is getting ridiculous.

  • SF3 on 24/12/2020 - 14:56

    Member Since
    27/01/2013

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/user/92485/badges

    0 deals posted 🤷‍♂️

    Everyone plays a part voluntarily in OzB, neg a deal if it isn’t good ( see guidelines) or as spackbace said hide it if you don’t like to see it.

    Or pay for OzB platinum membership.

    • mrhugo on 24/12/2020 - 16:40
      +2

      I'm 100% more active in discussions and posting in deals to help my fellow member. I'm more here for the 'community side' for which I contribute as often as I can.

      Please understand that OzB members come in all shapes and sizes; don't be too quick to pass judgement to someone that has 0 deal posts.

      • SF3 on 24/12/2020 - 17:08
        +4

        don't be too quick to pass judgement

        Thanks, for being a “pot calling the kettle black” ;)

      • rompastompa on 24/12/2020 - 21:40

        I'm 100% more

        100% more of zero = …zero?

        Apologies to OP, had to comment ;)

    • aragornelessar on 24/12/2020 - 16:47

      As devil's advocate, not sure deal post count is the best indicator of contribution… games are my thing, but you try and beat Lysander or dealbot on a Steam/Epic game post!

      As for the OP, save a dollar here, save a dollar there, you've got two dollars and so forth! It depends what your time is worth to you - as some have pointed out about free shipping etc. Also if you think about the cashback rates on some things - for example 5% of a $50 gift card is still only $2.50, but those extra cashback deals went like a house on fire. $1.80 out of $4.00 is almost 50% so in my view it's a better deal

      • SF3 on 24/12/2020 - 17:14
        +2

        Each to there own, I suppose.

        My point was, all the deals posts are “free” contributions from the OzB community, unless you are on the driver’s seat and demonstrate a standard being asked, it’s very easy being as back seat driver without skin in the game.

        Maybe OP could contribute by reporting a post if it has problems, update wiki pages, and help promo “best practices” to other OPs.

  • lubos on 24/12/2020 - 17:38
    +1

    It would be nice to be able to hide deals where savings is less than XY amount.

    I don't necessarily want to block all Amazon deals. Some are pretty solid. But deals where $2 item is now $1 just don't interest me as well.

    So I can see where OP is coming from. They want to save big. They do not care about saving 60 cents on Mutti Finely Chopped Tomatoes.

  • AustriaBargain on 24/12/2020 - 21:09

    OZB directly makes money from Amazon links, when someone buys anything on Amazon within 24 hours of clicking on them. I can't imagine OZB is knowingly encouraging Amazon links being posted because Scotty is smarter than that. I think people just love Amazon. They deliver fast (usually), they sell lots of stuff, what's not to love.

    • skido on 24/12/2020 - 21:10

      I don't think so.. the links for amazon posts are just amazon.com.au + (the item number) - there's no click tracking etc

      @hamza23 can clarify

      • AustriaBargain on 24/12/2020 - 21:10

        What I don't like is that like you say they often aren't great deals. But you can order one with free delivery with Prime so it's a different kind of value than going to Woolies to buy the same thing. But yeah I don't think people are aware with these Amazon deals that they aren't actually deals compared to the typical price of the item elsewhere.

        The associate tag isn't applied to logged in users. Load OZB in a private window and check the link.

        • skido on 24/12/2020 - 21:12

          oh lmao you are right. it says affiliated under the deal post for non logged in users lol

          I wonder how much commission they get for each sale? might be something like cashback with different rates for diff categories, but instead of going to the cashback provider, the money goes to ozbargain instead

          • AustriaBargain on 24/12/2020 - 21:20
            +1

            @skido: Comissions are good. Have a look https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/node/topic/GRXPHT8…

            I have affiliate Amazon sites and people click my link and then usually they don't even buy the product, they buy something else from Amazon within 24 hours. I get comission for $100 speakers someone buys, that's $4USD in one pop. When I check the commission list of things people bought and shipped after click my links I see people are always buying pet food, they buy self help books (you see the specific titles), sex toys, everything you can think of. And I get a percentage of each one based on that link above. It's money for nothin', that's the way to do it.

            • skido on 24/12/2020 - 21:25

              @AustriaBargain: oof interesting. And wdym by affiliate Amazon sites? Like do you just have a website and then link Amazon products on them with your affiliate link?

              • AustriaBargain on 24/12/2020 - 21:29

                @skido: Yes you make a website about anything at all and you link to Amazon products. Amazon are very strict about the quality of the site. If it's not going to be a blog, then it must look like a "real" site. You can't use Amazon branding or stuff. You get denied a lot when you apply (anyone can join and they check your site after 3 qualifying sales). Getting denied isn't terrible, you just improve your site and rejoin and wait for 3 qualifying sales again.

                It's easy to be the number one search result in Bing and Yahoo, for what it's worth. Much harder to get Google number 1 page, let alone number one search result. In any case it's money that Amazon deposits into your account even after you've forgotten about your site and it just sits there running in the background. After your account gets denied you need to update your associate amazon links with a new tag, but you can search and replace or just use some plugin or script or paid service like genius links.

                • skido on 24/12/2020 - 21:32

                  @AustriaBargain: Very interesting. I guess you’d have to link a lot of products then… if someone clicks on the link but then browses other stuff, would it count as well? Or only for that item?

                  • AustriaBargain on 24/12/2020 - 22:16

                    @skido: Anything they buy on Amazon for the next 24 hours after clicking the link you get a commission of. If they buy 50 tonnes of dog food and a soundbar after clicking your link for a lawn lower, you get a big payday. Unless they click someone else’s Amazon affiliate link after they click yours but before they buy the item, then the new affiliate tag overrides your cookie.

  • donkcat on 24/12/2020 - 22:29
    +2

    From an advertising prospective I've always thought it's a bit ridiculous how much Amazon get here just from matching someone else's price. In general Coles and Woolies get the 1 post each week with all their 50% off specials, yeah it gets to the front page and they do get other individual posts here and there. But then Amazon over the course of the week get to match Coles and Woolies with those very same specials but will get to get more posts to the front page because they are individual posts and not for about 50 items like Coles and Woolies are.

  • doowhydiddi on 25/12/2020 - 07:38
    +1

    Agreed. The front page screams individual grocery items from Amazon that are listed in supermarkets weekly catalogue. One bargain listed for nearly all individual ambient items over the week.

    To me this is a nice hack Amazon plays on Ozbargain to maximise their returns. I'm getting sick of seeing ths stuff.

    I don't want to hide all Amazon deals as obviously there are other items posted apart from these grocery items!

    • AustriaBargain on 25/12/2020 - 10:06

      I do actually buy the random little Amazon things. Going to the shop just for a bottle of laundry liquid is a pain. Clicking two links and it shows up at my door a few days later is easy.

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