This Week in OzBargain: May 25 – May 31

neil on 31/05/2013 at 4:12 pm, filed under OzBargain

  Popular (Not Expired) Deals of the Week   242 Toshiba 4GB USB Stick Only $0.99 Each at Harvey Norman (FREE Pickup or $5.95 Shipping) Posted May 30 Computing Expires June 3 227 60+ Amazing Bargains @ Bunnings in Store (Save up to 80%) – Updated Posted May 30 Home & Garden 225 Free Sample […]

This Week in OzBargain: May 18 – May 24

neil on 24/05/2013 at 4:27 pm, filed under OzBargain

  Popular (Not Expired) Deals of the Week   273 FREE Coffee from Michel’s Patisserie Posted May 21 Food & Grocery Expires June 30 162 Free Car Phone Holder from NRMA, NSW/Sydney Only Posted May 20 Mobile Expires Dec 20 135 Nexus 7 32GB $206 | 3G $254 @ The Good Guys Posted May 23 […]

OzBargain under Spam Bot Attack

scotty on 29/04/2013 at 2:33 pm, filed under OzBargain

Here are some reports from the developers :) OzBargain has been under some spam bot attack over the last couple of weeks. We first discovered the attack at around mid-April, and through our new account creation logs, we found: Lots of new accounts were created with weird sounding names, strange looking @hotmail addresses and originated […]

[April Fools] New Design for Growing a Balanced & Diversified Community

scotty on 01/04/2013 at 12:01 am, filed under OzBargain

tl;dr — OzBargain has been a male dominant site for the past six years. We are hoping to steer OzBargain towards being a more balanced community with a new design. The Humble Beginning OzBargain in 2006 It has been more than six years since OzBargain was launched. Before I soft-launched OzBargain back in November 2006, […]

Winners of the OzBargain Short Video Contest 2013

neil on 26/03/2013 at 2:34 pm, filed under Competition, OzBargain

We are  pleased to announce the winners of OzBargain’s 2013 Short Video Contest.  The last time we ran a competition this big was in 2008, in which XyleneFree won with her Ode to OzBargain video.  This time around we had 23 entries. After much deliberation, we have picked our top 4.  All videos are embedded […]

OzBargain January 2013 Photo Contest

neil on 21/01/2013 at 11:14 am, filed under Competition, OzBargain

10 pictures for $10. In the picture above are 10 images relating to deals, forums posts or stores on OzBargain. The first to correctly identify all of the images will win your choice of 1 x $10 gift card to one of the following stores (Amazon, Amazon.co.uk, Bunnings, JB Hi-Fi, iTunes, Skype) AND an OzBargain […]

OzBargain Zeitgeist 2012 : Top stores, deals and comments

neil on 08/01/2013 at 10:44 am, filed under OzBargain, Stats

2012 was another successful year of bargains on OzBargain. Let’s examine some of the trends from 2012. Deals: 2012: 19,032 Published | 3886  Front Page | 2,459 Removed Deals | Vote average: 16.74 2011: 15,234 Published  | 3665 Front Page | 2,616 Removed Deals | Vote average: 16.57 Published:  20% | Front page  5.6%  | 6.1% […]

Christmas Gift Guide 2012

neil on 09/12/2012 at 8:17 pm, filed under OzBargain

There is not long to go until the holidays are here. The crew at OzBargain have compiled a Christmas gift guide to assist you in finding gifts for your loved ones. We will constantly be updating this list up until December 25. The items listed are chosen by us with help from the community. Spot […]

How to Create your own Convertible Car

neil on 08/12/2012 at 9:00 am, filed under OzBargain

Summer is in full swing but don’t you wish you had a convertible to drive around in? No need to spend money buying one as repairloader has come up with a great DIY infographic to turn your regular car into a convertible with only a couple of tools.

2012 “Being an OzBargainer” Photo Competition

neil on 02/11/2012 at 12:05 pm, filed under Competition, OzBargain

After reviewing 37 submissions for our photo competition about what it means to be an OzBargainer we have selected 3 winners: 1st Prize: Baby & Toddler Sample Bag from Coles by Oanh.

Random Emails

neil on 30/10/2012 at 9:31 am, filed under OzBargain

We receive over 2.5 million visits a month from search engines. It’s great to have people discover OzBargain when they are looking for a bargain or a discussion on a product. Unfortunately, this also leads to a number of people landing on OzBargain thinking that they have reached some retailer. Every day we get people […]

OzBargain Android Apps

neil on 15/10/2012 at 9:29 am, filed under Mobile, OzBargain, Website

OzBargain has gone from a blog to a user generated site and there is a growing trend for people to access the site via their mobile device. While 16% of our traffic comes from iOS devices, 7.5% of traffic comes from Android devices. This is more than double the amount from last year (3.4%). OzBargain maintains […]

Popular stores, deals, and trends in 2012

neil on 21/08/2012 at 9:00 am, filed under OzBargain, Stats

There have been 52, 940 deals posted on OzBargain.  Fifteen percent of all deals posted are for the following 10 stores. Amount of posts per store Store Total 2012 (1/1-17/8) 2012 (est) 2011 2010 Dick Smith 1241 357 490 392 213 Big W 974 265 363 418 119 iTunes Store 835 344 472 378 110 […]

OzBargain Browser & Device Statistics

neil on 03/08/2012 at 12:36 pm, filed under OzBargain, Stats

It’s interesting to see the current trends in the Internet shift towards mobile devices. Current browser statistics from Wikipedia state the following: Internet Explorer Chrome Firefox Safari Opera Android Mobile Total 28.95% 29.35% 22.00% 8.81% 3.82% 2.28% 10.40% Our stats show there is certainty no love for Internet Explorer but an increasing trend in mobile […]

The death of voucher sites?

neil on 04/07/2012 at 9:00 am, filed under Group Buy, OzBargain, Stats

The first voucher (group buy) site appeared on OzBargain around the beginning of January 2010 in the form of Ouffer. One by one, the market became saturated by these voucher sites. So has the bubble burst and  are these sites days numbered? Just by looking at the amount of voucher sites, one could make the […]