We hit some new records in June:
- 944 comps posted.
- 100,458 comments.
- 10,736,188 sessions.
- 34,656,248 pageviews.
3727 reports.
I posed the question in March whether we would reach 200,000 deals or 5,000,000 comments first. Still a close race.
eBay and their Hump Month deals took out the top 10 of the fastest deals to the front page, 9 of 10 deals fastest to 100 votes, 7 out of 10 of the most popular deals and 4 out of 5 of the deals with the heaviest traffic. Safe to say despite the constant negative comments, covfefe.
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- American Express referrals are being checked automatically to see if they are pointing to the correct card and are valid.
- Changed default editing on competitions to 60 days from 14 days.
- Automatically report deals submitted with just a picture to moderators. This is useful as after 10 minutes, store subscription emails are sent out and if there is no store attached to the deal, there is no notification.
- Delaying of store subscriptions to 10 minutes. This allows the moderators and power users to fix up or remove deals. This should mean better emails and less SPAM email to users.
Members
Members of the Month
June 2017
Winners from last month:
irecu for posting $10 off $50 Spend at eBay deal, which came 2nd last month. Deal of the month went to tightarse's amaysim cashback offer but rep-posts don't get awarded. June has certainly been a very busy month for eBay deals — 7 out of 10 top deals were from eBay, 10 quickest deals rising to front page were all eBay deals.
While tightarse didn't get awarded for the deal of the month, he also won the competition of the month (yes 2 gold badges in a row). Win 1 of 200 Allen's Confectionery Medium Bags from Nestle is actually the most voted competition so far with +534 votes, although it's more like a freebie (when it was first posted) than a competition. Congratulations to those who "won" (i.e. actually received the bag of confectionery).
nocure for posting the most deals. He has posted 68 with +37.65 vote average, most popular being Pic's Really Good Peanut Butter $3.75 @ Coles.
Belgarath for his generosity towards another OzBargainer, when he spontaneously gave $50 to someone in an unfortunate circumstance and sparked a chain reaction from other generous OzBargainers.
-Scotty
See more about members of the month
Moderation Stats:
- Reports: 3727 (avg: 1 report every ~12 minutes)
- Deals Removed: 544 ( 3078 published) —- Forum Posts Removed: 75 ( 1170 published)
- Reasons:
- Duplicate - 279
- SPAM - 63
- No Bargains Listed - 41
- Sockpuppeting - 40
- Referral SPAM - 37
- Insufficient Quantity - 36
- Requested by OP - 18
- Not Available to Australia - 11
- Out of stock on posting - 11
- Expired on Posting - 9
- Combine Posts - 9
- Unobtainable Deal - 7
- Deal doesn't meet eBay posting guidelines - 5
- Circumventing Ban - 4
- Competitions aren't bargains - 1
- Price Matches aren't bargains - 1
- Everything else - 47
- Reasons:
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| nocure | 68 | 37.63 |
| hamza23 | 48 | 60.75 |
| tightarse | 45 | 213.84 |
| tonester | 44 | 14.14 |
| easternculture | 40 | 65.85 |
| TRENT86 | 38 | 63.89 |
| doweyy | 29 | 62.76 |
| Lysander | 28 | 21.71 |
| save50 | 28 | 7.68 |
| Shads | 26 | 45.69 |
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| amandahuggenkiss | 4 | 25.25 |
| TechieWorld | 4 | 2.00 |
| shoppersam | 4 | 1.25 |
| ojaswinjosan | 3 | 13.00 |
| DisabledUser223105 | 3 | 5.00 |
| Nappa | 3 | 3.00 |
| Hikko | 2 | 82.50 |
| JWComp | 2 | 56.50 |
| cool2frost | 2 | 28.50 |
| happyfeat | 2 | 16.00 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| tightarse | 44 | 218.16 |
| hamza23 | 35 | 77.14 |
| nocure | 27 | 74.26 |
| TRENT86 | 24 | 92.29 |
| doweyy | 18 | 91.83 |
| easternculture | 15 | 155.20 |
| Shads | 13 | 79.15 |
| Jase2801 | 8 | 62.75 |
| grababargain | 7 | 123.57 |
| OzSikhs | 7 | 50.29 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tightarse | 4 | 467.00 | 337 | 85 |
| IWantThatFlight | 3 | 43.00 | 3 | 1 |
| bestforapple | 3 | 33.00 | 22 | 0 |
| Clear | 2 | 38.00 | 233 | 170 |
| danilochan | 2 | 33.00 | 37 | 3 |
| addictedtoaudio | 2 | 26.50 | 5 | 0 |
| RRDeal | 1 | 207.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Computer Alliance | 1 | 177.00 | 26 | 3 |
| Leftdrop | 1 | 161.00 | 7 | 3 |
| mrcents | 1 | 145.00 | 0 | 0 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| gnv9 | 411 | 6.89 |
| pfaftle | 284 | 4.26 |
| Katie2014 | 54 | 4.20 |
| Phalaxis | 53 | 6.81 |
| neil | 41 | 3.22 |
| JSQUARED | 22 | 4.73 |
| djk | 8 | 2.75 |
| kosh52 | 5 | 7.60 |
| BobbyD2500 | 4 | 8.25 |
| gearbest | 3 | 2.67 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| Baysew | 172 | 169 |
| Spackbace | 134 | 126 |
| O O | 98 | 84 |
| dasher86 | 76 | 76 |
| BarginHunter | 66 | 66 |
| tonester | 66 | 61 |
| doweyy | 51 | 48 |
| Steptoe | 29 | 28 |
| petestrash | 24 | 24 |
| fchis | 18 | 14 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PJC | 813 | 0.65 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| jv | 714 | 0.91 | 50 | 8 | 30 | 4 |
| Scab | 525 | 1.54 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| nicolemcmilllon | 494 | 0.31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| lostn | 465 | 0.45 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| altomic | 431 | 2.07 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| doweyy | 331 | 1.70 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Gimli | 323 | 0.58 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| John Kimble | 317 | 1.19 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| tightarse | 309 | 2.03 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hi Donald, Unfortunately | 231 | Belgarath | 2017-06-09 |
| WE do it for the community. | 202 | cloudy | 2017-06-24 |
| I once saw a bargain and did | 200 | ChillBro | 2017-06-02 |
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki | 186 | bongom | 2017-06-22 |
| If it was that price, I | 145 | ThoseDeafMutes | 2017-06-28 |
| Stop blaming your kids jv. | 128 | madmouse58 | 2017-06-20 |
| Whether it be in your | 108 | scubacoles | 2017-06-29 |
| 2nd place in grade 7 | 106 | scrambledeggs | 2017-06-02 |
| jv | 104 | Putnum | 2017-06-07 |
| and it gets the bishes | 99 | Scrooge McDuck | 2017-06-23 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| I'm saying that I HAVE PAID | -86 | Geekomatic | 2017-06-19 |
| Wow! Thanks for all your | -75 | SP-IMB | 2017-06-06 |
| Sleeps in shed to avoid | -74 | B2 | 2017-06-09 |
| The best treatment for | -65 | trevor99 | 2017-06-09 |
| What's the point of | -59 | Diji1 | 2017-06-05 |
| If this is a law, then it | -58 | Geekomatic | 2017-06-19 |
| Are you actually special | -53 | Ken_ZomgWtfBbq | 2017-06-11 |
| Yes, I do, actually. They | -51 | Geekomatic | 2017-06-19 |
| Poor smokers, it's a | -50 | ggrant | 2017-06-06 |
| Best to skip. Its really | -50 | BNN | 2017-06-05 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sounds like you are the only | 23 | 22 | nosdan | 2017-06-23 |
| Spot on. Compensation, | 20 | 18 | yoyomablue | 2017-06-23 |
| If you're not a confident | 18 | 17 | hcca | 2017-06-21 |
| Hey guys I've got depression | 16 | 16 | SilentBob | 2017-06-10 |
| I'd be worried, he might | 16 | 14 | unclesnake | 2017-06-10 |
| Does this one come with a | 14 | 14 | mixo | 2017-06-28 |
| @jv: Just because you agree | 13 | 12 | SavageCarrot | 2017-06-04 |
| Anyone think that this for | 13 | 11 | rakeycakey | 2017-06-28 |
| You're free to tape a pair | 10 | 9 | NoRotation | 2017-06-19 |
| The government controls | 10 | 8 | Diji1 | 2017-06-24 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No, it really doesn't. It | 44 | 40 | picklewizard | 2017-06-13 |
| sounds like you are the only | 23 | 22 | nosdan | 2017-06-23 |
| or poor driver ability. | 22 | 27 | Scrooge McDuck | 2017-06-22 |
| Perhaps you should read the | 21 | 17 | jv | 2017-06-04 |
| Spot on. Compensation, | 20 | 18 | yoyomablue | 2017-06-23 |
| If you're not a confident | 18 | 17 | hcca | 2017-06-21 |
| I'd be worried, he might | 16 | 14 | unclesnake | 2017-06-10 |
| @jv: Just because you agree | 13 | 12 | SavageCarrot | 2017-06-04 |
| Anyone think that this for | 13 | 11 | rakeycakey | 2017-06-28 |
| Dunno, I think it's pretty | 12 | 15 | iDroid | 2017-06-08 |
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
| Deal | Votes | User | Posted | Mins to Front |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eBay 15% off Sitewide with $75 Spend (4PM to 6PM) | 277 | tightarse | 2017-06-01 | 3.00 |
| eBay Mega Deal: Bose QC35 QuietComfort Headphones $254.15 Delivered @ Shopmonk | 317 | tightarse | 2017-06-21 | 3.53 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide (Min $75 Spend, Max $300 Discount), 5pm-Midnight | 517 | tightarse | 2017-06-21 | 4.07 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide (Min $75 Spend, Max $300 Discount) | 693 | tightarse | 2017-06-30 | 4.35 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide (Min $75 Spend, Max $300 Discount) | 521 | tightarse | 2017-06-19 | 4.52 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide (Minimum $75 Spend) until Midnight | 537 | TheGoToStore | 2017-06-14 | 5.72 |
| eBay Mega Deal: GoPro HERO5 Black $305.15 Delivered @ Wireless 1 | 130 | tightarse | 2017-06-14 | 5.87 |
| eBay $20 off Sitewide with $100 Spend (2PM to 4PM) | 271 | tightarse | 2017-06-01 | 6.47 |
| eBay Mega Deal: HP 15-ay048TX Laptop (i7-6500U, R7 M440, 8GB, 2TB HDD) $424.15 Delivered @ Microsoft | 95 | tightarse | 2017-06-21 | 7.30 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide with Min $75 Spend (10pm - 2am) | 642 | TheGoToStore | 2017-06-07 | 7.58 |
Top 10 fastest deals to 100 votes
| Deal | Votes | User | Posted | Mins to +100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eBay Mega Deal: Bose QC35 QuietComfort Headphones $254.15 Delivered @ Shopmonk | 317 | tightarse | 2017-06-21 | 12.93 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide with $75 Spend (4PM to 6PM) | 277 | tightarse | 2017-06-01 | 19.58 |
| eBay $20 off Sitewide with $100 Spend (2PM to 4PM) | 271 | tightarse | 2017-06-01 | 20.60 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide (Minimum $75 Spend) until Midnight | 537 | TheGoToStore | 2017-06-14 | 20.95 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide (Min $75 Spend, Max $300 Discount), 5pm-Midnight | 517 | tightarse | 2017-06-21 | 21.90 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide (Min $75 Spend, Max $300 Discount) | 521 | tightarse | 2017-06-19 | 23.13 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide (Min $75 Spend, Max $300 Discount) | 693 | tightarse | 2017-06-30 | 23.18 |
| eBay 15% off Sitewide with Min $75 Spend (10pm - 2am) | 642 | TheGoToStore | 2017-06-07 | 29.38 |
| $20 off $100 @ eBay | 715 | tightarse | 2017-06-16 | 31.53 |
| $10 off Next 2 Uber Rides. Valid till 01/08/2017 | 335 | Darkilluzion | 2017-06-24 | 32.23 |
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 Selected Stores @ eBay - 84,166
- 20% off Selected Sellers @ eBay - 63,051
- eBay 15% off Sitewide with Min $75 Spend (10PM to Midnight) - 52,449
- Buy an Amaysim Unlimited 1.5GB SIM Starter for $9.90 & Get $32 Cashback (Approved 15 Days after Activation) @ Cashrewards - 51,631
- eBay 15% off Sitewide with Min $75 Spend (10pm - 2am) - 49,047
Most Popular Deals by Category
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Note: The 1st was posted as a freebie deal but was determined to be a competition.
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
- Competition Pageviews: 367,012 | May: 372,418 (-1.45%)
- Comps Posted: 944 | May: 903
- Comps Won: 65 | May: 127
Two winners for biggest win:
Other stats
Top 5 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
- Bought a TV last week and just smashed the screen :( - 41,295
- [AMA] I Am a Victoria Police Officer - Ask Me Anything - 36,080
- Disgusting people… - 27,946
- AMA - Round Two - Tax and Tax Return Questions - Ask Me Anything - GO! - 21,160
- Electricity Bill Shot up by a Whopping ~30%. Can Anything Be Done? - 20,511
Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews)
- Optus Friend & Family Wiki - 15,116
- List of Birthday Deals/Frebies - 12,225
- List of Cheap Chinese Online Buying sites - 4,740
- Cards with No Overseas Transaction Fees - 2,003
- List of Price Comparison Websites - 1,474
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)
- Dominos - 136,851
- eBay - 87,931
- Hungry Jacks - 17,471
- Pizza Hut - 14,790
- Uber Eats - 14,026
Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Harvey Norman | 90 | 27.68 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 80 | 32.35 |
| Myer | 66 | 32.08 |
| The Good Guys | 64 | 24.50 |
| Coles | 51 | 45.65 |
| Amazon | 51 | 18.00 |
| Microsoft Store | 50 | 28.20 |
| Telstra | 44 | 43.34 |
| Bing Lee | 43 | 18.98 |
| Kogan | 37 | 30.35 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| I Want That Flight | 599 |
| American Express Cashback Offers | 421 |
| American Express | 249 |
| eBay | 242 |
| DeliveryHero | 217 |
| Specsavers | 188 |
| Telstra | 157 |
| Woolworths | 126 |
| Menulog | 123 |
| Uniqlo | 120 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
| Query | Count |
|---|---|
| nintendo switch | 235 |
| lego | 190 |
| dyson | 164 |
| sonos | 162 |
| eneloop | 158 |
| ps4 | 156 |
| amex | 133 |
| qc35 | 114 |
| ebay | 110 |
| specsavers | 106 |
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- Facebook - 108,292
- Whirlpool Forums - 106,433
- Oursteps - 55,646
- Twitter - 39,237
- MSN - 36,142
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
- Chrome 60.48%
- Safari 25.56%
- Firefox 6.24%
- Internet Explorer 2.57%
- Safari (in-app) 2.02%
Everything else
- Reports from users: 3727 || May 2017: 2812 || June 2016: 2657
- Deals posted: 3076 || May 2017: 2504 || June 2016: 2781
- Number of Freebies posted: 199
- Comments posted: 100,458 (most ever) || May 2017: 89,096 || June 2016: 82,795
- Overall traffic: 10,736,188 sessions, 34,656,248 pageviews. || May 2017: 10,365,045 sessions, 30,661,787 pageviews. || June 2016: 8,936,816 sessions, 28,673,404 pageviews.
- New users: 2981
- Most commented deal: Buy an Amaysim Unlimited 1.5GB SIM Starter for $9.90 & Get $32 Cashback (Approved 15 Days after Activation) @ Cashrewards (873 comments)
- Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: Esprit Essentials Bomber Jacket $25 down from $140 (3672 clicks)
- Most neg'd deal: Dog Training Collars Aetertek 20% of EOFYS Free Shipping Australia and New Zealand (-7 votes)
Real time stats from our wiki
2017: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May
2016: Zeitgeist Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - August - September - October November - Dec
2015: Zeitgeist Dec - Nov - Oct - Sept - Aug - Jul - Jun -May - Apr - Mar - Jan
2014: Zeitgeist - Nov - Oct - Sept
Jv dethroned