DealDump – Cool Australian Deal Aggregator
Scott on 2009-01-30 at 9:20 am, filed under Website
Via the comments posted by shaztronics at OzBargain. DealDump is a feed aggregator that put all the latest deals from OzBargain, Buckscoop and RetailMeNot into one spot. In fact it does a bit more than that — it also lists out the current sales from various one day one deal sites (Zazz, CotD, OzStock, etc). At the end, you get a single page where you can glance through where the bargains are in Australia.
What a good idea!
Here is a tip for ya, Shaztronics. Grab the actual scores from OzBargain (I can provide the API for you), Buckscoop and other voting sites, and then build a ‘meme-like aggregator that highlights deals that got linked the most (+ most votes) automatically (like Techmeme) — but for Australian deals :)
Hi Scott,
Thanks for the coverage. I built the site after getting sick of visiting 6 sites daily to check for a bargain. I am looking to improve the functionality to make it useful while keeping it simple and clean.
In regards to the API offer, sounds good. Also just like to mention ozbargain consistently has the best bargains vs any other deal site I could find in Aus.
Anyone who has any other suggestions or feedback please leave a comment here or send an email to: feedback@dealdump.com.au
Regards
Shawn (Author of DealDump)
Shaztronics
Shawn, the site looks good. I use Google Reader to track all bargains, since I can create a folder that contains zazz and ozbargain (and others I expect) and simply need to select this. It also has the advantages that: i) it keeps track of the bargains I've clicked, ii) it is consistent and quick to browse (no pics required), iii) it looks like work to the boss!
e-commerce is getting more and more popular. this creates the need of having good tools to help shoppers make right decisions while buying online. reizit.com is a place where shoppers can recommend or bury a product, share experience and discuss shopping deals.
Congratulations Shawn for featuring on News.com.au!
Congratualtions to you as well. You were also in the Sunday Telegraph(page 22) and equal newspapers in other states.
It would appear that the only articles that these type of "special deal" sites deal in are limited to blackberries gooseberrys logan in fact any berry you feel like . All I want is some good old fashioned Aussie outdoor equipment like portable gas cookers wrong!! go to Woolies, Kmart or one of those because all the so called cheap site really only deal in junk that no selfrespecting 70 year old would be interested in
Another similar site started up at allthedeals.com.au.
Seems to be a bit buggy at the minute .. no idea how often it updates, and still no RSS :-(