Month: February 2016

Winning Technology items at DealDash is, well let’s face it, very difficult, it requires strategy and patience.  You must plan accordingly.  By planning you have watched a few auctions, you’ve learned a good chunk of the player’s habits.  You are completely loaded up with bids and you stay focused on the prize.  You can try to win right away as a newbie, and you might “get lucky” that happens all the time, but rarely on computers.  I know, I’ve been in a dozen technology auctions, I’ve won a computer for 50% off, but it didn’t happen my first day out.  

This all sound easy enough, but don’t be fooled, you can easily be distracted by someone or something.  I have lost auctions just by turning my head for a second.  I’ve also accidentally hit the “cancel bids” button instead of the “add bids” and have recently lost an auction that way.  My point is, anyone can win, and anyone can lose.  

So you want to go for the iPad or a MacBook Pro or perhaps a cell phone, DealDash has a wonderful variety of these items and you can always find one to bid on or one in cheque for later.  Any items at DealDash that you find and isn’t up for auction yet has a button to have DD alert you when it is coming on the market, use the “Alert Me” button,  simply open an individual auction and click on the Alert Me button on the bottom of the page.  DealDash will let you know when the item is coming up for auction.  They will send you an email a day or so before, then the day of and when the item goes live.  They really want you to have every opportunity to win it.  I love the attitude at DealDash it’s genuine and they really want us to win.  These items take time to win and the higher the price the higher the demand.  Everyone wants to win the $1000 computer for 5 dollars, but don’t count on it, then when it does happen you can be extremely excited.  The best advice I can give you to win these popular items is to load up on bids, for a computer it could take 1000 or more.  

One of the best parts about winning from DealDash is you don’t have to go to the mall, you don’t even have to get out of your pajamas!  Also, every item is delivered FREE.  Each item qualifies you for posting for free bids.  Every item qualifies to BIN and get all your bids back.  If you don’t win, just purchase the item and DealDash is happy to give you your bids back.  Every item will sell, you just want to be the lucky person who won!With any item at DealDash you could get lucky and win it right away, just keep in mind these average selling prices change on a daily basis, so do the math.  On the auction page, add up the selling prices and divide by the amount of items sold, it’s usually nine. That is the average selling price for that point in time.  

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!! 

If you’ve tried DealDash, you love it, but like everyone, you have run out of bids before you won the auction.  This can be devastating if it’s your last bids and you watch the clock wind down, 3..2..1 lost, out of bids.

There are a few ways to get yourself loaded up with free bids from DealDash and that’s Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest!  When you win anything at DealDash, take a photo of yourself holding the item.  Don’t leave the it in the box, it’s against the guidelines for free bids.  Snap the photo! Then, you will need to make a Pinterest Board for your DealDash wins and call it “Deals at DealDash” there you will keep a running album of your wins and you can see at any time how many free bids you got from DealDash. You do also need a Facebook and twitter account.  

Deal Dash is the only site, that I know of, that will reward you for a prize under 200 dollars with 50 free bids for an item on Pinterest and 50 for a tweet.  Then you can get another 50 bids for posting to Facebook.  If your item is valued over $200.00 you qualify for 200 Free Bids from Facebook, and 50 each twitter and Pinterest.  So here is the greatest part of this, if you won your item for less than 200 bids and then you get 200 free bids for posting you photo, you will actually be bidding for free!  DealDash is the best site for rewards.

In addition to the 50 to 200 bids for posting on those there sites, once you submit a photo over $200 you are automatically entered into the weekly drawing for 1000 free bids.  Yes! 1000 bids goes to the best photo of the week, so make your photo count.  Smile, and  make sure you have good lighting, and try not to use the flash.  The only way to be entered in the 1000 bids a week contest is by posting a photo, so click away!

Some sites only reward for one photo, some sites reward a few bids,  and then there are the sites who only let you post one win a month.  There is also a site out there that has everyone post and only a lucky few get the bids. DealDash makes it worth your while, everyone’s while! DealDash not only gives free bids, they genuinely want you to win.  If we are winning, they win.  

Check out the DealDash Facebook page, see other photos and you’ll get an idea how to pose and get the best photos, check out past winners, you’ll see a common thread, they are all clear photos, bright and smiling faces, you can do that for some free bids!  I enjoy seeing the winners and their items.  Post and win!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!

If you are new to DealDash you have scratched your head about the terminology used by other players in the comments and even DealDash themselves.  This is a list of words or phrases that are commonly used at DealDash and the definition.

Auctions-The home page at DealDash displays all the auctions available for bidding or purchase,  and it has pages of upcoming auctions available.  Using these pages is the best way to shop for the auctions you’ll wish to participate in. 

Auctions, Individual– Each auction has it’s own page where the stats of the auction are available, how many players, who they are, their stats and comments.  This is also where you will find the Bid Buddy.

Banner– The banner on the top of the home page is where you will find the current cost of bids and any sales available.  Sales include 50% off final price, Free Auction Wins and holiday specials.  Check the banner daily, it changes very early in the morning.  

Bidding-The act of placing bids in an auction for real, everyday items.

Bids-Bids are the currency of the site, you need them to play.  They range in price with an average cost of .15 cents each. Purchase bids to join auctions.

Bid Count Meter-This displays your available bids.  When you have bids on your Bid Buddies, they are subtracted from this total. You can see this in two places, top right of page and lower left of page.  You can also get a bid count in your account details. 

Buy Bids Tabs– There are three, one is on the top of the auctions page right next to your bid count meter, one is at the bottom on the left of the auctions page, it looks like a little credit card, and there is one on your dashboard. 

Buy It Now (BIN)-At any time during an auction you can opt out and purchase the item at regular retail price.  Any bids you used in that auction will be immediately credited to your account. 

Bid Buddy– The most reliable tool at DealDash, it is the best way to set up a determined amount of bids to be placed for you in the order you joined the auction.  If there are 7 players using Bid Buddy, it will place a bid for you every 7th turn, the only thing between you and the other players is the number of bids you place.  The one who places the last bid is the winner.  

Dashboard-Your dashboard is essential to keeping track of all your plays, wins and purchases.  There is a comprehensive list of the items you are bidding on currently and how many bids you have placed.  This is where you find all your information, public profile, bids placed, account information. You will find your dashboard on the top and bottom of the page. 

DealDasher– One who plays, shops and saves at DealDash.

Final Price– When an auction ends the number of bids placed by all players determines the final price.  If 9576 bids are placed the final price is $95.76. If one bid wins, the final price is .01 cents.  

Free Bid Meter-“Time as highest bidder” (level) is determined by the (number of bids you place)( times)( about 9 seconds for each bid).  The meter ticks up your time and when you’ve reached the appropriate number of bids for your current level you are rewarded with free bids.  Each level increases the number of bids you claim, for example if you are at level 43 you will claim 650 bids and it goes up with each level of play you achieve.  

Jumping-A player who places a bid before the $5 cut off and then leaves the auction only to return later and jump in. Get to know who does this and wait until they jump in.  Jumper– One who jumps

Public Profile– You may have a comment displayed under your Avatar, you can edit it from your Public Profile tab located on the left hand side of your dashboard. All comments are approved by DealDash staff and have guidelines that include, among other things, not being threatening with your statement.  It’s meant to give some personality to the Avatar.  Auctions can be won and lost with these comments, pay close attention. 

Stomping-Stomping  plain and simple is the worst offense of a DealDasher. It is a reckless and thoughtless storm of bids being throw into an auction.  This rapid-fire bidding is an attempt to scare everyone away and as a result win the auction. Stomper- One who stomps

User Name-The name everyone sees when you are playing DealDash, you’ll want this to be creative and expressive.  Some people use their actual name or a combination of letters and numbers. 

“Who’s on their limit?”– This is a tab found on your Dashboard.  It gives you a real-time list of all the players who have reached their winning limit. It costs one bid to buy 12 hours of real-time limits. 

Winning Limit– Your win limit meter is located in the upper right hand side of the Auctions Page, there are 9 notches.   You may win 9 items at Deal Dash each week.  Once you have reached your limit for the week your win meter will be empty. Your meter will be recharged on the same day every week and is determined by the day of the week you join DealDash. 

Winner’s list-A real-time list of all the wins, a picture of the item with a description, who won it and what they paid for it.  It also displays the winners Avatar.

Happy Bidding!

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.

Every day our pets are there for us, now we can be there for them with the help of DealDash.  There you will find so many pet items, I love it!  My favorite item at DealDash for my pet is the Gibi Pet GPS valued at $123, but the average selling price is $20.12 it’s for a dog or cat (or any animal) GPS device that you attach to their collar and use an app to find them.  This would have been a particularly fantastic item if I only had it two years ago.  On that night, it was Christmas Eve, my family decided to shoot off some firecrackers before they told anyone.  

Before I knew it, my darling Stella the Sheltie, was gone! She ran off scared by the explosions.  If only I had a GIBI on her she would not have spent the night wandering around the neighborhood before she was found… the day after Christmas!  

It was the worst Christmas of my life knowing my little Stellie was lost in the neighborhood somewhere.  There was so much snow and it broke my heart knowing she was sleeping in a snow pile somewhere.   We did find her, and now she owns a Gibi.  I was never so happy to see any creature in my whole life!  

DealDash carries a variety of pet beds for your dog and your cat.  You can’t go wrong trying to win any of these items at DealDash, you can try to win it, but because you need it, if you don’t win it with the retail value of bids, then buy it! If you buy it and you’ve bid on it, you will get all your bids back.  Just remember to use the exchange bids rewards that best suits your needs, for example the most bids.  By this I mean, if you have tried to win an item a few times and then decided to purchase it, use the auction with the most bids used for your exchange, it’s the only way to capitalize on your used bids.

There are crates, play towers and pee pee pads to help you train your pet. If you have a cat, you know how much they love to climb.  I have one of these cat habitats and my kitties love it!

You should bathe your pet often depending on the breed, I have a couple of Chihuahuas, so weekly, and life is so much easier if you have a bathing tub for your dog or cat.  DealDash carries this very useful Pet Bathing Utility. 

DealDash never lets you down when it comes to your pets!  

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!! 

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.