RedFlagDeals.com

RedFlagDeals.com is a large Canadian bargain hunting and coupon website owned by VerticalScope. As of February 2010, an estimated 2.2 million or more unique visitors per month use the website.[3]

RedFlagDeals.com
Screenshot of RedFlagDeals' homepage
Type of site
Bargain/Coupon website
Available inEnglish
FoundedOctober 25, 2000 (2000-10-25)[1]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Founder(s)Derek Szeto
Key peopleDerek Szeto (President) [2]
Employees50
URLwww.redflagdeals.com
Users2.2 million unique visitors per month [3]
LaunchedNovember 2000[4]
Current statusActive
RedFlagDeals.com shipping container at a warehouse

History

In November 2000, RedFlagDeals.com was started with the founding of Clear Sky Media by Derek Szeto. Since then, RedFlagDeals.com has become one of the largest Canadian bargain-hunting websites.[4]

In February 2010, Yellow Pages Group acquired the company for $9,750,000 worth of preferred shares.[5]

In August 2018, the company was purchased by VerticalScope, a Toronto-based operator of online communities.[6]

Forums

The RedFlagDeals.com forums is ranked #173 on the list of biggest message boards on the Internet.[7] Some notable sub-forums include the Hot Deals, Freebies, and Contests forums.

Forums statistics[8] as of July 4, 2019:

  • Members: 1,201,182
  • Threads: 1,710,995
  • Posts: 25,483,027
gollark: Pjals: if you use your wallet, I can still track THAT.
gollark: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@everyone
gollark: `if message:find "everyone" then os.shutdown() end`
gollark: You should randomly replace words with [REDACTED] as they go through.
gollark: \@everyone works too.

See also

References
  1. "RedFlagDeals.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  2. http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2008/12/18/7787521-sun.html
  3. http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/02/22/yellow-pages-redflagdeals-411.html
  4. http://www.clearskymedia.ca/index.php/site/aboutus/
  5. "Yellow Media Inc. Annual Report 2010". Sedar. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  6. "Yellow Pages sells RedFlagDeals to VerticalScope for $12 million". Financial Post. 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  7. http://www.big-boards.com/highlight/589/
  8. http://forums.redflagdeals.com/
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