RedFlagDeals.com

RedFlagDeals.com
Screenshot of RedFlagDeals' homepage
Type of site
 Bargain/Coupon website
Available in English
Founded October 25, 2000 (2000-10-25)[1]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Founder(s) Derek Szeto
Key people Derek Szeto (President) [2]
Employees 50
Website www.redflagdeals.com
Users 2.2 million unique visitors per month [3]
Launched November 2000[4]
Current status Active

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

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, the company was acquired by Yellow Pages Group for an undisclosed sum.[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 April 2012:

  • Members: 530,846
  • Threads: 994,597
  • Posts: 13,241,591

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. 1 2 http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/02/22/yellow-pages-redflagdeals-411.html
  4. 1 2 http://www.clearskymedia.ca/index.php/site/aboutus/
  5. ↑ Crow, David (22 February 2010). "RedFlagDeals acquired". StartupNorth. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  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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