Thanks to rhys for notifying me about this evening’s A Current Affair, where some of the best online deal websites are featured. Especially Catch of the Day and Deals Direct. Note that Deals Direct has already been on ACA before, but the growth of CotD over the last 2 years is really remarkable. Looks like […]

Congratulations to Deals Direct for winning Hitwise‘s Number One Online Department Store for the 6th time! That is quite an achievement — consider there have been numerous opening of online shops sourcing bargains around the world over the last 2-3 years. To celebrate this achievement, Deals Direct is now offering 6% off store-wide until 7 […]

Deals Direct is moving. Not sure where they are moving to, but that’s always a good excuse to bring up a good bargain! From their latest newsletter: To continue offering you unbeatable value and to expand our range of new, exciting stock we are moving to a massive new warehouse! Of course, our growth has […]

Christmas came early this year at Deals Direct. And I am not talking about their Christmas spotlight sales. But instead, check this out — 10% Off Discount Coupon for Deals Direct! Yes, 10% off marked price when you check out. Here is the coupon code: 46378 Thanks to barguy who posted this deal on OzBargain. […]

I know these “online bargain retailers” all send out their newsletters during the wee hours of the morning, when everyone else is deep in sleep. I know sending the newsletter to subscribers can be automated, so they do not necessarily need to be up to dispatch them. However they do need to be awake to […]

You know. Sometimes !@#$ happens to websites which causes them to go offline. Some websites are hosted on crappy oversold servers that go down a few times a day, and some are hosted on geographically isolated clusters that guarantee availability. Achieving the four nine’s — 99.99% availability — can be very costly, so the question […]

PayPal AU has just released their latest merchant offer website. Actually the format is still the same — 9 merchants in random rotation with special offers if you pay in PayPal. Just that the domain name is sort-of new. Moreover, there are new PayPal discount offers! Let me just pick two which I think are […]

Another exclusive deal this week — Deals Direct is offering users of OzBargain 10 percent off everything in store with the following coupon code: OZBARGAIN This coupon code is valid for one week only, expiring on Friday, 6th of July. Wow. Indeed. Wow. Thanks Deals Direct for bring in us great deals! That means you […]

Thanks to Deals Direct who posted this deal on OzBargain, where you can get $20 free voucher when you spend $100 or more and pay with PayPal. Promotion starts on 22 June 2007, and ends on 30 June 2007. You must pay via PayPal. One voucher per customer, and the voucher will be sent via […]

It is back!!!!! Deals Direct is offering store wide delivery this weekend (26-27 May 2007), if you pay via PayPal. And from the website: This fantastic promotion will save you from paying any shipping fees for anything purchased via PayPal on the DealsDirect.com.au website! If you’re looking to save a little more on your product […]

Update: Both these deals have been extended to after Easter, 10 April. Big thanks to Ben L for sending me these. First of all, Deals Direct who has just ran a free shipping promotion with PayPal a few days ago, is continuing free shipping on a special promo page! From the page: As a PayPal […]

As mrgq has posted on OzBargain, Deals Direct is having a free-shipping day today when you pay using PayPal! It is today only (29 March 2007) so make it quick :) Best way to purchase from Deals Direct? Sign up MoneyBackCo to get 5% moneyback, and the membership is currently 50% off at $5/year. Pay […]

Deals Direct is running a special promotion with free shipping on selected categories. No PayPal required :) Looks like there is going to be quite a bit of browsing for me to do :) So far I have found Creative Zen Micro 8Gb quite a good bargain at $269. However I am not sure whether […]

Deals Direct has free delivery on all its music CDs this weekend (10-11 March). We have previously discussed Deals Direct’s music CDs here, concerning how legitimate they are as they were imported from (possibly) China. I guess the conclusion is that they are legit as you can freely sell imported CDs. That does make their […]

It has been a while since I last wrote about printers. After all, who really rely on the dead trees anyway? Oh wait. I am applying for automatic direct debit to pay for my credit card bill today, and I have to print out the form, sign it, and mail it back. Ink on paper […]