Terms of use

Be honest

Submit deals you genuinely think are good. Don't pad prices, invent discounts, or post things you're trying to sell yourself unless that's clearly disclosed.

User-submitted affiliate / referral links

We auto-strip tracking parameters and reject known shorteners (bit.ly, amzn.to, etc) on user submissions. Two exceptions: deals we label as commission links route through our own affiliate URL, and deals published from automated sources keep the source's URL as-is. Submitting a deal with the explicit goal of routing other users through your personal referral link is grounds for a ban.

Your content

You keep ownership of the deals, descriptions, and comments you post. By posting, you grant DealHive a non-exclusive licence to display, syndicate, and republish your submissions on the site and in our feeds, emails, and previews (for example the RSS feed, deal alert emails, and social sharing cards). If you delete your account, your posts remain as part of the public record with your authorship removed (see Account deletion below).

Automated review

Submissions and comments may be reviewed by automated (AI) moderation before or after going live, and may be held, approved, or rejected by it. Automated decisions can affect your reputation score per the community rules. If you think an automated decision got it wrong, contact us and a human will review it.

Deal scores

Deal scores (Hive Points) and feed ranking are computed by us from community activity and may be recalculated, weighted, or adjusted at any time, including to counter manipulation.

Emails

We only send the emails you opt into (digests, keyword alerts, deal reminders) plus transactional account email. Every marketing-style email has an unsubscribe path, and each feature's emails stop when you turn that feature off.

DealHive's own affiliate links

Separately, DealHive may attach affiliate URLs to deals as a revenue source - this is part of how the site sustains its operations. Any deal with an affiliate link is labelled with a “Commission link” chip near the “Go to deal” button. Full detail of how they work, the editorial firewall between revenue and ranking, and how to bypass them is on the affiliate disclosure page.

No defamation, spam, harassment, or illegal content

Anything that targets another user or group, or that violates Australian law (defamation, incitement, content involving minors, etc.) will be removed and the account permanently banned.

Moderation

Admins can hide, delete, expire, or restore any deal or comment, and can suspend or ban accounts that break the rules above. Bans may be permanent or time-limited.

Reputation, badges, and contributor recognition

See the community rules page for current reputation values, badge tiers, perks per tier, anti-gaming policy, and the structure of our contributor recognition program. Values and program structure may be modified with notice. Recognition program participation is at our sole discretion. Reputation already earned is not clawed back if values change.

Commercial data use opt-in

If you opt in to commercial data use on your profile settings, you allow DealHive to build aggregated or de-identified insights from your activity (cities you browse, categories you save, deals you click, click patterns, time-of-day usage) and to share, license, or sell those insights to commercial partners (advertisers, retailers, market researchers, press) - as described in the privacy policy. This may take the form of aggregate insights reports, API access, or custom partner reports. You can withdraw consent any time on the settings page; the toggle takes effect immediately for future activity.

Personally identifying information requires separate consent. The opt-in above does not authorise sharing of information that directly identifies you (your email, full name, login activity, or deal history tied to your identity). If we ever propose to share that kind of information with a third party, we will ask for fresh, specific consent at that time.

Approximate location (optional, opt-in)

The location personalisation feature on the local-deals settings page is optional and off by default. When on, we approximate your city from your IP address (roughly 50km accuracy). We never collect precise GPS coordinates or your street address through this feature. Disable the toggle to stop further use. See the privacy policy for full detail.

No warranty on deals

We aggregate deals submitted by the community. Prices, stock, and availability change fast, and we don't guarantee that any listed deal is still valid when you click through. Verify before you buy.

Takedown requests

Retailers, rights-holders, and individuals named in a post or comment can request removal. See the takedown notice page for what to include.

Account deletion

You can delete your account yourself at any time on /profile/account. Deletion removes your account and profile immediately; your deals and comments remain visible as part of the public record with your authorship removed (“[deleted]”). If you need help, use the contact form (subject “Account help”) from the address on file.