Month: October 2016

When thinking strategy for winning prizes, gift cards from DealDash have everything you need.  You can win the gift card to give as a gift, or you can win the gift card to go out and buy the exact item you need.  DealDash has a great selection of just about everything, but there are certain items you can only get a a particular store.

Gift Card are the best item to plan on “Buy It Now”, also known as “Binning” or “BIN”, you will see other players talking about it in their comment. That’s because it’s a great plan that works well when you’re bidding on an item, especially gift cards.

You can get gift cards for your gasoline.  Everyone needs to buy gas, so why not go for the gas card, you could win it for a fraction of the cost and that’s money in the bank!  If you don’t win the card by the time you get to the BIN price in your cost of bids, you can purchase it and DealDash will refund all the bids, as a thank you for buying the item, and to go try and win another prize.  They love when we win!

The formula to decide how many bids to use is simply the retail value of the item decided by the cost of bids the sum is the number of bids to use.  For example if your gift card is $25 and the bids are .15 cents, it would go, 25./.15=167.  That would be the number of bids to put on your item using the Bid Buddy.  Bid Buddy will bid exactly when it’s your turn and you hope to be the last bid placed!

Players win gift cards for pennies on the dollar all the time.  There is a culture of players in the gift card category who only win/bin gift cards or rarely go outside of the category.  They know the BIN strategy works and probably have a pocket full of gift cards!

Gas isn’t the only convenience you will find at DealDash, they also carry restaurants, big box store, convenience stores, toy stores, coffee shops and fast food.  Visit the DealDash page and search using the gift card category, bookmark your favorites and bid to BIN.  When binning stay very true to the cards you really want and need. Tip: During “Free Wins” events, gift cards will go long.  come prepared with bids and be prepared to BIN……you need it either way, and buying it makes sense.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

 

DealDash puts out new items every day, but some items do not list every day.  For example, you can usually find a new design of a tie, or a new watch design nearly every week.  But, items like a Cappuccino Maker, a Microwave Oven or an Iron are special items that don’t come on the market every day, that makes them special and worth waiting for.

You can figure an everyday item is going to fall into this category.  Most coffee makers, toasters, and mixers are very popular and are usually scheduled weekly.  You can find them in the items listed on the “New Items” tab to see if it’s scheduled or it has an “Alert Me” tab.

If it’s scheduled, you will see the start time, and you can hit the bookmark star.  This will keep the item at the top of your auction page and it will be in your list of bookmarked auctions in your Dashboard. If it’s not scheduled, you will see the “Alert Me” tab on the item and if you click this, DealDash will send you a notice via email when it is about to come on the market.

This is the best way to “wait” for an item.  DealDash sends you an email three days prior, and the day before, and one more when it’s about to go live. You can’t miss it. Having 3 days to plan will give you a chance to buy your bids at the best price.  Check the DealDash Facebook Page to see what the latest sale is.

Popular items are often offered during a Free Wins Event, so someone will walk away with a fantastic prize for one penny!  Keep your favorite items bookmarked and Alerted, you never know when it’s going to come on the market.  You can figure at least once a week for most items, but some are every three days, and big, big prizes like a swimming pool or a hot tub are offered less frequently.

All of those estimates are just that, estimates.  It’s something I’ve observed in the several years I’ve been playing at DealDash.  There are other new items that will be offered every day, they don’t necessarily fall into the “everyday item” category, like art and clocks.  These types of items can be found daily and you can win them with fewer bids than the more rare popular items.

Of course, that’s not average either because people will bid endlessly on all items, if you don’t get your prize for the price you want, buy it!  Get the bids back and start over with another item.  That’s Entertainment Shopping, and at DealDash, they give you your bids used back if you buy it using their “Buy It Now” option.

So, go shopping, find your favorite items, bookmark and alert them, then wait for the announcement, check the Facebook page for sales, bid and repeat!  It’s so much fun to shop, plan and win with these few bookmarking tips.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

If you just started bidding at DealDash, or you’ve been bidding for awhile, and you hear and see all these phrases in the comments section of the auctions where each player has a section they can make a statement to essentially talk to the other players.  Some people just write something short and sweet, others try to intimidate, some talk about giving away their items, we get all that and it’s entertaining, but a lot of players talk about the features of the game and that can be confusing.

Here are a few of the phrases you will encounter and a brief description of what it means.

Auction- A scheduled event to market a single item where each participant places bids until the last bid is placed.

Bids- The currency of the site, you place one bid which raises the price of the item by one penny, and the last player who bids wins.  Bids are generally between .12 cents and .60 cents each, depending on the sale at the moment.

Bid Pack- DealDash sell bids for players to use as currency in the auctions, you decided how much to spend on the bid packs that are sold in packs of 50, 200, 500, 1000 and 2000. You decide how many bids to use in an auction.

Bid Buddy-  The Bid Buddy is a feature provided by DealDash where you can place a set number of bid in the system and the Bid Buddy will bid for you in your turn.  For example, if there are four players, Bid Buddy will automatically bid for your every fourth penny.  If everyone is using the BidBuddy, the auction goes very smoothly until everyone runs out of bids, and the last bid placed is the winner.

Buy It Now- Also known as “Binning” or “BIN”, is when a players bids on an item and doesn’t win, or decides to buy it for any reason, and DealDash will give you the bids back you used trying.  Once you BIN an item you will no longer be able to bid on it. Most players wait until the auction ends, but it’s not necessary. DealDash have fair retail prices comparable to the big box store, and every item is shipped free wether you win it or BIN it.  You have 7 days from the end of the auction to purchase the item, after that it does expire.

Dashboard- The Dashboard has vital information to your account, like, your profile, helpful information about your wins, orders and bidding history.  The dashboard is where you will find your open Buy It Now offers with a timer showing the end of the offer.

Profile- Your profile is the face you present at DealDash, be it an avatar or an actual photo of yourself, the profile includes your user name and a comment to other players.  It define you as a player be careful when setting up your profile, it’s going to be out there for a long time.  You can change your photo and comment, but your username is yours forever.

Winner’s List- This is an active, real-time list of players and what they won, it includes the item, the closing price and your profile photo.  It’s a useful tool, especially to see what’s trending on the site.

It’s very helpful to know these few things when you go to the DealDash site to bid, it takes out the wonder if you’re doing it right, and gives you the “know” to go!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!