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
Users5.7 million visitors per month
1.2 million registered users[3]
LaunchedNovember 2000[4]
Current statusActive
RedFlagDeals.com shipping container at a warehouse

RedFlagDeals.com is a Canadian bargain hunting and coupon website owned by VerticalScope (majority owned by Torstar). As of March 2021, an estimated 5.7 million or more visitors per month use the website and there are over 1.2 million registered users.[3][5]

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.[6]

In August 2018, the company was purchased by VerticalScope, a Toronto-based operator of online communities, who is owned by Torstar.[7]

Forums

The RedFlagDeals.com forums is ranked #173 on the list of biggest message boards on the Internet.[8] Some notable sub-forums include the Hot Deals, Freebies, and Contests forums.

Forums statistics[5] as of March 20, 2021:

  • Members: 1,276,302
  • Threads: 1,827,173
  • Posts: 28,417,137

See also

References

  1. ↑ "RedFlagDeals.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  2. ↑ "'Great time for bargain hunters' | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun". Archived from the original on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  3. 1 2 "Canadian Consumers Plan to Overwhelmingly Shop Online & Will Support Canadian Retailers This Holiday Season In Light of COVID-19, Says RedFlagDeals.com". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Clear Sky Media Inc".
  5. 1 2 http://forums.redflagdeals.com/
  6. ↑ "Yellow Media Inc. Annual Report 2010". Sedar. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Yellow Pages sells RedFlagDeals to VerticalScope for $12 million". Financial Post. 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  8. ↑ "Owh联盟外投".
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