What is RedFlagDeals? RedFlagDeals Review

history

RedFlagDeals.com was launched in November 2000 by Derek Szeto, founder of Clear Sky Media.

introduce

In addition to providing coupons and some free gifts, the website also provides money-saving suggestions and shopping tips, which are deeply loved by some Canadian shoppers. Currently, RedFlagDeals.com has 3.99 million visitors per month and more than 775,000 registered users.

As a professional Amazon deal site, Redflagdeals is the first and largest off-site channel for the Canadian site.

Section composition

There are DEALS, FORUMS, FLYERS, NEWS, CREDIT CARDS, STORES, among which deals and forums are the key sections of the website.

In the deals section, the website divides all cooperating merchants into different categories, such as clothing, auto parts, and beauty products. This section can only be published by website editors.

The forums section is where users can directly participate in posting and discussions. The forums are divided into different sections according to different categories, such as deals&freebies, RedFlagDeals.com Buy, Sell, and Trading Post, discussions, etc. Users' posts here will be reviewed by the management. If they violate the rules, the posts will be deleted and even the account will be banned.

The flyers part is posters and flyers, some of which are offline physical retail stores and can only be published by website editors.

The news section mainly contains shopping guides and entertainment-related content.

The credit cards section introduces credit cards.

The stores section lists the cooperating merchants, such as Amazon, Walmart, Apple, etc. This section includes the merchants' deals, flyers, coupons, etc.

Posting Rules

1. No self-promotion allowed

2. Users are not allowed to receive money or exchange other things for posting

3. Amazon third-party sellers need 1,000 feedback

About hot deals

Hot trend posts refer to the activity of recent posts, which is also determined by the number of views and replies. Generally, posts with more than 20 views and replies within 24 hours have a chance to be ranked on the first page. The higher the activity, the higher the ranking and the more exposed the post will be.

It is worth noting that in most cases, the more views and replies a post has, the better the post is. However, sometimes a post that is voted as of poor quality will be ranked at the front and will be complained about more quickly, and will be noticed by the administrator, making it more difficult to cooperate later.

Post voting scoring criteria

The forum uses a scoring system, and the scoring components include: upvote, not a good price, bad product/service, poor merchant reputation, unable to get the deal and other (downvote)

You can vote and score by selecting any one of them. Except for upvote, which means approval, all other items are deduction items. The comprehensive score of the post is the sum of positive and negative points. The higher the score of the post, the more successful the promotion. Therefore, before doing off-site promotion, you need to consider whether the requirements can be met according to the corresponding content of each scoring item.

News Events

On January 9, 2017, someone leaked some personal information of RedFlagDeals.com users online, mainly their nicknames and passwords. RedFlagDeals immediately launched an investigation upon learning of the incident. Surprisingly, the information leak revealed by RedFlagDeals actually occurred in 2013.

Development History

RedFlagDeals.com was launched in November 2000 by Derek Szeto, founder of Clear Sky Media. Since then, RedFlagDeals.com has become one of the largest discount sites in Canada.

In February 2010, the company was acquired by Yellow Pages Group for an undisclosed amount.

In August 2018, the company was acquired by Toronto-based online community operator VerticalScope.

References

• 1. Usernames and passwords of the well-known Canadian discount website RedFlagDeals were stolen: Canadian Homes [cited on 2017-01-02T16:00:00.000Z]
• 2. Redflagdeals Canada's largest deal site - a must-have for Amazon BSR: Baijiahao [reference date 2020-05-21T16:00:00.000Z]