DealDash Community, Author at DealDash Tips

August 29, 2016

Setting Up Your DealDash Account

You’ve come to the right place if you want to try Penny Auctions, DealDash is by far the best site out there, they really set the bar. They are among the first and now the longest in business Penny Auction sites.

The first thing you want to do to set up your account is to create a public profile. Your profile is yours forever, and you’ll be remembered by other players for how you play and by the Avatar you choose. You need four things to get started. First, buy your initial Bid Pack you, will purchase 60 bids for $36. This is plenty of bids to see if you like bidding and you will most likely get a full return on this investment because DealDash wants you to win, so there are special auctions just for new players. While you do that you will be prompted to choose your username. Be creative, it’s more fun. You and other players will repeat that name over and over in their minds, pick one you’re happy with.

Third, and you don’t have to do this right away, create a catchy profile comment. DealDash allows each player a paragraph of comments which sits under your Avatar, your comment needs approval from DealDash and that takes a few hours to a day. That’s the fourth thing you need to do, choose a stock avatar provided by DealDash or upload a photo of your choice. If you choose to upload a photo it will need to be approved by DealDash and that takes about a day.

At first, you’re considered a “Newbie”, the newbie is usually a diamond in the rough, you just need a little polishing. A newbie my not be as considerate as a long-time player because they stomp out bids instead of using Bid Buddy, the automatic bidding feature DealDash has is place. My point being, use your Bid Buddy right out of the gate, you will win more!

So, you have your bids, username, comment and avatar. You are ready to bid! Remember to check out more blog post for tips on how to play the game and win. Read the Rules and Tip & Tactics, they are very helpful for the “never-ever”

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

August 28, 2016

Eight Wins Under $2 in One Day at DealDash

The title of this article speaks truth for me now more than ever at DealDash, the new No Limits on Wins feature is an outstanding bonus to the player, and I have had so much fun winning as much as I want any day I want. I treated this new event like I was a “Newbie”, playing the prize field under $200, these are generally shorter and close lower than the big prizes. I was giving myself a chance to re-learn the field before diving into the big prizes again.

I’m glad I did because I was able to figure out that there are less people in the small prizes now because the players are spread out over the field. Since you’ve been able to win as many prizes as you like any day, players who used to only stick to a certain price range have branched out. The only prizes that seem to still be as busy are the very popular items that everyone wants, you have to get involved with the auction and see how many people join. You can tell how many people are in the auction by looking at the group of Avatars in the auction. When the auction reaches $5 no one else will be able to join.

Getting to know the competition at DealDash is also helpful but less necessary than ever, you can see who is winning on the Winner’s List, once someone wins an item, they may not win it again for a week, so you can go bid after items on the list. Open them, see how many people were in the auction and who the winner was. This is good information to know. Now go after that same prize.

Let’s get to these prizes I won, I can tell you that I also won several other items between $3-$5 they aren’t on the list but we can add them to my number of wins in one day!

$150 -18K Gold Plated Ring, size 7- won for .86 cent with 55 bids

$245-Heavy Duty Pack Pack-won for .30 cents with 10 bids

$265- Candle Holder-won for .93 cents with 27 bids

$370-Pet Bed- won for $1.34 with 39 bids

$150- 18K Gold Plated Ring, size 8- won for .38 cents and 10 bids

$268- Handmade Purse-won for .53 cents and 22 bids

$339- Handmade Ottoman won for .14 and 4 bids

$229-Power Bank- won for $1.19 with 34 bids

I won $2016 worth of prizes and more in one day at DealDash, that is more than fair! My total spending was $5.67 and $28 for bids. A total savings of $1982.00!

I have so much fun bidding every day, I don’t always win this much in one day, but I do win this much often.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

August 27, 2016

Be Involved To Win at DealDash

When you are bidding at DealDash it is so easy to walk away and forget to load up your Bid Buddy. The Bid Buddy will bid for you while you’re away, but do you have enough bids in there to win? The Bid Buddy is the best way to win. There has been occasion where I have put in enough bids to win and walked away, and then suddenly there is just two of us and that goes on forever, until I haven’t checked the status of my Bid Buddy in awhile, then all of a sudden, I realize the other guy won.

Even after two plus years I still do it. I did it just the other day and lost an auction I was very vested in, but, you can’t win them all. I usually counter my feelings of loss with the fact that someone else is jumping around their home because they just won because of me. Essentially, if I can’t make myself happy, at least I can help make someone else happy.

There are exceptions to that, one being getting into a battle with a player at DealDash who beats you often. Once someone beats you, they it seems they think they can do it all the time, I have noticed the same players will join every auction I’m in because I’ve let them win before, and I don’t always do that. There are so many factors which come into play.

Staying with your auction is a good idea if you have the time. I like to say I am “micro-managing” my auctions, and with DealDash, that’s part of the fun. I will get involved with a few or more and check each one every minute or so. I have been able to save bids this way, by backing out when there are suddenly a dozen players in an auction. I will leave and let the field exhaust itself to return later with more bids.

So, micro-managing means checking your auction often, if you have more than six it becomes difficult to win many of them because the margin of error is much higher. I like to stay under 6 auctions at once. Another problem with being in more than six auctions is that you will burn through bids, and if you start losing because you are spread too thin, you won’t be happy with your results. If you are a new bidder, it’s best to stay with 2 or three auctions.

My best advice to win is to keep it simple. If you have the time to bid in just one auction, it’s the absolute best way to win. You get involved in the beginning, you stay through until the Buy It Now (BIN) price, and if you win along the way, hurray!! Binning is a way to get the item you’ve been bidding on and get your bids back as well. If you don’t win, simply purchase the item, you will get your bids use back and it’s shipped for free.

Staying involved means more than micro-managing your auctions, keep a few other tabs handy, check your Dashboard often, use it to see your wins and open auctions. It also helps you keep track of your stats: wins & bidding history. The Winner’s List is a very important tab too, you should check it every 15 minutes to see who is in the field, who’s winning, what final prices are trending for.

Yes, use your Bid Buddy, but keep it simple with no more than six auctions at once, and if you can micro-manage your auctions, you will win more auctions, I know I do!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

August 26, 2016

It’s Easier To Win These Days at DealDash

It’s been well over a month now since DealDash lifted the win limits on auctions, and it been such a joy to have less competition in auctions, yet win so much more. It’s much easier to win with the one of each item for the week.

What this means is, although you can win as many items as you wish, you may only win one of each item per week. For example, once you’ve won the white stand mixer, you may only win it again in a week. However, you may win a stand mixer of a different color or style. It’s a double-win with the new sale because there are less players in the individual auctions because you may only win an item once, and you may win as many items as you wish. This is a real treat. You could essentially get your holiday shopping done is no time and never leave your home because DealDash delivers every item for free.

There are a few things to keep in mind when bidding with this new style, you can go see what a player has won and know that they are out of the field. Perhaps there is a special clock you want, you know it comes on the market often, check the list, see who’s already won it this week, there you will know they are out of the field, leaving it wide open for you. Yes, there is always, “that bidder” who likes to win everything, but they can’t win them all, just like you can’t. Everyone makes mistakes, even the big spenders.

Also, the unlimited availability of wins is endless, you can bid all day and all night and it’s ok if you won 15 items or more! I would suggest you set a budget for bidding and stick to that, of course buy your bids on sale and if possible, bid when prizes are 50% off or free. You may use more bids in that case, but I usually use the free bids that DealDash gives me for my Time As High Bidder to achieve my win, the bids were free, and DealDash is very generous, as long as the item hasn’t reached the retail value, once there it’s time to Buy It Now (BIN). If you BIN an item you’ve been bidding on, DealDash will refund your bids if you purchase the item instead of winning it.

DealDash is open 24 hours a day 365 days a year, and there is usually someone working who can answer any question you might have, just click the “Contact Support” Tab and you will be directed to either email the staff or the live help may be available, if it is, you will get an answer to your question right away.

So, come on over to DealDash and win as many prizes as you like!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!