2017’s biggest mover was Gearbest, moving up 54 places to the #1 spot in terms of both popular deals and the amount of deals. It’s not just OzBargain but around the world other bargain sites are also filled with Gearbest deals in a play to dominate the global small electronics/gadget market. Their competitors, Banggood, Zapals […]
OzBargain Zeitgeist 2014 : Top stores, deals and comments
After three years at the top of the list, iTunes store deals have finally been dethroned falling to 4th place. As Android & Windows phones increased their market share, Apple deals have slowly fallen. Android deals from Google Play deals rose 28 places to take the 15th position on the chart. Amazon Australia experienced the […]
OzBargain Zeitgeist 2013 : Top stores, deals and comments
2013 was another successful year of deals, posts, and comments on OzBargain. Overall OzBargain Stats for 2013 (vs 2012): Pageviews: 210,501,797 ( 35% ) Visitors: 69,696,557 ( 28%) Browsers: Chrome: 40.89% ( 8%) , Safari 21.65% ( 1%), Firefox 17.79% ( 6%), Internet Explorer 11.24% ( 5%), Opera .74 ( .4%) Top Referral Traffic: Whirlpool 1.53% […]
The Death of Google Reader
If I could track the time I spend on websites I use throughout the day, it would probably look like: 99% Google Reader .5% OzBargain .5% everything else It was to my surprise and disappointment to learn that Google will be closing Reader in less than a week (July 1). There have been countless articles […]
OzBargain Zeitgeist 2012 : Top stores, deals and comments
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% […]
Popular stores, deals, and trends in 2012
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
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?
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 […]