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.
3 Hot New Tech Items That DealDash Should Offer!
DealDash has tons of great items, but is there anything else that you would like to see on the penny auction site?
Here are our 3 of our favorite new electronics & gadgets for 2014 that we’d love to see on DealDash:
- The PowerAll PBJS12000R Rosso is not only a portable power bank with USB outlets to charge all of your gear on the go, it’s also a car battery jump starter and for just $99 it leaves us wondering just how legit it is. Well, judging by the reviews people do seem to like it. 4.5 star rating with 80 reviews on Amazon.com, it works as a 12,000 mAh battery charger for a phone or tablet, LED flash light, strobe light and SOS signal that lasts 120 hours, and then the jump starter for you car. Build in protection features – over feature protection, short circuit protection, overload protection. It looks super compact and lightweight too. According to the product details, you can use it to jump start you car up to 20x if fully charged! Wow! Plus it comes with jumper cables. Not bad for $99.90.
2. The Micro is a $200-300 3D printer that will soon be accessible to consumers and is now raising money on Kickstarter to make the most affordable 3D printer yet.
“The dream here is definitely that you take something and install it as fast as the fastest plug-and-play device that you’ve ever seen and you’re focused on the end result,” Michael Armani, M3D’s CEO tells us. “You take the design, put it in the printer, it prints as quickly as possible. The focus here isn’t on the 3D printing process … [it’s] on ‘yeah, I want to make a mold for chocolates.’ It went to the fun part so you can enjoy it as much as possible.”
The early-adopter, funding specials include the 3D printer for as little as $199 have already sold out, but you can now get the printer for just $299 via Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/m3d/the-micro-the-first-truly-consumer-3d-printer. Hopefully their dream will become a reality and this will be a widely accessible 3D printer and also offered on DealDash in the near future! Perhaps DealDash will offer this when it’s ready for market and you will win and soon be able to make your own chocolate molds, teacups or whatever your imagination holds.
3. The one-wheel self balancing electric skateboard
Segway meets skateboard. This intuitive electric skateboard will let you feel like you are surfer or snowboarding when you’re on the road. 
“Most people can learn to ride Onewheel in a couple minutes even if they’re not used to boardsports. That’s because controlling a Onewheel is so intuitive. Powerful sensors and sophisticated algorithms are constantly helping you balance and control your ride with just the forward or backward lean of your body. People with experience with other boardsports are often ready to ride aggressively within their first few minutes on Onewheel.”
Not just a skateboard, the creators of Onewheel made it to be a viable option for commuters (if you live close to you workplace.)
The Onewheel can be pre-ordered via the Kickstarter page for $1,299.
DealDash has tons of fun and new innovative items already, but what more would you like to be able to bid on? Let us know here in the comments section!
Easter Gifts & Free Auction Promotion This Week on DealDash!
Easter is Sunday, April 20th! Are you ready yet? If you celebrate Easter and have little ones around who love getting baskets of gifts and goodies from the easter bunny be sure to check out these top deals this week on Easter gift ideas.
DealDash’s Easter Sale is going on now – all bids are just $0.15 each and all auction wins are free. DealDash will pay the final auction sales price during this special sale!
Great basket stuffers would be a few $10 gift cards, DVDs, toys, video games, or anything in beautiful pastel colors!
The Easter holiday stems from a lot of tradition…religious tradition in Christianiy it’s the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. In Western Christianity/Catholocism, Easter marks the end of lent, a 40-day period of fasting/repentation. In ancient times, on the other end of the spectrum, some history points to Easter dating back to the time of the Babylonians who celebrated the moon and sun-god dieties and fertility goddess Astarte/Ishtar. The history is pretty interesting, if you’re into that kind of thing.
Did you know where the easter bunny came from? The Easter Bunny is a fantasty character depicted as a rabbit who brings easter eggs. Dating back to early Lutherants in Germany, the Easter Bunny acted as a judge, determining whether or not children were good or bad. The Easter Bunny legend basically held that the Easter Bunny carried colorful eggs in his basket, candy and sometimes toys and brings them to children (sort of like the Santa Clause tale).
The long-standing tradition surrounding Easter now in the US for secular/religious people alike, is that parents/friends/loved ones would decorate and fill colorful baskets full of candies and gifts and gift them to their friends or children on Easter. Easter egg hunts, plastic easter eggs filled with goodies for parents to hide for children is also a popular Easter tradition.
If you celebrate Easter and love filling up goody baskets for your children or grandchildren, or anyone else you care about, you should really check out these goodies for auction this week in DealDash’s penny auctions:
The Melissa & Doug Blossom Bunny has a buy it now price of $25 (if you want to just buy it, or don’t win with your DealDash bids!). Definitely cute, soft and cuddly!
Love to decorate your home or place of work with holiday motif? This Jim Shore Easter Basketful of Surprises will be right up your alley. Spring-themed and festive, this basket is sure to be an Easter favorite. Included in the basket are four egg-shaped miniature figures, a bunny, chick, flower basket and color egg. Not only is the basket itself reminiscent of the American Dream with a white picket fence and beautiful flowers surrounding its base, all items are made of resin, so this is more for the bid kid on your Easter gift list.
Created by the artist Jim Shore.
Pastel colors just shout Springtime! – Buy it now price is $45.
They’re happy, bright and fresh – not too vibrant like the hot summer sun, but just enough to evoke a happy smile on your face after a long, dreary, cold winter. Hopefully this wasn’t the case for you, but here it’s April 4th and I had to scrape ice and snow off my car, but that’s beside the point!
This purple pastel Apple iPod shuffle would make a great, affordable basket stuffer-gift! – Buy it now price is $50 if you don’t win it for the amount of bids you’d like.
In a pinch and not feeling very creative or just want a fun, beautiful Easter basket? Check out these fun treat baskets from GourmetGiftBaskets.com up for auction this week on DealDash!
- The timeless white wicker basket is home to a super soft and cuddly 8″ plush bunny, who will become an instant favorite stuffed animal.
- We surround the bunny with quintessential Easter treats that are guaranteed to please on Easter morning: Peeps, gourmet jelly beans, exclusive KingofPOP Confetti Popcorn, Blow Pops, Jawbreakers, Smarties, Laffy Taffy, exclusive KingofPOP Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Popcorn, and colorful plastic Easter eggs in which they can hide their candy.
Or for the special someone in your life who would love these treats and token of appreciation with the Somebunny Special Art of Appreciation tower!
This absolutely ADORABLE bunny gift tower is filled to the top with all kinds of sweets and treats for “Somebunny Special” to enjoy this Easter. Once the goodies are gone, the 3 piece bunny box set can come back year after year as a favorite Easter decoration. Each gift is crafted with attention to detail, shrink wrapped, tied with a bow for presentation and ready for gift giving. Include a personalized message with your order by selecting “Gift” during check out. Includes: Peter Rabbit Jelly Belly Beans, Heavenly Gourmet Chocolate Chip Cookies, Heavenly Gourmet Shortbread Cookies, Cookies and Cream Easter Candy, Hand Frosted Easter Cookie, Butter Mint Spring Candy, 3 Piece Bunny Gift Box Tower.
All of these items and more can be found over on DealDash.com entertainment auctions at sometimes over 90% off retail!
How to Rack Up More Free Bids: Time As Highest Bidder Explained
Is your bids balance getting low? Right now DealDash is running an awesome Easter Promo and bids are $0.16 each, but want better?
Did you know that you can earn free bids by being the highest bidder?
DealDash’s Time As Highest Bidder Explained!
Earn Free Bids
When you are the highest bidder, in any auction, you will earn time towards your next level. When you reach a new level you will start to receive free bids. What’s even better is the more levels you reach, the more bids you get!
Look on the bottom of any page on DealDash.com – you’ll see a status meter on the very bottom, it’s to the right of your name and bid count and shows your current level and your time as the highest bidder.
You are the highest bidder every time you are the highest/unopposed bidder in an auction – the time you were the highest bidder gets calculated and is displayed next to the meter. The time in the countdown clock is the amount of time you need to reach the next level. When the Claim Bids button is activated you can click claim bids and reach the next level.
Check out this helpful diagram from the very helpful Tactics & Tips page on DealDash.com:
The levels go from 0-well, right now Level 70 is probably the highest level anyone has made it so far.. but say you were on level 28, you’d get 300 free bids, level 29 would get you
500 free bids!
The first level requires just 60 seconds of being the highest bidder to claim 1 free bid.
When’s the best time to get more free bids by being the highest bidder?
I would suggest you try bidding during the early morning, or late at night. There might be less competition (or maybe other bidders are just tired) causing them to click the bid button more often.
Or, you could just click bid now and bid over anyone who outbids you. Some may think you’re crazy, but for some this is a strategy to win too. By clicking bid again and again each time someone else bids you really cancel out anyone elses’ bid, they may grow frustrated and quit, or confuse other bidders who decide not to bid against you.
Did you know there are even more ways to get free bids?
How to Get Free Bids on DealDash: Pin to Pinterest!
How to Get Free DealDash Bids: Tweet!
How to Get Free Bids on DealDash: Post to Facebook
Plus, you can bid on bid pack auctions and stock up! Or take advantage of great bid pack promotions like this month’s easter promo where bids are currently just $0.16 each. A 200 bid pack can be purchased for just $32, 400 $64, 900 $144, 1800 $288 and 3500 for $560