DealDash Tips

To bid or not to bid — that is the question!

It might be fairly easy to decide what we want to shop for and how much we can afford to spend, but that’s only a small part of the many other things we should consider when shopping on DealDash.com.  In fact, that is just part of the challenge and fun of shopping here.

I thought it would be a good idea to address some of the many things we might do to achieve more shopping success.

Auction history

We can learn a lot from looking at the past history of an auction.

It’s a good idea to look at the lowest cost and the highest cost an auction sold at in the past, as well as the fewest bids and the most bids previous players used to win. That should give us a pretty good idea at what point we should seriously join the auction with the bulk of our bids and how many bids it might take to win.

It’s also a good idea to check the screen names of the previous winners to see if some of the strongest competitors have already been eliminated from joining the auction.

Experience

We not only need to be concerned about our own level of experience, but we should also look at the experience level of our other competitors. We can get a good idea of the experience level of our competitors a couple different ways:

1. When our competitor’s screen name comes up we can look at the date they first started shopping on DealDash; and
2. We can check the winner’s list to see if our competitors have recently won many other auctions.

That will give us a good idea how strong our competition might be.

If our strongest competitors joined DealDash several years before we did, we might not want to compete with them. If we see that our competitors are “Newbies” who just recently started shopping on DealDash we might feel like we have more experience.

Duplicate auctions

Sometimes we get some extra strong competitors. Whenever we see that an auction might have one or more extra strong competitors, it might be a good idea to see if DealDash has any duplicate auctions just like it that will soon come up. We could have a better opportunity to win the same product if we switch over to a different auction that might have fewer participants and less competition.

This sponsored blog post was submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers. Barbara was compensated by DealDash for this blog post. Blog posts are written by real DealDash customers. The opinions and advice here represent our customers’ views and not those of the company.

Wow! DealDash.com has been coming up with several new shopping incentives and products.

Did you see the latest new incentive?  This is another way to earn a bunch of free bids!

Spoils Auctions

Did you see the new icon attached to some products called the “Spoils Auctions?”

A “Spoils Auction” is marked with a green circle icon with a white design inside. It offers a specific number of free bids to the winner of that auction.  It appears that the number of free bids offered is based on the BIN value of each auction.

At the time of this writing, some examples are:

• A camera and bag auction with a BIN of $550.00 is designated as a “Spoils Auction” and it offers 550 free bids to the winner of this auction.
• A couple of auctions of paintings each with a BIN of $1,750.00 are designated as a “Spoils Auctions” and both offer 1,750 free bids to the winner.
• A pair of cow leather boots with a BIN of $690.00 that is also designated as a “Spoils Auction” offers the winner of the auction 690 free bids.

Therefore, it appears the number of free bids offered to the winner of these auctions is always based on the BIN.

I came close to winning one of these auctions but I got distracted and came in first-runner up instead. Sometimes that can happen to the best of us.

New Auctions

It’s a good idea to frequently check out the new items listed on DealDash.com. You can easily find them by going to the Home Page. On the bottom left of the main header you will see “Browse Categories.” Click on that and then click on the first item on the list that pops up that says “New Items.”

Here are some of the new “New Items” that caught my attention:

• A couple new auctions offer different sizes (14-inch and 16-inch) round baking stones that can be used in an oven or on a grill. I’ve never used a baking stone but I have heard they are especially good for baking pizzas, so pizza-lovers might want to check them out.
• A couple new auctions offer sets of 60 pairs of low-cut socks – one for girl’s socks and one for boy’s socks. When my sons were young it was difficult to ever have enough socks, so winning 60 pair sounds awesome to me.
• A couple new auctions offer a set of three granite pans in green or gray. These pan sets would definitely add elegance to any kitchen.

The bottom line

Many exciting new developments are happening on DealDash.com. Never stay away too long or you might miss out on some exciting new shopping deals.

This sponsored blog post was submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers. Barbara was compensated by DealDash for this blog post. Blog posts are written by real DealDash customers. The opinions and advice here represent our customers’ views and not those of the company.

Did you notice one of the latest icons on DealDash.com? 

It is identified with a round blue circle with a robot in the middle. If we click on it, we can see that it’s called an “Overload Auction.”

Introducing Overload Auctions

The special rules for auctions marked in the upper right corner with this icon say that we are not allowed to place more than 100 bids into the automated bidder, BidBuddy.  Now what does this mean, exactly?

I asked a DealDash customer service representative to clarify this question because I was not exactly sure if we were each only allowed a maximum of 100 bids during the entire duration of the auction or if we could never have more than 100 bids placed at any one given time until the auction closes. It appears it would be the later.

The way the “Overload Auctions” were explained to me is that it only means that when we participate in these auctions, we are simply never allowed to have more than 100 bids placed in BidBuddy at any one given time; and we are not allowed to place single bids.

For example, if we place 100 bids into one of these auctions and later see we are down to 50 bids, we would be allowed to place another 50 bids to bring our bids back up to 100. If we were to place 60 additional bids, then only 50 bids would be placed into Bid Buddy and the extra 10 bids would automatically go back into our account.

Therefore, the “Overload Auctions” probably would not be the kind of auction we would want to participate in if we just wanted to load up BidBuddy with lots of bids and go to bed. The “Overload Auctions” are the kind we need to be watching so we can add more bids if and when needed.

A varying No Jumper limit

Whenever DealDash has a special event, we will see it designated in the left side of the header on the Home Page, like it is as of this writing. Now what does that mean?

Normally, we will see the “No New Bidders!” yellow banners show up on an auction when it reaches $5.00. However, when DealDash has a “Varying No New Bidders Limit” it means that some auctions will allow “No New Bidders Limit” for even less than that. It might be set to block all new bidders at only $2 or $3 or $4 instead. To know what amount has been designated for each auction, we must open the auction and look at the top right of each auction listed to see what it says.

If an auction says it will have a “No New Bidder’s Limit” of only $2.00, that might be a really good auction to participate in because it probably means there will be far less competition in that auction than there might be otherwise. Many of the other shoppers might not notice the auction will not allow new bidders after it reaches $2.00 instead of $5.00. 

In fact, while I was writing this blog I was looking at several “Varying No New Bidders Limit” auctions to see how low they would go. I found a 4-piece double bed sheet set with a “No New Bidders Limit” of only $2.00 so I decided to place some bids on it. Guess what? It sold at only $2.47 and I won it after placing only 15 bids.  Wow! That made my day.

The bottom line

Before placing our first bid we must understand what particular rules have been designated to each auction. By introducing various new icons DealDash keeps this shopping site as fun and exciting as it was from the start.

This sponsored blog post was submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers. Barbara was compensated by DealDash for this blog post. Blog posts are written by real DealDash customers. The opinions and advice here represent our customers’ views and not those of the company.

Are you looking for some St. Patrick’s Day specials? Well, then you are shopping in the right place.  DealDash.com now has many special features. I see 90 percent off to the winners, 12-cent bids and reduced BIN offers to runners-up in select auctions.

Let’s take a look at some of the sheet set auctions where shoppers are winning some awesome deals.

Great deals on sheet sets

Did you know DealDash offers sheet sets for auction in a wide variety of colors and sizes – California King, King, Queen, Full (double) and Twin XL? Most of these sheet sets have a low enough BIN that if we do not WIN, we can use the BIN and receive all of our bids back.

Therefore, it looks like this is a good time  to bid on the sheet set of our choice. Who knows? We might be the next shopper to win one of the following bargains:

California King Size –4-piece plum  microfiber sheet set with a BIN of $79:

• March 16, this sheet set sold at $1.58 and the winner paid a total of $12.18 including the cost of the 53 bids placed;
• March 12, this sheet set sold at $3.96 and the winner paid a total of $13.96 including the cost of the 50 bids placed; and
• March 9, this sheet set sold at only 23 cents and the winner paid a total of  83 cents including the cost of the 3 bids placed.

King Size –Ultra soft 6-piece Navy bed sheet set with a BIN of $100:

• March 15, this sheet set sold at 75 cents and the winner paid a total of $1.17 including the cost of the 4 bids placed;
• March 14, this sheet set sold at $1.05 and the winner paid a total of $6.45 including the cost of the 27 bids placed; and
• March 9, this sheet set sold at $1.06 and the winner paid a total of $3.26 including the cost of the 11 bids placed.

Queen Size – Ultra soft 6-piece Navy bed sheet set with a BIN of $100:

• March 14, this sheet set sold at $3.21 and the winner paid a total of $5.01 including the cost of the 9 bids placed:
• March 8, this sheet set sold at $4.32 and the winner paid a total of $2.43 including the cost of the 10 bids placed; and
• March 10, this sheet set sold at $2.33 and the winner paid a total of $7.33 including the cost of the 25 bids placed.

Full Size – 4-Piece full Coral Microfiber Sheet Set with a BIN of $59:

• March 17, this sheet set sold at only one cent and the winner paid a total of 21 cents including the cost of  the one bid placed;
• March 18, this sheet set sold at $2.47 and the winner paid a total of $5.47 including the cost of the 15 bids placed; and
• March 10, this sheet set sold at 93 cents and the winner paid a total of $4.93 including the cost of the 20 bids placed.

Twin XL Size –Ultra soft 3-piece coral microfiber sheet set, plus 3-piece microfiber subtle plum sheet set with a BIN of only $78 for both sets:

• March 3, these sheet sets sold at $1.34 and the winner paid a total of $7.67 including the cost of the 35 bids placed;
• March 2, these sheet sets sold at only 50 cents and the winner paid a total of 92 cents including the cost of the 4 bids placed; and
• On February 27, these sheet sets sold at $5.74 and the winner paid a total of $9.07 including the cost of the 31 bids placed.

The bottom line

As we can see from all of the fantastic deals DealDash customers have received on the above sheet sets, this just might be a great place to start winning. Sheet sets always make great wedding gifts, too. Happy shopping everyone!

This sponsored blog post was submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers. Barbara was compensated by DealDash for this blog post. Blog posts are written by real DealDash customers. The opinions and advice here represent our customers’ views and not those of the company.