DealDash Community, Author at DealDash Tips

November 14, 2016

Bidding on a Budget at DealDash

The first few times you played DealDash, you no doubt won. It’s quite easy to win, and it’s a lot of fun. Now you’ve been on the site for a while and suddenly, you are paralyzed with fear, because you don’t want to lose, sound familiar? Of course it does.

That’s because you may have bid a couple of times and not won, so now you are concerned that you won’t win, but this feeling will go away, and in the meantime, you’ve got to learn how to control your bidding. Relax, you will win many, many auctions over time.

That means not bidding in too many auctions, stay focused on the items you actually want. To me, the most important thing about winning is the shopping part. It’s very important that you go into the site and find the items you really want. If you bid on items you don’t really need, you may or may not win it. If you don’t win it, and you don’t want it, you won’t buy it, therefore, you won’t get your bids back for Binning, and you won’t have your item. So, it’s really important to conserve bids this way if you are bidding on a budget.

A lot of players will poke one bid into many auctions with the thought of coming back in the end and pouncing on others who have placed hundreds of bids already, but many, many never come back. They just wasted a bid, and another bid, and another bid. A sure way to conserve bids is not to poke in one bid, they add up and before you know it, you don’t have any bids, so you can’t get in any auction.

Wait for the initial flurry of players to enter the auction, the beginning of an auction has a lot of quick bids, if you wait until this settles down, you won’t have wasted, not only your bids, but your free Time As High Bidder. You only want to wait a few bids, and certainly bid if the timer gets down to 9 and no one else has bid, but if there are 8 people bidding in 8 seconds, it’s a mad house! Wait and save. Stay Away from “Stompers”, those players who will stomp your bids for TAHB.

Don’t overbid. It’s the biggest waste of bids to bid more than the Buy It Now price for any item. DealDash has this great deal, where you buy your item after trying to win it, and they will return your bid you used trying! That is an incredible deal, then you have your item and your bids back. So Binning is a great way to bid on a budget.

There are several ways to conserve bids and bid on a budget. You can make positive decisions, win lots of auctions and have a lot of fun doing it at DealDash!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

November 13, 2016

New Toys From DealDash

DealDash has been adding a whole bunch of new items lately, but this time of year I think talking about toys makes a lot of sense. You will be delighted to see all the special items coming on the market.

Any and all of these items are considered “special” because they don’t come on the market every day. There are many items that do come on the market every day, and you will learn to know the difference between an every day item and a special item.

Special items at DealDash are usually very popular, and the best way to win them, is to stay completely focused on the one item. You want the item, and you’re in it to win it. Stay in it! This is a good strategy if you can Buy It Now, this is an option offered by DealDash where you can bid on an item and purchase the item to receive your bids used back. It’s a perfect option for someone who is really shopping, and not just trying to win auctions.

These toys are creative and unusual, you can always find a little something special at DealDash. These are prizes that you have to plan to win. By plan, I mean schedule it and show up for the auction. If it is a rare item, that only comes on the market once a week, you’ll want to be present to get your Bid Buddy set-up.

DealDash provides an “Alert Me” option. This is a button in the auction. As soon as an item appears in the search bar, choose the alert me button. They will then send you an email update when the item will be scheduled. Then you set an alarm and show up for the auction.

You can also set a bookmark on DealDash if the item is schedule for in the near future. The bookmark is on the main page of each auction, it’s a little white star in the right hand corner of the auction. Click the star, it will turn yellow, and you’ll know it’s set.

So, bookmark your favorite auction, use the Alert Me tab for those special items, stay focused on one auction, and don’t get involved in too many auctions at once. And surely, if you don’t win, use your Buy It Now option, you get your item, and your bids back…win-win!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

November 12, 2016

Six Wins, One Day, Under $1 at DealDash

It excites me to share these fantastic wins which I had in one day at DealDash. This was a great day of bidding for me, the timing was right, and I won a lot. The site was really crowded, but what I noticed was players getting involved in too many auctions at once, and losing as a result of it. So, for me, this was a boon.

You do need to pay close attention to the auction to win them under $1. It won’t work if you place 10 bids in every auction available at once. Spreading your game too thin rarely works, at least for me. Others my win this way, but they are burning up many bids to do it.

The way to get all these low bid wins is to watch the auction closely. Bid in one auction at a time. That is key to the success. You can’t simultaniously physically watch more than one auction at once. So, to your benefit, stay focused on one at a time.

Another key to winning with just a few bids is to only use a few bids. This helps you win for less. If you stay involved in an auction which will go high, you will use all your bids. So only use a set number of bids per item.

I usually set a number of bids for myself that I won’t exceed if I’m bidding, say 25 bids. If I don’t win by 25, I drop out, with the exception of being in a battle with only one other player. And even then, if I don’t win in another dozen or so bids, I will back out. Nothing bugs me more that using too many bids on an item I know others have won for pennies. If I’ve seen it go for .12 cents, I want it around .12 cents, so if I don’t win by .12 cents, I’m out… usually.

Tip: Don’t do that every time, if you do, others will know your game. You have to battle once in a while so others know you are serious about bidding. That being said, there are many players who play only the front end of an auction, and they win a lot. That’s also a indicator that winning prices are low at DealDash.

Let’s take a look at my great day: I won other items, but not under a dollar, and I used many more bids. These wins are the successful result of my strategy. Every win is shipped for free.

$445 Rustic Tri Pod Floor Lamp- 24 bids, $0.76 cents
$209 Handmade Storage Case- 24 bids, $0.67 cents
$165 Sterling Silver 18K Gold Plated Crystal Necklace- 19 bids, $0.52 cents
$329 14-pc. Amuse Bouche Serving Set-17 bids, $0.46 cents
$254 Crystal Sommelier Wine Glasses – 2 bids, $0.33 cents
$1642 Metal Art Wall Decor-16 bids, $0.85 cents

A wonderful group of prizes valued at $3044.00 and I paid only $15.30 for bids plus$3.89 for prizes. Each item will be shipped free. So, stay focused on one item, and don’t exceed a set number of bids.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

November 11, 2016

How Does DealDash Work?

Let’s start by saying that DealDash is the most fun you’ll ever have shopping. But, what kind of shopping is it? This is Entertainment Shopping. You pay to play and your may or may not win the prize you are going after. Many, many players win items for just pennies, dimes or a couple of dollars. There are items, like iPads, going to up to 90% off. You’ll need an account and a username, and you’re off to play!

The way it works is you buy a bid pack, bids are usually between .12 cents and .16 cents on sale everyday at DealDash. Your first bid pack is $36, but once you have an account, you will have access to the membership price of the day.

You get involved with an auction that you are interested in, by placing a bid, which is worth the .12 cents you paid for it, plus the price of the item goes up by one cent per bid. So you bid, it’s one cent, the next guy bids, it’s two cents, the next bid three cents, and so on until the last bid is placed. No one knows exactly when the auction will end, it depends on the number of players, and the tenacity of their game.

In the beginning at DealDash, while you’re trying to get used to the site, try to bid only on small items which are valued less than $200. One reason is the auction will end soon, there are usually only a hundred to 700 bids placed in total for an item. You won’t have to wait hours to win an auction, and you’ll be able to see how the auctions finish up. Once you’ve bid in several auctions, you will be more comfortable going for the other items, over $200. There you will potentially spend many more hours on an auction, especially if the item goes up to $150, that’s 15000 pennies! You will have to be one of many players to fulfill that closing price.

If you don’t win the item at DealDash, but you used a bunch of bids trying, you can purchase the item and DealDash will refund you the number of bids you used. So, you do end up with you item, and now you have the bids to go on to win another item.

When you win an item, DealDash will ship it to you for free. If you purchase an item, shipping is free then as well.

As you can see it’s easy-peasy to get started playing and shopping at the greatest Entertainment Shopping site.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!