Update: for the latest revision of this list go to Popular deal sites – April 2011.
I have always wanted to do it and I think now is the time. I will list bargain hunting sites I know and will sort them by popularity. Alexa rank and Page rank (by Google) will do for the measure of popularity. One can argue how accurate these ranks are… well, if you have other ideas let me know. Meanwhile here it goes…
| # | Web Site | Alexa Rank | Page Rank | Online Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fatwallet.com | 332 | 7 | 29-Nov-1999 |
| 2 | slickdeals.net | 416 | 6 | 10-Nov-1999 |
| 3 | anandtech.com | 1,506 | 7 | 24-Aug-1997 |
| 4 | techbargains.com | 2,041 | 6 | 03-May-1999 |
| 5 | bensbargains.net | 2,647 | 6 | 21-Mar-2000 |
| 6 | dealnews.com | 2,871 | 6 | 20-Jan-1999 |
| 7 | dealsea.com | 4,849 | 4 | 27-Jun-2001 |
| 8 | dealcatcher.com | 5,955 | 6 | 28-Jul-1999 |
| 9 | edealinfo.com | 6,162 | 5 | 12-Dec-2000 |
| 10 | judysbook.com | 7,828 | 6 | 11-Aug-2003 |
| 11 | flamingoworld.com | 8,803 | 5 | 19-May-1999 |
| 12 | xpbargains.com | 10,899 | 5 | 29-Nov-2001 |
| 13 | dealspl.us | 11,924 | 3 | 15-May-2006 |
| 14 | spoofee.com | 12,291 | 4 | 31-Dec-2000 |
| 15 | dealtaker.com | 14,358 | 4 | 08-Feb-2004 |
| 16 | gotapex.com | 14,918 | 6 | 29-Apr-1999 |
| 17 | dealofday.com | 17,158 | 7 | 30-Aug-1999 |
| 18 | dealsofamerica.com | 19,426 | 3 | 06-Sep-2003 |
| 19 | fishingfordeals.com | 20,616 | 4 | 23-May-2000 |
| 20 | cheapstingybargains.com | 24,726 | 3 | 20-Jan-2005 |
| 21 | hotdealsclub.com | 27,267 | 3 | 27-Dec-2000 |
| 22 | bradsdeals.com | 29,169 | 4 | 29-Jun-2005 |
| 23 | dealslist.com | 29,577 | 3 | 18-Jul-2000 |
| 24 | ableshoppers.com | 33,658 | 5 | 08-Oct-2000 |
| 25 | gottadeal.com | 35,107 | 5 | 27-Jan-2003 |
| 26 | passwird.com | 44,882 | 5 | 28-Aug-2001 |
| 27 | dealplumber.com | 49,376 | 4 | 17-Jul-2006 |
| 28 | dailyedeals.com | 58,061 | 5 | 18-Feb-2000 |
| 29 | bargaineering.com | 61,141 | 4 | 01-Dec-2004 |
| 30 | mightygoods.com | 65,585 | 7 | 21-Aug-2004 |
| 31 | dealhack.com | 69,189 | 3 | 06-Feb-2005 |
| 32 | morestuff4less.com | 74,020 | 5 | 05-Nov-2002 |
| 33 | dealspy.org | 75,296 | 3 | 03-Mar-2006 |
| 34 | dealdetectives.com | 75,558 | 4 | 03-Oct-2004 |
All sites in the list have Alexa rank less than 100,000 and Page rank more than 0. Will do an update in a month. It will be interesting to see how the list changes.
I excluded pure price comparison sites (e.g. shoplocal.com, nextag.com, etc), coupon databases (e.g. currentcodes.com), and sites specialized on just freebies (e.g. freesamplesite.com, absurdlycool.com, etc).
dealmac.com is not listed. It is closely affiliated with dealnews.com (as well as deallink, dealcam, and dealcoupon) therefore including only the best ranked site from the group.
A few last notes. damideals.com was just 7K short of getting into the list. Will check them out next month. Will have to check scottishwallet.com as well since it seems to be growing fast. dealunion.com has good Alexa rank but missed the Page rank test.
Inspired by Pete Freitag’s Deal Shopping Sites Roundup which received tons of comments.
Update 09/21: adding xpbargains, bradsdeals, cheapstingybargains, dealhack, bargaineering and gottadeal