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April 20, 2014

Springtime, How-to Spruce Up Your Home With DealDash

Source Robyn Wilson https://www.flickr.com/photos/robynw/10944930

Spring is a time of renewal, fresh flowers, pastels and time for a clean house. Spring cleaning is really your first step to getting your home ready for spring and summer. I know, it’s not so fun, but DealDash can help you with that – no, there currently aren’t auctions for maids but DealDash does have a lot of tools that can help you with cleaning! 6 Days and 6 Ways to Get Ready for Spring – Cleaning! there’s a Spring Cleaning Spotify playlist in there too.

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

You can really get just about anything on DealDash thanks to the wide array of discount gift card auctions and items.
With help from DealDash auctions here’s how you can transform and spruce up your home for the spring season!
1. New paint does wonders to cheer up your bedroom walls. Artistic and colorful, check out this wall project:
This project will take time and patience as you will need to cut up a lot of wood pieces and attach them to your wall in a honeycomb pattern. Then, strategically paint inside a few of the honeycombs will get you an effect similar to this one:

Beautiful, right? Here’s the before picture:

Pictures & the source of this very creative and beautiful project can be found on Vintage Revivals.
Win gift cards to Home Depot & Lowe’s Home Improvement or Sears stores on DealDash.com to purchase paint and wood supplies to make turn your bedroom wall into this beautiful work of art.
2. Flowers
Flowers are a great just-because gift, even if the flowers are just because it’s spring! Win a 1-800-Flowers gift card on DealDash and surprise yourself with an elegant bouquet of roses or colorful stems of tulips.

flowers bedside — Jennifer Gosnell, Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/42995371412777527/

Place flowers on a bedside table or kitchen counter and BAM!, fresh, springy goodness and all you have to do is fill a vase with water!
3. Cheerful Appliances
Swapping out your old, boring – black, industrial looking appliances for fresh and colorful colored ones is also an easy fix and displayed on your countertop Kitchen-Aid mixers in dozens of colors from Ice to Tangerine really are a functional piece of art if you cook.

How about a yellow coffeemaker? DeLonghi on DealDash will really add a pop of color to your kitchen!
—- Cookies – Flower Sugar Cookies!
Speaking of Kitchen-Aids – after you win a new Kitchen-Aid mixer on DealDash be sure to make these spring flower sugar cookies Here’s the recipe from MarthaStewart.com.

4. New cushion Covers or Pillows are a quick and easy way to add color and freshen up your livingroom:
Get pillows like these on Amazon.com, Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Home Goods, or Target with the help of a few gift cards on DealDash.

5. Focus on colorful lighting!
Like this Safavieh Green Ceramic Paris lamp would be a perfect bedside addition placed next to your bouquet of flowers- retails for $217, but try to win it before buy it now! Click here to visit the auction page for this item!

6. New Dishes from Fiestaware will have you thinking spring!
Not only is it a a colorful, timeless choice – it’s very durable and looks great on any table. While DealDash doesn’t sell Fiesta – you can use your Amazon.com or Macy’s gift cards to buy a set!

Found on thelittleroundtable.com
Do you have any spring-home decor and design ideas? Let us know what you have done with any of your wins and DealDash and we will feature you on DealDashTips.com!
Happy Bidding and Happy Spring!

April 18, 2014

Penny Auction Bidding Tips!

1. The Early Bird Gets The Worm: Wee hours of the morning just may be the best time to place bids. Odds are only the dedicated bidders are up and bidding. Bidding in the morning could be both good and bad for you, as some may be really focused like you are, or others could be about to fall asleep bidding. (Note: Don’t do this yourself!).
2. Focus: Focus on the item you want to win and only bid on that item! If you don’t pay attention and put a plan of action as to how many bids you are going to place, you are likely to lose easy.
3. Don’t chase two rabbits: There’s an old Confucius saying that goes “If you chase two rabbits, you catch none.” Avoid wasting time, money and bids, only bid on items you want to have if you win them. SO, if you really want this one item, don’t get greedy and distracted and start bidding on 4 other items at the same time. Chances are you will lose one, if not all auctions.
4. Minimize Distractions: Again, I cannot emphasize enough on focusing on the auction you are bidding on. Make sure you take care of what you need to before you start bidding. Don’t bid at work or at school, or when you may have a call or a friend stopping by.
5. FREE Take advantage of free bid promotions and discount sales! DealDash.com (Click here to check out DealDash.com and start bidding) often posts about different bid promotions on their homepage. These bid promotions allow you to save a significant discount after purchasing your first starter bid pack.
Win free bids! DealDash allows bidders to win free bids by sharing pictures with their won items on Twitter and Facebook and Pinterest! You can earn 200 free bids by sharing a photo of you with your DealDash win on Facebook: How to Get Free Bids on DealDash: Post to Facebook, and 50 free bids by pinning it to Pinterest: How to Get Free Bids on DealDash: Pin to Pinterest!, you can also get 50 free bids by sharing a photo with your win on Twitter.

.6. Have Patience.

“Good things come to those who wait. Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” Napoleon Hill

Be patient! Don’t just throw your bids around like you have hundreds in your account (even if you do). Put on a pokerface, i.e. don’t look like you really want the item by constantly bidding over another bidder, you may just cause everyone else to hold off on bidding for awhile as you take on just 1 or 2 other bidders, this causes you to spend more than you might want to. Bid often, but wait until the timer is at 3 seconds then place a bid. But becareful! Due to Internet latency 3 seconds to you could be 1 second by the time your bid is accepted and placed.
Have you bid on DealDash? We want to know what your favorite tips are! Let us know in the comments section here.

April 14, 2014

Recent Great Deals on DealDash & Tips for Winning!

Wow! Have you seen the recently ended auctions on DealDash lately?
Take a look at these amazing deals that were had this week by bidders!
An HP – split 2-in-1 13.3 touch-screen laptop with 4GB memory sold for $2.52, that’s only 252 bids placed by all bidders paconwa1 got a super great deal on this new laptop. The retail price is $598 for this super all-in-one, you can’t beat a few bids and $2.52 end price!
Nikon 24.1 Megapixel DSLR Camera, retails for $700, sold for just $3.04 – 304 bids total! Congratulations to bidder adockstader15. Plus – on all of these items, DealDash cut the end price in half!

Skullcandy Uprock On-Ear Headphones, Pink buy it now $30 – sold for an end price $0.12. Congratulations trbotrek!
The Eureka AirSpeed ONE Pet Bagless Upright Vacuum ended for just $0.48 – 48 bids total by 3doggiesmom.

DealDash winner MyGirlsLuvMe won this $200 Nintendo 3DS XL in Red/Black for just a final end price of $0.62 and a small fraction of the 62 bids!
You can get great deals on DealDash too! Here are a few tips to bidding and winning!
1. Patience
Patience is key – each bid you place is money already spent, so be careful and try to conserve your bids by not bidding until the timer counts down – around 2-3 seconds without another bidder bidding, then place a bid.
3. Research
Know your competition. Check the ended auctions daily and keep tabs on winners who have won items, a great place to do this is by checking stat on AllPennyAuctions.com.
For instance, a search of user MyGirlsLuvMe shows that during her lifetime of bidding at DealDash, she placed 95,440 bids at an average cost of $0.16 per bid, she paid $1,026.53 – won 79/1502 items bid on and won items totalling a retail value of $15,049.88, spent/won $16,296.45.

Most Profitable Win, Most Valuable Item Won

+$2,910.57 on 5000 Bid Pack, 5000 Bid Pack ($3,000.00)

2014-1-16

B.	Milestone 50k bids 2014-1-13

A.	Most Bids Placed 2,991 bids on Nikon D5300 Digital SLR Camera with Built-In Wi-Fi and GPS (won) 2013-12-17

https://www.allpennyauctions.com/users/DealDash.com/MyGirlsLuvMe/

Bids Placed	Paid	Won	Retail Won	Spent/Won	ROI	Net
95,440 @0.16 USD	$1,026.53	79 / 1,502	$15,049.88	$16,296.45 / $15,049.88	-7.65%	$-1,246.57

You may be able to look at the data mined and presented on the APA site and see that she may not give up easily and has been willing to spend a significant amount of time bidding on items. Though, sometimes she just places 1 bid and doesn’t win. Whereas she placed 2,991 bid on a Nikon D5300 DSRL camera and won.

Apple iPad 16GB Wi-Fi with Retina Display, Black($400.00)(Won for $147.09)	2014-04-09 03:48	1,074 / 14,709 @$0.16	+$81.07

Apple iPad 16GB Wi-Fi with Retina Display, Black($400.00)(Won for $147.09)

2014-04-09 03:48

1,074 / 14,709 @$0.16

+$81.07

3. Collect Bids
Bid on Bid Pack auctions, stock up on bids when DealDash run bid sales and share pictures of your wins on Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter to earn more bids. This makes winning cheaper in the longrun if you can take advantage of opportunities to win free bids or buy them at a discount.
4. Get your bids in early!
All auctions on DealDash are No Jumper auctions, meaning you must place at least one bid before $5.00 in order to be eligible to continue to bid after it reaches the $5 price mark.

What’s the best deal you have won on DealDash? We want to hear about it!

April 13, 2014

One Item Per User Auctions Limit Powerbidders!

Worried about spending money on bids to win a laptop or other more expensive item only to lose due to someone who has won maybe 10 of these same items? The competition to win the more popular electronics and household items on some penny auction sites can be fierce.
Scared of powerbidders? DealDash has leveled the playing field with their one-item-per user auctions. One-Per-User items are usually higher valued items valued at over $200 – such as dSLR cameras, laptop computers, Dale Tiffany lamps, iPads, Macbooks, tablets, higher value gift cards, smartphones, camera lenses, HDTVs and other items are limited to one win per user.

Not only do these one-per user items limit competition, they keep greedy bidders who have been found to constantly win the same high-dollar items on other penny auction sites from being able to dominate.
These one-per-user items can be found by the “1” indication to the top left of the item on the frontpage or on the top right of the item on the item’s bidding page highlighted in a yellow “One-Per-User” box.
Take a look:

While DealDash has thousands of bidders, it’s good to know that one person can’t dominate and win the same product over and over again.

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What are Win Limits?
“Win Limits:
To ensure equal chances for everyone to win you can win up to 6 items valued less than $200, and 3 items valued more than $200 per week. You can follow the status of your wins by logging in and looking at the winning limit slots right next to the bid amount. The system will not allow you to bid after you have reached your limit. All remaining BidBuddies will be automatically cancelled. Please plan your bidding strategy with this in mind.”
What do you think of DealDash’s one-per-user auctions? Do you think it’s a good idea, or wish you could win more?
Bids on DealDash.com are currently $0.17 a piece with a 50% discount on final end prices this week.