Australian Retail Price Report

Built from PriceRoo's own daily price observations — 4971 products across 123+ Australian retailers, weighted towards electronics, PC hardware and cameras. Live figures, updated daily (latest observation 22/08/2026).

• 4971 products tracked
• 123+ Australian retailers
• 549 genuine price drops live now (≥5% off their high, corroborated)
• 20% median discount among current genuine drops
• 32% median gap between the cheapest and dearest retailer for the same product, same day

How far apart are Australian retailers on the same product?

This is the figure only cross-retailer tracking can produce: a retailer knows its own price, not the gap to everyone else. Across the 706 products at least three retailers are pricing right now, the gap between the dearest and the cheapest has a median of 32% ($60) .

• 83% of products differ by more than 10%
• 59% differ by more than 25%
• 30% differ by more than 50%
• 55% spread at the 75th percentile

Method: at least three retailers must have a current price on the same product (three, not two, so a single odd listing cannot invent a gap); the 0 products with a spread above 300% are excluded and counted separately — at that size it is nearly always a bundle or a mismatched variant rather than a real price gap, and quoting them would be the same inflated comparison this report exists to call out. Median, not mean. Independently cross-checked against two months of stored observations (11,534 product-days priced by three or more retailers), which gives a median of 36% — the same finding from a different slice of the data.

These figures are CC BY 4.0 — quote them freely, with attribution and a link to PriceRoo.

Which retailer is cheapest most often?

Across the 1193 products we currently price at 2+ retailers, how often each retailer holds the cheapest current price (ties count for every tied retailer; retailers with 15+ appearances shown):

Biggest genuine price drops right now

1. Verbatim 66114 Car Air Vent Phone Holder - Silver — $7.95 $26.95 −81%
2. Fujifilm Instax Mini Film (60 Pack) — $14.00 $67.00 −79%
3. MyHeritage DNA kit — $52.00 $159.00 −75%
4. RZ12 Razer Battlefield 4 iPhone 5 Protection Case — $5.00 $20.00 −75%
5. Jingle Jollys 32M Christmas Lights Icicle String Light 960 LED Decor Warm White — $59.95 $223.95 −73%
6. Kassel Kitchen Shears 25cm in Silver — $19.98 $49.95 −70%
7. Speck Products Presidio Perfect-Clear Grip iPhone 12 Mini Case - Clear — $16.95 $42.00 −69%
8. HP LaserJet Enterprise M480f — $419.00 $1267.65 −67%
9. Plant Based 'Chicken' Shred - Single Serve (110g) / Buy 3 & Get 4 (Bonus 33%) — $9.90 $29.50 −66%
10. Kingston A400 240GB — $61.95 $156.50 −66%

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How we track prices

PriceRoo checks prices daily across multiple Australian retailers and records the history. All prices are observations at time of listing; we describe observed history only and never predict the future.

These figures are published under CC BY 4.0 — cite freely, attribute PriceRoo with a link to this page.

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