Category: Strategies and Tips

Why would anyone want to shop on DealDash.com every day? Who can afford to do that?

Actually, I might say, “Who can afford not to do that?”

You see, there are many reasons why DealDash customers who shop on DealDash every day can make it work to their advantage and end up coming out ahead. I decided to list some of them:

Collect More Free Bids

By shopping on DealDash every day, we have the opportunity to meet the daily challenge and collect free bids. For example this challenge: any customer who joins in 5 gift card auctions today can get a reward of 10 free bids in return. We only have to place one of our own bids in 5 auctions and then we would not only get those 5 bids back again, but we would get 5 additional bids back absolutely free. If we collect and save these free bids every day for 30 days, we would end up with a total of 150 free bids because they add up. What a deal, huh?

Even better, we can be rewarded up to 30 free bids every day just by signing in. If we placed 30 bids the day before we can get those 30 bids returned to us as long as we consistently use at least 30 bids a day and sign in every day. If we miss a day, we will have to start all over again until we work our way back up to 30 free bids.

Become a Better Player

Based on what I see, frequent shoppers tend to win more auctions because they get more experience and soon become better players. Frequent shoppers are more likely to recognize the screen names of other players, too. Therefore, they are able to recognize how their competitors play. They quickly learn who they can beat and who they cannot beat.  

Never Miss a Special Feature

Customers who shop on DealDash every day do not miss out on special features. The other day shoppers were getting 5X on the clock. That is the most extra time I ever saw DealDash give us on the clock but I would not have known that if I had not checked in. By shopping today I knocked off several hours from my green timeline – five times faster than usual. Now my green timeline is very close to the end. Since I am on Level 76, I will soon be able to collect a huge pack of free bids.

We also do not want to miss out on a brand new feature. For example, today it appears that DealDash is introducing something they never before tried. On the home page I see a purple boxing glove with the words “No Re-Entry Auctions. Keep BidBuddy Active.” Wow! That looks interesting. In other words, any auction that is marked with that purple boxing glove it means we still must place our first bid before the “No New Bidders” banner comes up. However, once we place bids in that auction after the $5 we cannot allow BidBuddy to run out of bids or we will not be allowed to re-enter that auction. We cannot jump in and out of it. As long as we do not allow BidBuddy to run out of our bids we can continue to play. But once the auction reaches $5 if we allow BidBuddy to run out of bids we’re out and cannot get back in.

Be First to See New Items

Customers who shop on DealDash every day will also be the first to see and have the opportunity to win new items that go up for auction.

Part of the excitement of shopping on DealDash is seeing new items that we might not even know exist until we see them on this shopping site.

This sponsored blog post was submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers. Barbara was compensated by DealDash for this blog post. Blog posts are written by real DealDash customers. The opinions and advice here represent our customers’ views and not those of the company.

Attention all DealDash.com shoppers!

Did you see the many new beauty products now up for auction? Just look at all of these new beauty products:

• Eye shadow bundles — set of 12 and set of 16
• Lipstick bundle — set of 8
• Highlighter bundle – set of 8
• Lip and cheek stick bundle – set of 10
• Eye crayon bundle – set of 11 and
• Foundation bundle – set of 10

Some women have what is called “natural beauty.” Regardless, even women with “natural beauty” wear makeup to enhance their beauty even more.

But shopping for beauty products might not be just for women. Some men might want to do some early Christmas shopping for a special woman in his life—his wife, girlfriend, sister or mother. Most women would greatly appreciate receiving some beauty products for a gift.

Did you ever wonder where the idea of beauty came from in the first place?

Define Beauty

If we were to go out in public and randomly ask various men to describe their idea of what a beautiful woman looks like we would most likely get many different answers. Some men might prefer women with dark hair who wear very heavy makeup, while others might prefer women with blonde hair or red hair who wear only light makeup. Obviously, beauty means different things to different people.

In the 16^th Century a Greece philosopher Plato introduced the phrase “Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.” Later, in her novel Molly Bawn published in 1878, Margaret Hungerford changed a few words and wrote: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

Ever since that phrase has been repeated so often it has become familiar to people all over the world.

History of Makeup

According to research the use of makeup goes back at least 6,000 years to Ancient Egypt. Before makeup was targeted to women, it was genderless. In Ancient Egypt, both men and women wore makeup. A kind of soft rock known as red ochre was crushed and used as a pigment. Kohl was also used to darken the eyes. Men who wore heavy eyeliner and colorful eyeshadow were recognized as wealthy.

In Ancient Egypt; scented oils, ointments, and creams were used to mask body odor and protect their skin from the elements. Many Egyptian tombs contained makeup canisters and kits. Cleopatra used lipstick that got its hue from ground carmine beetles, while other women used clay mixed with water to color their lips.

About 5,000 years ago, ancient Sumerian men and women were possibly the first to invent and wear lipstick. They crushed gemstones and used them to decorate their faces, mainly on the lips and around their eyes.

In the middle Ages it was thought sinful and immoral to wear makeup by Church leaders, but many women still did so. Pale faces were a trend during the European Middle Ages and in the 16th century, women would bleed themselves to achieve pale skin.

In the beginning of the 1900s lemon juice was consumed or applied as a face tonic to achieve a feminine complexion. Soon exclusive beauty salons began sprouting up in major cities. By the 1920s women across America and Europe started using lipsticks, eye-shadows, mascara and pan sticks. By the 1930s makeup had become much more refined – which was influenced by Hollywood. Eyebrows were pencil thin and lips were full again.

By the 1940s makeup had become a huge industry, and the 1950s became known as the “glamorous decade.” Women were wearing creams, foundations and shadows were the “in thing” but rouges were less emphasized than in the 1940s. By the early 1960s the makeup look was all about elegant eyes, pale pink hues and loads of powder. The early 1960s makeup look was all about elegant eyes, pale pink hues and loads of powder.

While the 1960s foundation can be compared to movie set makeup, modern foundation covers flaws without obscuring the skin. Today’s foundation is light, almost translucent, so the natural skin tones can show through.

Knowing that today’s beauty products are better than ever, it’s nice to know we can now shop for all the makeup we need right here on DealDash.com. We can stay young looking longer by covering up our flaws. Happy shopping everyone!

This sponsored blog post was submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers. Barbara was compensated by DealDash for this blog post. Blog posts are written by real DealDash customers. The opinions and advice here represent our customers’ views and not those of the company.

Have you ever wondered why DealDash.com allows me to write these blogs giving other shoppers tips on how to win more auctions using fewer bids?

Wouldn’t it be to the financial benefit of DealDash to encourage over-bidding and, if so, why would DealDash even allow me to write blog tips to help other shoppers?  After all, DealDash would be the winners and the shoppers who don’t know any better would be the losers, right? No, wrong.

That might appear to be true at first, but that most likely would not be true in the long run. DealDash cannot just be concerned about today but they must also look at what might happen in the long run. That’s why DealDash support staff always listened carefully to what its customers have to say and that is also why this online shopping company has been around for more than 12 years.

From a customer’s point of view, I can tell you what would happen if I never won any more auctions. I would get so frustrated that I would stop shopping on DealDash and that would not be good for DealDash or customers like you and me.

DealDash still has many long-standing loyal customers who continue to come back to shop on a regular basis because we all keep winning auctions. Therefore, it’s to the best interest of DealDash to keep its shoppers happy.

One way they do that is by paying attention to how we feel and they always welcome feedback. These blogs might give DealDash more ideas on how to improve this shopping site and give shoppers more ideas on how to continue to win more auctions. It’s a win-win scenario.

Tip for the Day

I have written about why some shoppers overbid, however, I did not explain how to find and avoid competing with the over-bidders. First let me define what I mean by over-bidders.

By over-bidders I’m not referring to shoppers who might overbid every once in a while. I’m referring to some shoppers who consistently overbid a lot.

The reason it is important to know how to find and recognize the screen names of these over-bidders is so we can avoid getting into an endless bidding war. We cannot ever beat an over-bidder or win an auction when we complete with them. The over-bidders will only entice us to lose all of our bids in our all-out effort to outbid them.

Continue reading “Win-Win Scenario”

Did you ever want to shop on DealDash.com but you were just too busy? 

Of course, it is best to shop on DealDash when we have at least two to four hours of free time and can watch the auctions closely without any outside distractions. However, that is not always possible.

Therefore, I decided to put together some shopping tips for other busy people like myself. We can still shop on DealDash and win auctions even when we do not have the time to watch them. Let’s take a look at some ways we can do that.

Lots of Bids

Let’s say we recently purchased or won an auction for a lot of bids so we have plenty of bids to burn.

This should make winning easy even when we will be too busy to watch the auction. All we have to do is take a few minutes to choose an auction that we want to win, open the auction and look at the list of previous 10 winners. If we place the same number of bids as the previous highest bidder we will most likely win the auction.

For example, I once saw an auction that was won for 100 bids or less five times, 200 bids or less two times, 300 bids or less two times and 500 bids one time. I decided to place one bid higher than the highest number of bids all previous winners placed in that auction. After placing 501 bids, I walked away and shopped for groceries, mowed my lawn and did my laundry. When I returned to my computer to check the auction, I could hardly believe what I saw. I had won the auction on my very last bid. Had I not placed one extra bid over the highest number of bids the previous winner used I would not have won the auction. I was saved by that one extra bid.

I learned that it is always better to place too many bids than not enough. We never have to worry about placing too many bids because if we win an auction for fewer bids all of the extra bids will automatically go back into our account.

Not Many Bids

Let’s say we only have 300 bids and we would like to use those bids to win more bids, but we don’t have time to watch the auctions. That would make winning a bid pack a little more difficult, but not impossible.

I know because I did it. On July 14 I placed 3 to 11 bids into BidBuddy on several auctions that had not yet started and I walked away to fold laundry, make dinner and attend a meeting. When I returned to my computer to check the DealDash auctions I was happy to see that I won a 200 bid pack using only 3 bids and a selling price of 5 cents.

The lesson I learned here is that if we place a low number of bids in several auctions we can win if just one of the auctions sells early. Of course, sometimes several auctions sell early and sometimes fewer auctions will sell early. However, it is nearly guaranteed that every day at least a few auctions will sell early. It’s simply a matter of being in the right auction at the right time.

For example, we could use 300 bids by placing 20 bids in 15 auctions or 10 bids in 30 auctions or 5 bids in 60 auctions. We could place our bids in random auctions or we could browse categories, click on bid packs and place our bids on nothing but more bids. If we placed 5 bids on 60 bid packs do you think at least one of them would sell early?

Some shoppers place from 3 to 30 bids at the beginning of every auction and then quit. They may not win very often using this method because other shoppers will usually outbid them. Nonetheless, enough auctions close early that it might be surprising how many auctions these shoppers actually win using a minimal number of bids.

Whenever players do win using this method they always have a very low selling price, too, so this can be a very smart way to play.

This sponsored blog post was submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers. Barbara was compensated by DealDash for this blog post. Blog posts are written by real DealDash customers. The opinions and advice here represent our customers’ views and not those of the company.