September & October are generally slow months with everything picking up again around November. eBay again dominated this month and the expectation is to see more deals from the company as we get closer to Christmas.
Random Thoughts
Earlier in the month we had a fairly popular AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the guy who camped outside the Apple store for 17 days. If you have suggestions for an AMA then do so in the AMA Request Thread.
Another huge month of competition winners with 1 user winning a $4000 cruise, another winning $3000, 3 users winning $1000 each and 2 OzBargainers winning a 55" 4K TV.
Officeworks stock checker guy, vtdin1 has been providing us real time updates on how much stock is left in stores nationwide. Now only if we could get this for Aldi.
A new stat this month: Top 10 Search Alerts. Not surprisingly, eneloops are the top search alert. EDIT: Also added top 10 controversial comments.
Site Updates
- Lots of Bug Fixes
- Stickied deals now appear in newsletters.
- Competitions main page now separated from all comps page. Comps with 5 votes or more will appear on main comp page.
- Pizza Coupons Page. All valid pizza coupons on one page. :)
- Improving deal reminders (e.g. add to Google Calendar).
Coming up
- Improving automated referral system such as having codes only active for x amount of time.
- OzBargain birthday competition (November).
- Mental health awareness & help page.
Members
Members of the Month
drb for posting the deal of the month, eBay 15% off store wide, which spawned another 100 eBay deals and related forum discussion. How much OzBargainers have spent on eBay with this coupon code? Not sure, but not surprised if into millions.
JSQUARED for posting the competition of the month, Win 1 of 65 Prizes from NineMSN. 135 entered so far, I myself included. Good luck guys!
TRENT86 for posting the most popular freebie of the month, Free Lauryn Hill album from Google Play.
tightarse for posting the most deals — 84, and 80 of them got onto the front page with a vote average of +97.13.
cmdwedge for being a nice guy and standing up for what is right. Last month I asked people to report acts of kindness and didn't get any reply so this is my pick.
Congratulations to all the winners!
-Scotty
See more about members of the month
Moderation Stats:
- Reports: 2054 (avg: 1 report every ~21 minutes)
- Deals Removed: 360 (2281 published) —- Forum Posts Removed: 48 (914 published)
- Reasons:
- Duplicate - 169
- Requested by OP - 28
- Targeted Offer - 25
- Insufficient Quantity - 11
- SPAM - 27
- No Bargains Listed - 16
- Sockpuppeting - 20
- Referral SPAM - 14
- Combine Posts - 9
- Not Available to Australia - 6
- Banned Item - 4
- Expired on Posting - 3
- Everything else - 76
- Reasons:
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| tightarse | 84 | 97.44 |
| TRENT86 | 64 | 49.12 |
| tonester | 39 | 11.56 |
| easternculture | 34 | 30.21 |
| scotty | 25 | 22.44 |
| Spackbace | 21 | 27.24 |
| monty.melb | 17 | 29.00 |
| lyl | 16 | 15.81 |
| nocure | 15 | 15.47 |
| deal junkie | 13 | 15.00 |
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| LoveBargain15 | 8 | 12.12 |
| Angmav | 3 | 4.33 |
| bootlace | 3 | 6.67 |
| ddarroch | 3 | 8.67 |
| kickstartcomputers | 3 | 5.00 |
| jarededway | 3 | 2.33 |
| gadgetlovers87 | 3 | 8.00 |
| nqrsunshine | 3 | 12.00 |
| BargainLover4real | 3 | 13.67 |
| TREASUREPC | 3 | 0.33 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| tightarse | 80 | 101.58 |
| TRENT86 | 35 | 80.11 |
| easternculture | 14 | 57.36 |
| IWantThatFlight | 9 | 58.44 |
| monty.melb | 8 | 49.25 |
| scotty | 8 | 53.38 |
| BigBrother | 6 | 126.83 |
| tonester | 6 | 36.67 |
| Lysander | 6 | 73.33 |
| grababargain | 5 | 107.20 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWantThatFlight | 9 | 58.44 | 50 | 2 |
| Pizza Hut Ashfield | 3 | 72.33 | 9 | 1 |
| Clear | 3 | 69.67 | 211 | 118 |
| ShoppingExpress | 2 | 50.00 | 27 | 18 |
| danilochan | 2 | 56.00 | 16 | 0 |
| HunterOfBargains20 | 2 | 46.00 | 8 | 5 |
| MyGroceries.com.au | 2 | 50.50 | 3 | 0 |
| boratsagdiyev | 2 | 187.50 | 15 | 4 |
| iriekid | 1 | 51.00 | 3 | 0 |
| Digitalstar | 1 | 45.00 | 4 | 0 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps |
|---|---|
| neil | 78 |
| altomic | 41 |
| JSQUARED | 35 |
| Katie2014 | 25 |
| nmat | 25 |
| hamza23 | 24 |
| Spackbace | 16 |
| beautyheaven | 5 |
| Wyza | 5 |
| donga100 | 4 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| Baysew | 58 | 57 |
| Lukian | 55 | 49 |
| tonester | 25 | 25 |
| roughana | 14 | 12 |
| petestrash | 9 | 9 |
| IceCreamBandit | 8 | 7 |
| arend | 8 | 8 |
| zelda707 | 7 | 7 |
| Steptoe | 7 | 7 |
| mtg | 6 | 6 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jv | 704 | 0.73 | 63 | 7 | 30 | 6 |
| Spackbace | 446 | 1.65 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Oversimplified | 358 | 0.66 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DeafMutePretender | 328 | 1.86 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| tightarse | 313 | 1.57 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| pointless comment | 310 | 3.24 | 60 | 21 | 8 | 3 |
| djones145 | 282 | 0.59 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jar Jar Binks | 259 | 1.11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| tyler.durden | 258 | 0.35 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| tuzii | 249 | 0.49 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do I tip? Let me check where | 267 | fruit | 2015-09-03 |
| We tried to imagine what | 167 | bargainaus | 2015-09-24 |
| Send the wife on a run. | 129 | djkelly69 | 2015-09-23 |
| Should change the titles to | 111 | cypher67 | 2015-09-06 |
| You are never old to do | 106 | cniminc | 2015-09-01 |
| hope they will reward | 97 | Scrooge McDuck | 2015-09-11 |
| Most likely in a factory of | 94 | taQ | 2015-09-09 |
| Almost as much as they pay | 93 | hardboiled | 2015-09-01 |
| I have kids. I dont have | 93 | ilsan | 2015-09-20 |
| TLDR - OP tried to get a | 92 | Gimli | 2015-09-09 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| If you have good enough job | -131 | nocure | 2015-09-03 |
| Negged, not posted by TA. | -74 | kiriakoz | 2015-09-12 |
| The kid has down syndrome | -72 | holden93 | 2015-09-22 |
| But why save for months i | -60 | nocure | 2015-09-03 |
| Hopefully they get fined and | -52 | yoyomablue | 2015-09-10 |
| I don't even have a PS4 so | -44 | damnable | 2015-09-24 |
| Are you kidding? It is still | -42 | knick007 | 2015-09-25 |
| It's always $11… | -41 | jv | 2015-09-23 |
| A lot of restaurant staff | -41 | twinbag | 2015-09-26 |
| Let me get this straight you | -39 | holden93 | 2015-09-22 |
Top 10 most controversial comments
Deals
Top 10 fastest deals to the front page (20 votes)
| Deal | Votes | User | Posted | Mins to Front |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spend $100 at Selected eBay Stores to Receive a $50 eBay Voucher | 741 | CrazyMexican | 2015-09-17 | 5.82 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide Offer (Min Spend $50, Max Discount $100) | 1462 | drb | 2015-09-27 | 7.97 |
| Samsung EVO SSDs: 500GB $212, 1TB $415 [Also NUC Deals Inside] Shipped @ Shopping Express eBay | 147 | tightarse | 2015-09-29 | 15.00 |
| Target Gaming Clearance: Xbox One Console & FIFA 15 $299 + Games for All Platforms | 341 | boratsagdiyev | 2015-09-08 | 15.72 |
| $0 Google Play Album - Classical Tenors | 224 | grababargain | 2015-09-08 | 16.10 |
| SanDisk 240GB SSD Plus $106 Delivered @ PC Byte | 146 | tightarse | 2015-09-25 | 16.53 |
| Free Small Coffee or 600ml Spring Water (for ING Direct / Coles MasterCard Customers) @ Coles Express | 118 | hamza23 | 2015-09-21 | 16.68 |
| 30% off Dick Smith at eBay | 155 | fvalemus | 2015-09-29 | 17.93 |
| SanDisk 32GB Extreme Plus MicroSD 80MBs $24.50 Delivered @ PC Byte | 104 | tightarse | 2015-09-08 | 18.58 |
| 151 Items Under $3 Delivered @ Target (Links Inside) | 279 | tightarse | 2015-09-16 | 18.85 |
Top 10 fastest deals to 100 votes
| Deal | Votes | User | Posted | Mins to +100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spend $100 at Selected eBay Stores to Receive a $50 eBay Voucher | 741 | CrazyMexican | 2015-09-17 | 33.32 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide Offer (Min Spend $50, Max Discount $100) | 1462 | drb | 2015-09-27 | 46.90 |
| 151 Items Under $3 Delivered @ Target (Links Inside) | 279 | tightarse | 2015-09-16 | 73.23 |
| 3x Laser Beam Toys USD $0.01 (AUD $0.02) Delivered @ Ecoolbuy | 166 | tightarse | 2015-09-15 | 93.57 |
| Target Gaming Clearance: Xbox One Console & FIFA 15 $299 + Games for All Platforms | 341 | boratsagdiyev | 2015-09-08 | 109.88 |
| 30% off Dick Smith at eBay | 155 | fvalemus | 2015-09-29 | 127.07 |
| Free Upgrade to PricePal Founder Level - Existing Members Only | 209 | PricePalTeam | 2015-09-24 | 142.47 |
| Free Pure Blonde 6-Pack by Running 6KM | 285 | bobidylan | 2015-09-23 | 150.65 |
| 48x $0 Udemy Courses (Links Inside) | 176 | tightarse | 2015-09-02 | 155.18 |
| Samsung Galaxy Note 5 32GB Black $888 Delivered @ Mobileciti | 132 | tightarse | 2015-09-08 | 170.30 |
Top 10 most popular deals by votes
| Deal | Votes | Clicks | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eBay 15% off Sitewide Offer (Min Spend $50, Max Discount $100) | 1462 | 14096 | drb | 2015-09-27 |
| Spend $100 at Selected eBay Stores to Receive a $50 eBay Voucher | 741 | 17907 | CrazyMexican | 2015-09-17 |
| FREE Album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill @ Google Play | 342 | 4399 | TRENT86 | 2015-09-11 |
| Target Gaming Clearance: Xbox One Console & FIFA 15 $299 + Games for All Platforms | 341 | 35134 | boratsagdiyev | 2015-09-08 |
| Jetstar Return for Free: Tokyo/Osaka ex Cairns $249, Melb/GC $349, Bris $408, Syd $442, Adl $460 | 336 | 13433 | jonishere | 2015-09-17 |
| [Free/Steam] Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee - Free for 24 Hrs | 303 | 3768 | kaneissik | 2015-09-24 |
| [FREE] Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge — On the House [Origin] | 287 | 4870 | kaneissik | 2015-09-16 |
| Free Pure Blonde 6-Pack by Running 6KM | 285 | 8154 | bobidylan | 2015-09-23 |
| Further 50% off Clearance Clothing @ Target Online | 279 | 17852 | bargin193232222 | 2015-09-11 |
| 151 Items Under $3 Delivered @ Target (Links Inside) | 279 | 2043 | tightarse | 2015-09-16 |
Top 10 most popular deals by clicks
Top 5 most popular deals by traffic (in pageviews)
- eBay 15% off Sitewide Offer (Min Spend $50, Max Discount $100) - 149,895
- Spend $100 at Selected eBay Stores to Receive a $50 eBay Voucher - 96,420
- Target Gaming Clearance: Xbox One Console & FIFA 15 $299 + Games for All Platforms - 70,517
- Jetstar Return for Free: Tokyo/Osaka ex Cairns $249, Melb/GC $349, Bris $408, Syd $442, Adl $460 - 52,466
- 30% off Dick Smith at eBay - 42,155
Most Popular Deals by Category
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
- Competition Pageviews: 211,610 | August: 235,633 (-10.20%)
- Comps Posted: 311 | August: 407
- Comps Won: 117 | August: 204
- 4 Biggest Competition Wins:
Other stats
Top 5 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
- Discovered a Loophole, What to Do? - 27,995
- Group disrupts home auction in Sydney. Anti-Asian group? - 20,414
- iPhone 6S / 6S Plus Discussion. AU Pricing Starting from $1,079 / $1,229 - 19,918
- What You Wish You Knew at 22 - 19,524
- "Helpful" waitress spoiled our celebration - 18,616
Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews)
- List of Birthday Deals/Frebies - 7,589
- List of Cheap Chinese Online Buying sites - 4,307
- ING Direct Referral Links - 4,200
- Amex Referral Wiki - 1,990
- Cards with No Overseas Transaction Fees - 1,670
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)
- Dominos - 60,202
- Woolworths - 19,546
- KFC - 11,788
- Uber - 11,046
- Pizza Hut - 9,494
Top 5 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | # of deals | |
|---|---|---|
| Dick Smith | 140 | |
| Woolworths | 55 | |
| Target | 50 | |
| JB Hi-Fi | 44 | |
| Officeworks | 44 |
Top 10 most subscribed to store
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| I Want That Flight | 378 |
| DeliveryHero | 291 |
| Pinchme | 127 |
| Selling Out Soon | 124 |
| Specsavers | 118 |
| Woolworths | 94 |
| Dick Smith | 81 |
| Jetstar | 73 |
| Shopping Express | 72 |
| American Express | 66 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
| Query | Count |
|---|---|
| eneloop | 115 |
| ps4 | 92 |
| dyson | 75 |
| lego | 73 |
| sonos | 72 |
| chromecast | 68 |
| specsavers | 62 |
| playstation 4 | 56 |
| wii u | 53 |
| gopro | 52 |
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- Whirlpool Forums - 121,935
- Facebook - 114,306
- Lifehacker - 40,212
- Oursteps - 37,319
- Twitter - 30,470
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
- Chrome 55.34%
- Safari 24.47%
- Firefox 10.56%
- Internet Explorer 5.30%
- Safari (in-app) 1.26%
Everything else
- Reports from users: 2054 || August 2015: 1848 || September 2014: 1655
- Deals posted: 2280 || August 2015: 2263 || September 2014: 2438
- Number of Freebies posted: 181
- Comments posted: 70,185 || August 2015: 72,554 || September 2014: 62,976
- Overall traffic: 7,975,663 sessions, 24,343,337 pageviews. || August 2015: 8,263,198 sessions, 25,311,619 pageviews. || September 2014: 7,076,307 sessions, 22,289,617 pageviews.
- New users: 1891
- Most commented deal: eBay 15% off Sitewide Offer (Min Spend $50, Max Discount $100) (1091 comments)
- Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: Big W Games Clearance: PS3 12GB Console $198, COD Advanced Warfare $39 + over 150 Other Titles (3450 clicks)
- Most neg'd deal: Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought US $24.97 (~ AU $36) Shipped (Save $5.51) @ Amazon (-7 votes)
Real time stats from our wiki
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Wow, Dicksmith is the most popular by far. They must have a lot of deals for members to keep posting them.