Author: DealDash Community

Before bidding in an auction on DealDash.com it is a good idea to check out the “Winners’ List.” Why?  The “Winners’ List” provides valuable information that can help us win actions using fewer bids.

To locate the “Winners’ List,” go to the top of the home page. Near the upper right, where it shows how many bids you have left in your account, you will see the “Winners” header. If you click on it, you will see a list of the most recent winners.

The first thing I do is scroll down that list to find out who won the biggest bid packs. For example, at the time of this writing, I see that “fapromos” won a 500 bid pack 18 minutes ago, “Bearose36” won a 6,000 bid pack 35 minutes ago and “10124501” won a 1,000 bid pack 2 hours ago.  I always write down the screen names of everyone who recently won a bid pack, especially the large ones.

Then, when I double click on the auction I want to win, I check to see if any of those screen names are participating in the same auction.  If I see one of those screen names, I wait for the next auction that has the product I want.

As a senior citizen on a limited budget, I know I cannot win over a player who has a lot of bids to burn, and these players did not yet have enough time to use up all of the bids they just won.

Submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers

New players on DealDash.com usually have better luck by looking for auctions that are easy to win.

To identify easy-to-win auctions, look for auctions that have the lowest retail value. Experienced players tend to only bid on the high-dollar items, so the lower the retail value, the lower the competition level might be, also.

Double-click on the auctions with the lowest retail value and look at the closing cost the last nine times that product went up for sale.

After you identify the auctions with the lowest retail value that consistently closes for the least amount of money, it’s time to see what day of the week and what time of day is best.  You can figure this out by looking at these auctions on different days of the week and at different times of the day–morning noon and night.

From my own experience, it appears that competition is usually greater on weekends when more people are off work. The best time of the day to bid, however, often changes. Sometimes the competition appeared to be less late at night. Other times it appeared to be less early in the morning. A few times, I had some great wins at noon when the competition was exceptionally low.

Perhaps it’s just a matter of being in the right auction at the right time.  Therefore, the more times you get on DealDash, the better the chances are that you could be the next lucky winner.

Once you learn how to win low-retail auctions, you will be able to move on to bigger and better wins, but it’s usually best to start out on the low-value products until you develop some winning strategies of your own.

Good luck everyone!

Submitted by:  Barbara L. Sellers