March was a bit busy between running the Easter Treasure Hunt and preparing for our new Giphy feature. Overall, a good month.
Our main priority, other than making sure the best deals are posted, is the wellbeing of members. We touched upon this last year and now have a mental health page in case anyone needs assistance. Again, we need to be respectful to each other and understand that we aren't all thick skinned. Play the ball (the deal) and not the man (the poster).
One of the other big changes recently has been the removal of Qwibble from our cashback providers. Qwibble was born out of Australian bargain site Buckscoop. They decided to split the site into a bargain site and Qwibble for cashback. Looks like they've been bought by PureProfile but more worrying is the lack of replies to customer queries + their dead social media pages. So looks like we may be down to 2 major players between CashRewards & PricePal.
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Mental Health Page
- Show user reminders on top of front page listing for mobile site.
- Removal of Qwibble from cashback providers.
- Add theme-color support for Chrome on Android. (orange!)
- Share with WhatsApp on mobile site (Whatsapp is #8 referred site to OzBargain)
- Remove OP's ability to expire/unexpire deals after editing is disabled. (sneaky posters who cause confusion to our dupe rule)
- More profanity matches for comments
- Country flags next to site names on footer
Members
Members of the Month
March 2016
easternculture for posting the deal of the month, 20% off Tech Deals on eBay (which might actually go to lzefyre who posted the same code 3 minutes earlier). A bit of drama with eBay on that one on the launch day where the code did not work at PayPal. However it turned out to be quite a good deal from many different merchants.
Katie2014 for posting the competition of the month, Win GeForce GTX980 from Mwave. Katie has also posted the most number of competitions in March (98, with vote average +5.2).
OzDJ_ for posting this deal that might be cheapest in the world, Waterford "London" Desktop Bar $9995 from David Jones. It's definitely not your typical Eneloop or Xiaomi bargains here however it turns out to be the 3rd most popular and 2nd most clicked deals last month. Stacked with various gift card hacks I hope those desktop bars found some good home to go to.
JoFord63 for posting consistent and very detail deals on Health & Beauty products (some recent examples), and even a nice come back at jv's comment.
Congratulations!
-Scotty
See more about members of the month
Moderation Stats:
- Reports: 2575 (avg: 1 report every ~17 minutes)
- Deals Removed: 416 (2576 published) —- Forum Posts Removed: 49 (1036 published)
- Reasons:
- Duplicate - 155
- Requested by OP - 32
- Sockpuppeting - 27
- SPAM - 34
- Targeted Offer - 19
- No Bargains Listed - 21
- Insufficient Quantity - 32
- Referral SPAM - 8
- Combine Posts - 10
- Not Available to Australia - 15
- Expired on Posting - 3
- Banned Item - 5
- Everything else - 104
- Reasons:
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| TRENT86 | 86 | 48.67 |
| Jimmy007 | 64 | 16.08 |
| tightarse | 52 | 117.62 |
| nocure | 50 | 44.84 |
| altomic | 48 | 13.40 |
| Spackbace | 44 | 18.52 |
| easternculture | 40 | 44.88 |
| Lysander | 37 | 20.43 |
| monty.melb | 36 | 42.39 |
| lyl | 31 | 79.39 |
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| mark henry | 5 | 3.60 |
| Moonbox | 3 | 1.67 |
| bargainfindaoz | 3 | 3.67 |
| pointcookshop | 2 | 1.00 |
| modelflight | 2 | 1.00 |
| Stonee | 2 | 2.00 |
| emojipantssweater | 2 | -2.00 |
| ChronoJustin | 2 | 4.50 |
| blueseastackleco | 2 | 0.50 |
| East2West | 2 | 22.00 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| TRENT86 | 54 | 70.56 |
| tightarse | 52 | 117.62 |
| nocure | 35 | 58.69 |
| lyl | 29 | 83.86 |
| monty.melb | 19 | 69.42 |
| Jimmy007 | 14 | 41.64 |
| scotty | 13 | 60.23 |
| easternculture | 13 | 117.54 |
| IWantThatFlight | 10 | 59.60 |
| Jase2801 | 10 | 79.80 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWantThatFlight | 10 | 59.60 | 44 | 5 |
| monty.melb | 6 | 102.17 | 68 | 12 |
| Clear | 3 | 61.00 | 416 | 247 |
| QBDTheBookshop | 2 | 41.50 | 8 | 3 |
| banggood | 2 | 33.50 | 7 | 0 |
| TrolleySaver | 2 | 165.00 | 5 | 0 |
| Masters AUS | 2 | 87.00 | 15 | 2 |
| MyGroceries.com.au | 2 | 59.00 | 5 | 0 |
| freddie14 | 1 | 23.00 | 1 | 0 |
| pwoh | 1 | 33.00 | 8 | 0 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Katie2014 | 98 | 5.17 |
| hamza23 | 25 | 13.72 |
| neil | 22 | 1.91 |
| altomic | 21 | 2.67 |
| Spackbace | 12 | 9.25 |
| JSQUARED | 10 | 4.90 |
| Wyza | 4 | 1.50 |
| Wellthy | 4 | 1.00 |
| hendyb | 3 | 11.67 |
| brandsnow | 2 | 1.50 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| Spackbace | 341 | 309 |
| Baysew | 53 | 52 |
| fchis | 23 | 23 |
| matt_will_fix_it | 13 | 11 |
| Steptoe | 11 | 11 |
| TRENT86 | 10 | 9 |
| IceCreamBandit | 9 | 9 |
| BarginHunter | 9 | 9 |
| Make it so | 9 | 9 |
| donga100 | 8 | 8 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jv | 962 | 0.44 | 88 | 19 | 84 | 13 |
| pointless comment | 819 | 1.48 | 70 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| Spackbace | 811 | 1.28 | 67 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| KaptnKaos | 650 | 0.94 | 40 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Clear | 414 | 0.75 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| PVA | 359 | 0.51 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| illumination | 345 | 0.81 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| GameChanger | 314 | 0.86 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Bearosaurus | 309 | 0.37 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| scrimshaw | 269 | 2.25 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| the shirt looks fine your | 152 | oscargamer | 2016-03-28 |
| I buy a "win for life" | 124 | mskeggs | 2016-03-08 |
| Why would you compare sales | 109 | ykwon10 | 2016-03-01 |
| $10 says I'm not ? | 101 | timthetoolman | 2016-03-02 |
| Why don't you include "I | 93 | adzzz | 2016-03-09 |
| Because they don't want to | 92 | OzDJ_ | 2016-03-20 |
| I reckon if you go in with | 90 | montorola | 2016-03-09 |
| Condoms. Every since | 80 | twodollah | 2016-03-11 |
| send the fine back to the | 77 | altomic | 2016-03-04 |
| I've personally never | 74 | Eon-Rider | 2016-03-15 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridiculous! Might be a good | -129 | spludgey | 2016-03-28 |
| Kathmandu stores Australia | -89 | QW3RTY | 2016-03-17 |
| BatMobile Dawn of Justice | -68 | easternculture | 2016-03-14 |
| Taxes we have the highest in | -66 | boonanza | 2016-03-25 |
| <shakes head at yet another | -64 | Davros | 2016-03-08 |
| Why not? Telstra's screwed | -58 | easternculture | 2016-03-18 |
| not all 1.2 billion people | -56 | deepudips | 2016-03-01 |
| Get a life. | -52 | themob | 2016-03-22 |
| Don't trust open source | -47 | tren | 2016-03-21 |
| If you have the catalogue | -46 | bennoc | 2016-03-13 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How will you neg it? You've | 19 | 21 | jv | 2016-03-24 |
| Somebody please neg this | 19 | 17 | StewBalls | 2016-03-28 |
| I want to be a priest too, | 17 | 18 | cDNA | 2016-03-02 |
| isn't there a rule where | 13 | 11 | suicine94 | 2016-03-16 |
| @jv: your lucky i cant neg | 13 | 15 | easternculture | 2016-03-24 |
| So very true. Still a | 13 | 14 | Lysander | 2016-03-26 |
| Uh no… By a year they | 12 | 12 | m00c0w | 2016-03-11 |
| lots of good reviews on your | 12 | 11 | Makoto | 2016-03-17 |
| My pet is quite expensive. | 12 | 11 | cDNA | 2016-03-19 |
| This. Decent quality, good | 11 | 11 | pointless comment | 2016-03-17 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
Top 10 VERY controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somebody please neg this | 19 | 17 | StewBalls | 2016-03-28 |
| How will you neg it? You've | 19 | 21 | jv | 2016-03-24 |
| I want to be a priest too, | 17 | 18 | cDNA | 2016-03-02 |
| I'd say he would have no | 16 | 13 | knick007 | 2016-03-20 |
| Did you seriously neg me? I | 16 | 13 | knick007 | 2016-03-20 |
| Call the bikies? | 14 | 17 | timmeh15 | 2016-03-04 |
| So very true. Still a | 13 | 14 | Lysander | 2016-03-26 |
| @jv: your lucky i cant neg | 13 | 15 | easternculture | 2016-03-24 |
| isn't there a rule where | 13 | 11 | suicine94 | 2016-03-16 |
| My pet is quite expensive. | 12 | 11 | cDNA | 2016-03-19 |
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 (20 votes)
| Deal | Votes | User | Posted | Mins to Front |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Raspberry Pi 3 from IBM for Qualified Developers | 145 | cmdwedge | 2016-03-07 | 9.88 |
| 20% off Sitewide @ Kogan eBay | 367 | tightarse | 2016-03-22 | 11.55 |
| Nexus 6P 32GB $699, 6P 64GB $849, 5X 16GB $469, 5X 32GB $519, 6 32GB $478 Shipped @ Mobileciti | 154 | tightarse | 2016-03-13 | 12.05 |
| ES File Explorer/Manager PRO $0.20 @ Google Play | 565 | TRENT86 | 2016-03-08 | 12.70 |
| Optus Sim Only Plan with 10GB Data - $40/Month (Was $60/Month) - 12 Months Contract | 264 | shaq1 | 2016-03-18 | 12.72 |
| Genuine XIAOMI 10000mAh Power Bank $25.40 Delivered @ Mushtato | 166 | tightarse | 2016-03-01 | 13.12 |
| Full Entertainment Book Access Until 1st May @ Entertainment Book | 606 | CozmerkIsenberg | 2016-03-03 | 14.33 |
| 200GB OneDrive Storage for All Telstra Customers | 668 | chewkl | 2016-03-01 | 14.48 |
| $12 off $25 Spend @ Delivery Hero (All Customers, Via Desktop, Starts 5pm AEDT) | 290 | tightarse | 2016-03-31 | 14.52 |
| LG Nexus 5X 32GB Smartphone Blue - $447 (Save $200) C&C or + $10 Delivery @ JB Hi-Fi | 245 | deal junkie | 2016-03-11 | 14.60 |
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)
- 20% off Tech Deals from Selected Stores (The Good Guys, Futu, Dell, Sony, Kogan, Bing Lee, Optus, Ted's etc) @ eBay - 176,259
- Sony Box Damaged Sale No.2: Hi-Fi, Mobiles, Cameras, Headphones @ Sony Online (up to 70% off) - 61,980
- Waterford "London" Desktop Bar. >50% off. $9,995 (Was $20,995). David Jones in-Store Only - 49,169
- Sony End of Line/Damaged Box Sale: Xperia C4 $199, Clock Radio $19 + More @ Sony Online - 46,919
- Logitech Harmony Smart Control $38.99 (70% off - $129.98) @ Dick Smith - 40,581
Most Popular Deals by Category
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
| Comp | Votes | Clicks | Entered | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win $15,000 from Aussie Home Loans | 37 | 1726 | 134 | hamza23 | 2016-03-04 |
| Win $500 (Daily), or 1 of 5 Chux Packs (Daily) | 21 | 1483 | 81 | Spackbace | 2016-03-01 |
| Win a Trip for 2 to Scotland from Visit Scotland | 30 | 1252 | 105 | hamza23 | 2016-03-08 |
| Win $25,000 Cash from Ninemsn (Daily Entry) | 20 | 1181 | 65 | hamza23 | 2016-03-28 |
| Win a Trip for 2 to London (Includes Flights & 5 Nights Accommodation) from Ben Sherman | 21 | 1136 | 82 | stillonev | 2016-03-04 |
| Win $2000 Cash from AAMI | 21 | 1115 | 90 | LoveBargain15 | 2016-03-16 |
| Win a $15,000 Visa Prepaid Card or 1 of 2 $500 Visa Prepaid Cards from GIO | 20 | 1078 | 77 | hamza23 | 2016-03-29 |
| Win 1 of 2 Personalised Trips for 4 to Singapore from Yahoo 7 Travel | 19 | 1073 | 55 | JSQUARED | 2016-03-06 |
| Win Flights & Snow Tour to New Zealand (Valued at $6,000) from Haka Tours | 33 | 1041 | 96 | hamza23 | 2016-03-08 |
| Win a Trip for 2 to Kenya (Valued at $18,579) from Discover Kenya | 25 | 970 | 78 | hamza23 | 2016-03-15 |
- Competition Pageviews: 217,557 | February: 269,046 (-19.14%)
- Comps Posted: 258 | February: 315
- Comps Won: 89 | February: 141
Biggest Competition Win:
Win an iPad Mini 4 64GB Wi-Fi + Smart Cover + Various Books + consulting sessions worth $10,000
and also 2 winners of a $1,000 Fisher-Price Shopping Spree
Other stats
Top 5 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
- AskOzb: What's something that you used to be a cheaparse on, until you tried high quality and now you can't go back? - 27,538
- I Scratched My Dad's Audi Q7 - 26,640
- What Is Your DREAM Job (and Do You Have It?) - 24,153
- An eBay Seller "Force-Shipped" My Items - 20,734
- Only Australia - Things That Only Happen in Australia - 20,467
Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews)
- List of Birthday Deals/Frebies - 8,395
- List of Cheap Chinese Online Buying sites - 3,761
- American Express Referral Wiki 1,941
- Cards with No Overseas Transaction Fees - 1,739
- A guide to using Telstra Prepaid Starter Packs - 1,304
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)
- Dominos - 95,177
- Woolworths - 18,649
- KFC -12,971
- Menulog - 10,648
- Uber - 10,485
Top 5 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Kogan | 68 | 35.21 |
| Amazon | 66 | 26.76 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 61 | 30.66 |
| The Good Guys | 57 | 32.81 |
| Dick Smith Electronics (DSE) | 56 | 26.89 |
| Harvey Norman | 55 | 33.75 |
| Target Australia | 49 | 31.12 |
| Woolworths | 47 | 29.49 |
| BIG W | 39 | 26.56 |
| Coles | 39 | 29.23 |
Top 10 most subscribed to store
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| I Want That Flight | 557 |
| DeliveryHero | 307 |
| Specsavers | 194 |
| Selling Out Soon | 137 |
| Pinchme | 136 |
| Dick Smith | 122 |
| American Express | 115 |
| Coke Rewards | 108 |
| Woolworths | 107 |
| Jetstar | 90 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
| Query | Count |
|---|---|
| eneloop | 151 |
| ps4 | 120 |
| lego | 118 |
| specsavers | 104 |
| dyson | 101 |
| sonos | 88 |
| xbox one | 76 |
| wii u | 70 |
| playstation 4 | 64 |
| udemy | 62 |
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- Facebook - 120,224
- Whirlpool Forums - 120,097
- Twitter - 35,211
- Lifehacker - 32,894
- Oursteps - 29,135
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
- Chrome 58.14%
- Safari 24.38%
- Firefox 9.01%
- Internet Explorer 4.02%
- Safari (in-app) 1.73%
Everything else
- Reports from users: 2575 || February 2016: 2246 || March 2015: 1639
- Deals posted: 2576 || February 2016: 2179 || March 2015: 2211
- Number of Freebies posted: 230
- Comments posted: 79,565 || February 2016: 69,878 || March 2015: 59702
- Overall traffic: 8,749,585 sessions, 27,613,477 pageviews. || February 2016: 8,143,154 sessions, 28,189,648 pageviews. || March 2015: 7,363,134 sessions, 21,984,034 pageviews.
- New users: 2005
- Most commented deal: 20% off Tech Deals from Selected Stores (The Good Guys, Futu, Dell, Sony, Kogan, Bing Lee, Optus, Ted's etc) @ eBay (1016 comments)
- Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: Acer S240HL 24" Monitor $159 and More Deals @ MSY (3162 clicks)
- Most neg'd deal: Cards Against Humanity Base Set 1.7 (US UK AU CA Edition) US $29.99 / AU $41.99 Shipped @ Ioodeal (-5 votes)
Real time stats from our wiki
2016: Jan -
2015: Zeitgeist Dec - Nov - Oct - Sept - Aug - Jul - Jun -May - Apr - Mar - Jan
2014: Zeitgeist - Nov - Oct - Sept
Sometimes I wonder if a lot of the big deal posters spend their entire day looking for bargains and nothing else.