Month: February 2016

It’s always fun to play at DealDash, but lately, it’s been even easier to win with all the new features DealDash has in place.  My favorite new feature is the “Alert Me” Button.  Any time you shop is time you’ve spent, but with the “Alert Me” button, you only have to shop once.  If the item you are interested in is not on the market but you found it in your search, you can select the option to have DealDash send you an email when it comes up for sale. Easy Peasy!

However, my new favorite feature changes on a daily basis, another great new feature is the “1” in the upper left hand corner of an item on the Auction page, this alerts the player this item can only be won once.  This is a great feature because once someone has won this item, they are out of your way!  DealDash will list the winners and what they paid for an item right on the open auction page, so that is also a great tool when deciding if you want to join an auction.

At DealDash you can win 9 items every week.  It used to be that you could only win three items over $200 a week, but now all nine of your prizes each week can be over 200! That’s huge! Just keep in mind the prizes over $200 usually have a lot more bidders and take longer to close, be prepared to hang in there.

Another new feature is the increased variety of high end furniture DealDash has added to the site.  Recently I spotted a $14,450.00 Massage Chair! I’ve never see any item that amazing before, and although that is unusual, you can always find something for your home that has hight ticket prices.  More items means more winners and you can find so many great items.

The “Who’s At Their Limit” tab has saved me so many bids!  If I really want to go for something and my nemesis is in the auction, someone I know will overbid or join the auction late costing me bids.  With the limit tab I can see if my oppononent is already out of the game.  It’s so convenient.

Don’t underestimate the power of free bids!  Everyone likes free bids and at DealDash they give you free bids every time you place a bid.  The more bids you place the more free bids you get.

Lastly, everyone has a camera, so take a picture! Post a photo to the DealDash Facebook page, and your pic could be selected to win 1000 free bids!  Every Monday at DealDash they give one lucky player 1000 bids for posting their wins, so take a photo.  Don’t forget to “Like” the fb page so you get notifications when someone wins. DealDash has the best features for playing and shopping, they have a genuine and constant interest in improving their site and making your playing experience more enjoyable.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.

Here’s the thing… we love to play DealDash, we love winning, we love the fireworks explosion every time we win, it all so exciting! Often we will wish our competitor would just go away, but the truth is without them it would just be shopping.  The real excitement comes by beating someone else out of the deal of the day.  

So this is what I suggest, be kind to your fellow player.  Don’t jump into an auction after someone has placed 3000 bids, it’s not nice.  I like to play fair and if I see that kind of effort, I will back down.  I most likely won’t be spending my life savings, as they are, so I’m good!  There is an exception to that rule, if you have jumped me in the past you will be jumped by me.  I keep a notebook and I hope you do to.

All things considered, we are in this together, we all want a good deal.  Here’s another idea, if a fellow player has 8 of 9 wins, let them have it!  They are out of the field and you are clear to bid on another item they were in.  

The truth is, we can be friendly to each other, or we can be a real jerk,  the choice is yours, but if you choose to play dirty, expect to be treated like dirt.  I’m not saying all DealDashers are  reckless, but there are a few notorious over bidders, stompers and jumpers. There is no way around it, Just do your homework, it will pay off in the end.

For the love of DealDash, use your Bid Buddy! The kindest thing you can do for your fellow Dasher is use your Bid Buddy.  It’s the best way to conserve bids and stay in the game without making your competitors angry.  You might think it’s okay to bully by bidding every other bid, but it will just come back to haunt you. Some players will stomp right back and then there is a price raising frenzy in play, it’s just a sad waste of bids, and the greatest part is the guy who was using the Bid Buddy will win because he didn’t miss or skip a beat.  

Some items require a great amount of time and effort, it takes patience and thought.  Don’t be that guy who bangs in a bid after every player, you are canceling yourself out and wasting your money.  

Overall, we should strive to be fair to our competitors, you want to win, but do you really need to beat them up?  In the grand scheme of things, you want to win, so just use your Bid Buddy because we are all in this together!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!! 

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.

There is no better way to start the New Year than to make a resolution to be a better player at DealDash.  There are so many ways to “up your game” with the help of new features in place.  As well as being a better player, you will save money and time if you follow a few small steps.

The best way to up your game at DealDash is the good old fashioned way and that is to use your Bid Buddy. The Bid Buddy ensures you only use your “share” of bids, if you don’t use it and you just poke your bids in you double-bid, over-bid and waste money.  The Bid Buddy is so easy to set up, all you have to do is go to the individual auction click in the field “add bids”, put in the number of bids you believe will take to win the auction then sit back and relax, the last man bidding is the winner, all the while you are earning free bids from the Time As High Bidder Meter.

Another way to up your game is to bookmark the auctions you want to win, instead of going rogue, plan ahead!  You can look up to a day in advance for items you wish to win.  Click on the little white star in the upper right hand corner of an item, the star will turn yellow and you’ll know you have it marked.  Then the item will come to the top of your page and you can clearly see the items you want to win and avoid bidding on random items you don’t really want.  

I used to try to win bid packs all the time, but then I figured out everyone wants to win the bid packs, so the problem is they are a crowded field and harder to win, suddenly you are out of bids and have nothing to show for it.  Remember though, no matter what you bid on, including bid packs,  if you don’t win it you can purchase it and get all your bids back.  So you could essentially buy you bid pack, get those bids and the bids you used to win it, so it’s a perpetual quest for bids.  Again, some players find that to be fun and exciting.  I prefer to go for merchandise because you have something and you can post to Facebook for free bids as bid packs are not permitted in that promotion.  

Hold your game close, by this I mean don’t share your strategy with the other players in you personal profile comment.  Right out of the gate you are telling your hand.  If your comment is “I’ll be back”  we know that, so when they come back watch carefully while they use up their bids and then you go back too.  This is a very popular strategy, so when auction wins are free they tend to go on longer and have more bidders.  Likewise, if their comment is something like “In it to BIN it” and they are bidding on a $14,000 item it is unlikely they are going to BIN it and they are just blowing smoke.   Use the comment to say something other than strategy, like “Hi!” or “From Atlanta!” 

Use the “Who’s At Their Limit” tab, it costs one bid, but that information is so useful and once you start using it, you’ll see why.  It’s great to know “so-n-so” is out of the field, he may have poked in one bid t an auction you bookmarked, now you’re thinking “I don’t want to battle this guy again” but if you check the list he might be gone and you have less to think about.  People reach their limit all the time, and if you up your game, you can too. 

Get caught up on who’s winning what on the “Winner’s List”, this information isn’t just for your enjoyment, although it is fun to read, it a wealth of information.  I call it, “what’s trending” I look to see WHO is bidding, WHAT that have won, and the PRICE they paid for it, if everyone is overbidding, it might not be a good time to dive in. Be smart!

Buy bids when they are on sale, watch the blogs and the Facebook page to see when they are selling bids of .12 cents, and buy in bulk.  Sit on your bids until your favorite items come on the market.  Don’t spread yourself too thin by bidding on too many items at once you are opening yourself for failure, they odd are more likely that you will miss something, or forget to go back, there are so many things that can go wrong when you bid on many items at once….the worst of all, running out of bids quickly,  bidding randomly and furiously only get’s you “bid crazy” and out of luck.  

Know who you are playing against.  Getting to know the competition takes time so watch auctions, yes just watch, you will learn the habits of people, see if they spread themselves too thin and gobble up bids.  You will also see who jumps, stomps and overbids. With  that in mind you can up your game. 

So, no matter who you are, you are on the same playing field as the other players and anyone can win an auction with thought, planning, conservation and a crafty nondescript comment and know the competition! 

Over time you will learn and develop your strategy and this is all part of the fun at DealDash. 

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.

If you love DealDash, 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 tick away, tick, tick, tick..and then you’re out of bids.

There are three ways to get yourself loaded up with free bids from DealDash and that is Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest!  When you win anything at DealDash, take a photo of your or your family holding the opened item.  Don’t leave the item in the box, it’s against the guidelines for free bids.  Take a photo! 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.

DealDash is the only site, that I know of, that will reward you 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.  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.

On top of 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, have the item out of the box, make sure you have good lighting and don’t use a flash.  If you have to, go outdoors to take the photo.

Other 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.  If you can’t get free bids, why bother? Deal Dash not only gives free bids, they genuinely want you to win.  If we are winning, they win.  So take your item to the HILL! Get your item for less than 200 bids and you’re bidding free!

Getting free bids is something you can do once a week, and every Monday someone is rewarded with the 1000 free bids, but the only people who win the bids are the ones who post photos of wins.

You can read the full guidelines by copying this link https://www.facebook.com/notes/dealdash/win-a-1000-bid-pack-best-photo-of-the-week-contest/516698678344803, and be sure to use this link in your post. See how much you can save at: www.dealdash.com/join.php?utm_source=customer%20testimonials&utm_medium=pictures&utm_campaign=facebook

If you have won something at DealDash,  take a pic, go to Facebook, start your Pinterest Board and tweet you wins to free bids at DealDash!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!