September Stats & October News.
It's very rare to have your highest voted deal post of the month have 52 reports against it but that's where we are with: [Hack] 30TB Storage for Free until 2090 @ Google One. It does seem that Google is cancelling this hack so may end up in the forum shortly. My favourite is:
Please note I have initiated the process to report Ozbargain's continued lack of action on this thread to the Australian Signals Directorate and Cyber Crime.
which goes well with this report on Why We Really Shouldn't Be Shopping Directly from China:
We’ll be submitting this to Australian Human Rights Commission
So maybe next year's t-shirt should be:
- Yes
- No
- Bikies!
- Contact Human Rights Commision/Australian Signals Directorate!
Well, let's see if this misinformation bill gets passed…
Big congrats to our winners of our gang sign competition.
Next month are meetups & Black Friday(already have a early BF deal posted).
Members
Members of the Month
September 2023
Pharos for posting the deal of the month (or the year? or until 2090?) — 30TB Storage for Free until 2090 @ Google One. The same hack got propagated all over the Internet and how many of you are now sitting on multi-terabyte cloud storage that can be inherited by your grandkids? Fortunately we have not received any letter of demand from Google's lawyers, yet.
BargainsGrabber for posting the most clicked deal in September, 15% off Ultimate eGift Cards, and it also happens to be the 2nd most popular deal last month. That makes pretty much everything 15% cheaper everywhere.
shxhshzhz for posting the most deals in September. 65 deals were posted with vote average of +36.8, and the most popular is actually a deal about a TCL fridge.
Phalaxis for posting the competition of the month, Win a Hyundai KONA Hybrid N Line, which was the most voted, most clicked and most entered competition on OzBargain in September. Phalaxis has also posted 240 comps averaging +13.9 votes.
Congratulations to all the winners!
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Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Header fades out after clicking on next/prev arrow to navigate through comments on mobile.
- Clicking on the notification bell on mobile toggles the notification pull-down (rather than just shows) on mobile.
- Updated referral interface — editing user's referral parameters from the store/deal page directly, without going to user's referral settings.
- Stop users from entering URLs for coupon-code type referrals (Can't tell you how many times we've cleaned this up!)
Moderation Stats:
- Reports from users: 4681 (avg: 1 report every ~8 minutes) || August 2023: 5015 || September 2022: 4539
- Deals Removed/Published: 356/2740 —- Forum Posts Removed/Published: 93/893 — Competition Posts Removed/Published: 33/777 — Classified Posts Removed/Published: 22/699
| Reason for Removal | COUNT |
|---|---|
| Duplicate | 99 |
| Requested by OP | 53 |
| Spam | 51 |
| Sockpuppeting | 38 |
| Insufficient quantity | 24 |
| Classified does not meet posting guidelines | 20 |
| No bargain listed | 18 |
| Referral spam | 18 |
| Unobtainable deal | 17 |
| Read Title Guidelines | 14 |
| Deal doesn't meet Amazon AU posting guidelines | 13 |
| Merged with Existing Thread | 13 |
| Post in classifieds | 12 |
| Lack of business details | 10 |
| Not available to Australia | 8 |
| Combined posts | 8 |
| Private sales are not deals | 6 |
| Expired on posting | 6 |
| Competitions are not bargains | 6 |
| Deal doesn't meet AliExpress posting guidelines | 5 |
| Competition not started | 5 |
| Merged with Insufficient Quantity Thread | 5 |
| Out of stock on posting | 4 |
| Classifieds requirements not met | 3 |
| Duplicate (Merged with Existing Thread) | 3 |
| Referrals not allowed in classifieds | 3 |
| Insufficient details for upcoming deal | 3 |
| Merged into Low Quantity eBay Deals Thread | 3 |
| Price beats are not bargains | 3 |
| Joke post | 3 |
| Unobtainable deal - invalid coupon | 2 |
| Already in referral system | 2 |
| Deal doesn't meet financial services guidelines | 2 |
| Banned Store | 2 |
| Issue with Promoter | 2 |
| Account Issue | 2 |
| Use Referral System | 2 |
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| shxhshzhz | 65 | 36.75 |
| HamBoi69 | 43 | 57.37 |
| Clear | 42 | 42.79 |
| Scrooge McDeal | 36 | 92.94 |
| rosebank | 35 | 13.83 |
| nocure | 27 | 29.48 |
| I Smell Pennies | 23 | 96.09 |
| hamza23 | 23 | 67.39 |
| superforever | 22 | 13.50 |
| dealbot | 21 | 215.52 |
Top Deal Posters
- Lysander (5430 deals)
- nocure (5209 deals) +23
- dealbot (4712 deals) +19
- save50 (4184 deals) +6
- tightarse (3959 deals) +2
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| MA87033 | 6 | 32.83 |
| Hungrytamerjack | 5 | 12.60 |
| Dorejon | 4 | 20.25 |
| Tina-Circonomy | 4 | 6.75 |
| CMadness | 3 | 3.00 |
| hamza-iprice | 3 | 0.33 |
| Itisagooddaytotry | 2 | 58.00 |
| nicks11 | 2 | 9.50 |
| Vtechnical | 2 | 9.50 |
| Kgreiss | 2 | 9.00 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| HamBoi69 | 27 | 79.78 |
| shxhshzhz | 27 | 66.15 |
| Scrooge McDeal | 26 | 122.65 |
| dealbot | 20 | 225.55 |
| Clear | 20 | 71.35 |
| BargainsGrabber | 17 | 172.00 |
| hamza23 | 17 | 84.41 |
| I Smell Pennies | 16 | 129.19 |
| RichardL | 14 | 84.07 |
| Wuman | 10 | 113.60 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWantThatFlight | 7 | 75.00 | 9 | 0 |
| gotyourback | 5 | 221.80 | 87 | 50 |
| luketechfast | 5 | 73.00 | 12 | 0 |
| tightarse | 4 | 542.75 | 40 | 16 |
| Nebula PC | 4 | 102.50 | 110 | 0 |
| shppngtrlly com au | 4 | 72.00 | 6 | 0 |
| Calmago | 3 | 145.33 | 19 | 1 |
| jason101 | 3 | 84.00 | 31 | 5 |
| beatthatflight | 3 | 72.33 | 38 | 2 |
| LimeBlueCoffee | 2 | 92.50 | 84 | 0 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| TruePursuit | 295 | 6.62 |
| Phalaxis | 240 | 13.90 |
| Vixxun | 39 | 8.95 |
| neil | 34 | 9.24 |
| Iluvfreebies | 20 | 8.90 |
| shaneb | 14 | 16.21 |
| Lele | 11 | 5.18 |
| haha45 | 10 | 6.10 |
| Ploddingalong | 9 | 14.89 |
| originaloa | 6 | 0.67 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| Twix | 245 | 226 |
| rompastompa | 195 | 194 |
| Baysew | 160 | 154 |
| tonester | 77 | 66 |
| DuckKnight | 17 | 17 |
| brandogs | 12 | 10 |
| O O | 9 | 7 |
| donga100 | 5 | 5 |
| bossmode | 4 | 4 |
| aether | 4 | 3 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jv | 1198 | 0.95 | 96 | 26 | 50 | 7 |
| Protractor | 582 | 0.66 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| Jimothy Wongingtons | 561 | 2.47 | 85 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| capslock janitor | 499 | 0.24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| AustriaBargain | 475 | 1.40 | 40 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Clear | 424 | 1.15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ChiMot | 422 | 0.75 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Muzeeb | 410 | 5.57 | 99 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| G-rig | 390 | 0.28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| easternculture | 341 | 0.72 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
Most Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hahaha went all the way back | 365 | brendanm | 2023-09-18 |
| Speed run getting your | 290 | liquornoodlescabbage | 2023-09-28 |
| You doctor yet? Dad, I'm | 256 | Muzeeb | 2023-09-08 |
| Lol. Forums have peaked this | 220 | Muzeeb | 2023-09-26 |
| Omg just use insurance | 218 | solidussnake | 2023-09-29 |
| it'll be okay mate. your son | 191 | FoxJump | 2023-09-08 |
| old man yells at cloud | 185 | altomic | 2023-09-07 |
| Does anyone know the | 160 | Muzeeb | 2023-09-05 |
| So a stranger handled your | 146 | Nugs | 2023-09-26 |
| Just ask your future | 140 | Muzeeb | 2023-09-13 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
Least Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free junk mail for over | -89 | PainToad | 2023-09-12 |
| I was waiting for this type | -78 | baskinghobo | 2023-09-10 |
| sorry my benign question | -54 | DigDigger | 2023-09-13 |
| I'll tell my disbaled boy | -52 | DigDigger | 2023-09-13 |
| Did you tell the neighbour | -52 | try2bhelpful | 2023-09-07 |
| Not if you want to pay with | -50 | jizmo | 2023-09-02 |
| I've lost more in crypto but | -49 | Nitrollparty | 2023-09-06 |
| People who make lots of | -47 | Vanceer | 2023-09-16 |
| Cancer drinks. No thanks | -46 | xenoic | 2023-09-26 |
| What a cooked country, | -45 | lew380 | 2023-09-04 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haha.. be woke go broke.. | 25 | 25 | Skyisblue | 2023-09-06 |
| Commies in power want to | 20 | 18 | EightImmortals | 2023-09-12 |
| I don't know where the | 19 | 17 | Rubber Duck | 2023-09-13 |
| Both Sony eBay and Gamesmen | 18 | 18 | spackbace | 2023-09-27 |
| Rip off | 16 | 15 | SLAMMA1102 | 2023-09-16 |
| 8/10? Movie was incredibly | 16 | 17 | KenDiaMoi | 2023-09-17 |
| Right, so if you don't live | 16 | 16 | merriweather | 2023-09-27 |
| This post and user should be | 14 | 13 | Tuffstuff80 | 2023-09-08 |
| Yes i need more woke in my | 14 | 14 | PappaLuigi | 2023-09-06 |
| if the result is No then | 14 | 13 | jv | 2023-09-28 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imagine thinking this is a | 49 | 44 | doobes | 2023-09-17 |
| Negged for discrimination | 32 | 29 | ripoffmerchant | 2023-09-12 |
| minus18…another way to | 27 | 23 | samsta7866 | 2023-09-08 |
| At what point is a hack just | 21 | 26 | Marrk | 2023-09-28 |
| Commies in power want to | 20 | 18 | EightImmortals | 2023-09-12 |
| I don't know where the | 19 | 17 | Rubber Duck | 2023-09-13 |
| yes Happen to see any | 18 | 21 | SBOB | 2023-09-17 |
| B-but social media | 17 | 21 | pharcyde | 2023-09-14 |
| 8/10? Movie was incredibly | 16 | 17 | KenDiaMoi | 2023-09-17 |
| Rip off | 16 | 15 | SLAMMA1102 | 2023-09-16 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SBOB | 124 | 6.15 |
| Muzeeb | 406 | 5.57 |
| brendanm | 279 | 4.78 |
| mskeggs | 140 | 4.23 |
| Hybroid | 136 | 3.65 |
| DashCam AKA Rolts | 133 | 3.56 |
| pegaxs | 114 | 3.25 |
| spackbace | 185 | 3.24 |
| bargainhunterjacob | 176 | 3.21 |
| franco cozzo | 112 | 3.18 |
50 comments
| User | Comments | Average |
|---|---|---|
| SBOB | 124 | 6.15 |
| FoxJump | 66 | 5.88 |
| Muzeeb | 406 | 5.57 |
| brendanm | 279 | 4.78 |
| mskeggs | 140 | 4.23 |
| Hybroid | 136 | 3.65 |
| Chandler | 51 | 3.65 |
| DashCam AKA Rolts | 133 | 3.56 |
| Mechz | 93 | 3.47 |
| Drpepper666 | 61 | 3.44 |
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 10 most popular deals by traffic (in pageviews)
Most Popular Deals by Category
Most Popular Deals by Category
Top 10 most popular freebie deals by votes
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
Most Won Competitions
Comps Won: 65 | August: 82
Competition Pageviews: 419,421 | August: 459,769
- Comps Posted: 777 | August: 778
- Biggest Winner: Win a Ultimate VIP Supercross Experience for 4 People, Signed Guernsey and Merch Pack, VIP Seats (Worth $2500) from SEN
Social Media
Instagram:
- 13,558 +165 followers
- Male 40.5%, Female 59.4% (vs. Male: 67.9% Female: 32.1% for OzBargain)
- 25-34 39.5% (vs. 40.70% for OzBargain)
Other stats
Top 10 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews, excluding help pages) (Data missing for 9 days)
| Wiki Page | Pageviews |
|---|---|
| Gift Cards - FAQ - OzBargain Wiki | 11,566 |
| Discounted eGift Cards - OzBargain Wiki | 10,227 |
| List of Birthday deals/freebies - OzBargain Wiki | 8,769 |
| Debit & Credit Cards with no international fees - OzBargain Wiki | 3,804 |
| List of Price Comparison Sites | 2,775 |
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)
| Store | Pageviews |
|---|---|
| Domino's | 72,536 |
| eBay Australia | 23,394 |
| Menulog | 20,873 |
| Uber Eats | 15,385 |
| Amazon AU | 12,469 |
Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon AU | 251 | 37.41 |
| Cashrewards | 69 | 63.23 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 66 | 38.52 |
| ShopBack AU | 57 | 83.04 |
| Costco Wholesale | 56 | 17.89 |
| Coles | 54 | 51.30 |
| Amazon Japan Store | 52 | 32.69 |
| Woolworths | 36 | 52.67 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 32 | 41.38 |
| The Good Guys | 31 | 50.94 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| American Express Cashback Offers | 648 |
| Amazon AU | 602 |
| Uniqlo | 589 |
| Boost | 580 |
| Cashrewards | 564 |
| Shopback | 511 |
| eBay | 454 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 445 |
| I Want That Flight | 412 |
| Specsavers | 404 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- Facebook - 98,473
- Whirlpool Forums - 65,451
- Oursteps - 31,842
- Reddit 29,148
- Twitter/X - 20,410
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
| BROWSER | SESSIONS (%) |
|---|---|
| Chrome | 43.21% |
| Safari | 19.57% |
| Edge | 3.18% |
| Firefox | 2.49% |
| Samsung Internet | 2.42% |
| Ozbargain Android App | 2.30% |
| Opera | 0.53% |
| Safari (in-app) | 0.41% |
| Android Webview | 0.28% |
| UC Browser | 0.01% |
Top 5 stores with referrals (# of referrers)
| Store - Referral | Count |
|---|---|
| Cashrewards | 4541 |
| ShopBack AU | 3851 |
| Topcashback AU | 2342 |
| Uber Eats | 1831 |
| Stake | 1211 |
Google Search Console:
Free Beauty Bag (~$200 RRP) with $60 Skincare/Hair Care/Cosmetic Purchase (In-Store), ½ Price Neutrogena @ Chemist Warehouse
Top Search queries: chemist warehouse beauty bag, chemist warehouse beauty bag 2023, chemist warehouse free beauty bag, chemist warehouse beauty bag offer
+8,655
15% off $100 and $200 Celebration Gift Card (Redeemable at Officeworks) @ Coles (Instore Only)
Top Search queries: coles celebration gift card, celebration gift card, celebration gift card coles, coles gift card 15% off
+3,051
Stirling Premium Espresso Machine with Grinder (58mm Portafilter) $399.00 @ ALDI
Top Search queries: stirling coffee machine, aldi stirling coffee machine review, stirling premium espresso machine with grinder, aldi premium espresso machine with grinder
web_traffic
+2,737
Gift Card
Top Search queries: ozbargain gift card, gift card discount, gift card ozbargain, gift card sale
+42%
Top growing queries
- dominos vouchers
+1.93K clicks (web) - coles ultimate gift card
+1.5K clicks (web) - coles gift card 15% off
+1.31K clicks (web)
Everything else
- Deals posted: 2740 || August 2023: 3051 || September 2022: 2970
- Total number of deals: 453,564 || Total number of forum topics: 124,256
- Number of Freebies posted: 175
- Comments posted: 118,688 || August 2023: 131,817 || September 2022: 123,424
- Total comments posted: 14,451,217 comments
- % of removed comments: 2.27% || August 2.21% || September 2022 1.70%
- Overall traffic: 13,273,314 sessions, 38,399,270 pageviews || August 2023: 14,741,371 sessions, 44,547,571 pageviews || September 2022: 12,652,623 sessions, 38,974,362 pageviews
- New users: 2672 Total number of users: 405,623
% of rep posts: 16.05% || August: 14.23% || September 2022: 16.33%
User Age:
| AGE | PERCENTAGE |
|---|---|
| 25-34 | 36.39% |
| 35-44 | 26.63% |
| 18-24 | 14.89% |
| 45-54 | 13.31% |
| 55-64 | 5.09% |
| 65+ | 3.60% |
- Male: 67.9% Female: 32.1% || August 2023: Male 67.2% Female: 32.8% || September 2022: Male: 66.74% Female: 33.26%
- # of stores in referral system: 713 +6
- # of banned websites: 7657 +56
Newsletter subscribers: 130,160 +490 (64% with accounts)
Most commented deal: 15% off Ultimate eGift Cards (Variable Load, 1 Order Per Customer, Max Value $2,500) @ Giftcards.com.au (2202 comments)
- Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: Nike Air Force 1 Mid '07 LX NBHD in Coconut Milk/Mica Green $105 + $15 Express Delivery ($0 C&C or $150 Order) @ SUBTYPE (8496 clicks)
- Most neg'd deal: Irregular Hem Tie Strap Slip Dress Midi Length $80 (Save $20) Shipped @ Ayla Boutique (-13 votes)
2023: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - Aug
2022: Mar - Apr - May - June - July - August - Sept - Oct - Nov - Dec
Holy crap @Muzeeb with 4 of the top 10 most highly voted comments… Christ, leave some votes for the rest of us…