DealDash Tips: Be Nice!

There is nothing wrong with just giving a little when you are playing DealDash!  Let’s face it, we have all been there, we want someone to just back the heck out!  It’s been hours, it’s down to you and the other guy, hundreds of bids have gone by and no one is backing down…

Well, I suggest once in awhile, that should be you!  Everyone on DealDash has a personality outside of the site, and honestly, I think we would all really like each other.  So, why don’t we just be kind to each other at the time of an auction?  Why do we have to beat each other up?  The answer is, we don’t. Let’s say you know this person to be a power bidder, (in my opinion defined as someone who overbids at all costs) you’ve been in a battle for some time and now you just don’t know whether to stay or go.  I have learned to go, that person isn’t backing down and I’m going to let them win, let them get one more item towards their limit. 

You can feel good backing out of an auction. If you know there is no way this person is going to back down, why do you even want to stay?  DealDash has put into place a 9 item a week limit. So as soon as this person meets their limit, they are done!  Let them go, the sooner the better!  They will now have to wait an entire week to win an auction, that is a long time.   

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There are a number of players on DealDash who are aggressive bidders, they just have to win.  You will get to know all of these players and stay away, or you could get involved with them and burn up all your bids.  That being said, no matter what, if you stay involved for a hundred bids or so, don’t let go!  You’ve put in the time and the bids, if you have the  bids go for it!  If  you don’t have the bids, just back out and try for something you know those players aren’t going after.  There are a lot of items under 100 dollars that are fairly easy to win without getting  into a bidding war.  Do keep in mind the “unusual items” go for much longer then everyday items.  For example, two items worth about the same price; a couple of nice frying pans will end long before a HO train set, they are both worth about $160, but one is easier to win.  

You could get lucky and win the train set, but it’s more rare.  So, the answer is… go for the pans, they are in your reach.  We all want to be the power bidder, but the truth is, we can’t, we have to play within our means, and unless you have buckets of money laying around to play with, you are like the rest of us, we all have to play fair.

Playing fair transcends bidding.  If you play fair, you win more.  The stompers just don’t win as much as the guy who sets the Bid Buddy.  I have seen the stomper waste bids, lose and leave the site.  They come and go quickly.  The one’s who stay are responsible players, they use the Bid Buddy, they don’t over bid and they stay true to one auction at a time.  

So, if you learned anything today it’s 1. Let it go, you aren’t going to win and you will hate yourself in the morning. 2. Go for items that are less popular or not as desirable at the moment. 3. Play fair! Your fellow players remember that and may be the one to let it go next time.  

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.

DealDash Anniversary, We Get The Presents!

This week at DealDash they will be celebrating 7 years in business and even though it’s their anniversary, we are getting the presents!  In the form of Free Wins and Free Bids!

On Friday Feb. 19, 2016 DealDash will be having their “Black Friday In February” sale, bids will be only .12 cents each!  That’s a great time to stock up on bids as this in about as low as the price will go all year.  (I have seen .11 too) But stocking up on bids when the price is this low gives you an edge as you will get more bids than a regular priced bid.  More bids means more chances for prizes.

Friday will also have FREE WINS and 50 auctions starting a 2PM.  Free Wins means no matter what the closing price is in the auction, you will only pay a one penny transaction fee for your item.  50 auctions starting at 2PM is a fun frenzy of prizes being offered all at once, many items will go for just pennies. You can have a lot of fun flitting around the auctions and trying to be those lucky players who hits it low!  But no matter what the final price, you will still only pay one cent!

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Saturday,  Sunday and Monday Feb. 20-22, 2016 brings the big event, yes there is more!  DealDash is celebrating 7 years of Penny Auction business so they are giving 7X the free bids!! SEVEN TIMES MULTIPLIER.  For every bid you place DealDash will give you free bids 7 times faster than the everyday amount.  So the longer you bid, the more free bids you get.  Then when you cash in on your free bids, you can use those bids to win prizes and more free bids.

In addition to the 7X multiplier,  bids will be on sale as well, on Saturday the 20th you will pay only .13 per bid and Sunday and Monday only .12 cents per bid.  I would suggest you buy your bids at .12 and earn free bids at 7x and this will maximize your free bids.

If you have a Facebook page you can go to the DealDash Facebook page and “Like” and “Follow” them, DealDash will follow you too! Then you could get notifications about sales and events at DealDash and you will have a chance to share your wins with other players of DealDash where DD will reward you with more free bids just for bragging about your win! Win-Win!

This event at DealDash is surely one of the best promotions I’ve ever seen in nearly two years of play.  They never stop trying to please and bring us the best sales because DealDash wants us all to be big winners!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

DealDash Tips: The Stages of Bidding

There comes a time after you have been bidding for awhile that you are in that stage between too inexperienced to know better, and experienced enough to know better.  What you should know about the stages of bidding. 

First, there is the Newbie bidder, they tend to (not all of them) just pounce their way into a bunch of auctions and try to win anything.  You don’t really know what your doing, you have won one auction and you loved it! Newbies often come in from other sites where stomping is encouraged, but at DealDash respectful bidding is encouraged. Not only is it encouraged, it’s rewarded with free bids, simply load up your ‘Bid Buddy’, and watch your ‘Free Bid Meter’ rack up the free bids.  You do get the free bids if you bid manually, but the Bid Buddy ensures you bid only in order of other players who are also using the Bid Buddy, therefore conserving bids. 

Second, this is the stage I am warning you of.  You’ve won 6-10 auction, you love winning, a couple of times it came real easy and then you had to try hard for a couple, you weren’t winning as much.  Now you’ve used up some bids, you didn’t utilize the Buy It Now option (BIN), or you have no bids left.  So use the BIN option, purchase the desk chair you were trying for, you need it anyway and you used 300 bids.  I underestimated the beauty of this feature when I first started and unfortunately, I lost a few great opportunities to recoup my bids.  

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Now, you’ve purchased the item, got your bids back and you bought some bids.  You are all loaded up, then you get to the main page and suddenly you freeze.  You don’t want to bid on anything because of the few failures.  Well here is the beauty of that, you wised-up!  You will no longer waste bids just pouncing around, you won’t get involved in too many auctions at once, you won’t stomp because it’s wasteful.  You have matured as a bidder and you are taking your bids seriously.  In the beginning anyone can buy a few hundred bids and lose them foolishly, but it takes practice to be a seasoned player and a frequent winner.  So, don’t be afraid, trust that you will win because you will.  Just look at the Winner’s List and you will see how many players win over and over, and that will be you.

 Finally, you have become a seasoned player, the seasoned player doesn’t win them all either, no one can win them all there is so many factors you have discovered, not the last of these is luck.  Also, use the Bid Buddy from the very first bid.  I make it part of my routine to open an auction to bid, I don’t randomly get involved. I plan.  Planning is half the fun.  

There is time to learn all the tricks of bidding, it’s easy and fun if you just have a little confidence that you have learned from your mistakes and you will win!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.

Like-Kind Bidders At DealDash!

Stay to your own type of bidder at DealDash.  This is one of the easiest strategies you can do at DealDash.  There are several different types of bidders at DealDash and it’s best if you keep to your “own kind”  Once you get to know the bidders you will know if they are going to come in early and stay or drop in one bid and come back later.  

Knowing the competition is very helpful but not always necessary.  Let’s say, for example, you have been bidding and there seems to be no end in sight, there has been this other guy who has been bidding too, but then suddenly he leaves and you are left with three new people, I call this auction “taking on a new life” the auction has eight bidders, four originals and four new people.  The four original bidders leave and the four new people stay. There is a very good chance that the four you are in with will win if you do this.  Stay with those people.  By this I mean the four originals will leave, the four new people come in you are one of the new people, if you stay you now become one of the original people with fewer bids, but then the second round of bidders come in, they have less bids than you. If you stay with the group you started out with, you will have the same amount of bids invested that they do. 

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If you don’t know the competition, it’s simple enough to just watch, 4 start, 4 join, 4 leave, four stay, four come back and the four who stayed are now gone.  Stay with the group you started out with or you will over bid. 

Then there is the really late bidder, let’s say you have 1000 bids invested and suddenly a guy jumps in who has only used 10 bids, there are a few other guys in there and they have used 500 bids, jump out and wait for the jumper to use all his bid, then come back, that puts you in his category with the same amount of bids.  You don’t want the competition to have less bids in an auction than you do .  You do have to try to juggle the amount of bids you have with the amounts others have. 

These are just a few of the strategies you can use to keep you bidding partner close and your enemies apart.  

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.