Category: Strategies and Tips

Do you frequently check the list of auction winners on DealDash.com?  If you do, you might have noticed that various items that sell at the best bargain prices seem to run in trends.

One week, perhaps the jewelry, such as rings, will sell at bargain prices. Another week, sheets and/or comforters might sell at bargain prices, and then something else the week after that.

Do you want to get a great deal, too?  If so, continue to check the list of auction winners to become familiar with what products are selling at the best bargain prices at any given time frame. Then if we focus on bidding on those particular items, we could get a great bargain, too.

I have tried this, and it works. All we have to do is look for trends. I once noticed a trend where small ring sizes were selling at bargain prices, so I focused on that and won several auctions.

Looking at the list of featured auction winners this week, it appears the trend is bid packs selling at bargain prices. This is what I found:

• 550 bid pack sold for 4 cents. The auction winner used 1 bid, an estimated total cost of 24 cents.
• 325 bid pack sold for 4 cents. The auction winner used 1 bid, an estimated total of 24 cents.
• 550 bid pack sold for 10 cents. The auction winner used 3 bids, an estimated total of 70 cents.
• 300 Tennessee bid pack sold for 7 cents. The auction winner used 2 bids, an estimated total of 47 cents.
• 325 bid pack sold for 11 cents. The auction winner used 2 bids, an estimated total of 51 cents.
• 325 Maryland bid pack sold for 11 cents. The auction winner used 3 bids, an estimated total of 71 cents.
• 175 bid pack sold for 3 cents. The auction winner used 2 bids, an estimated total of 43 cents.
• 225 bid pack sold for 45 cents. The auction winner used 2 bids, an estimated total of 85 cents.
• 1,500 bid pack sold for 2.53 cents. The auction winner used 27 bids, an estimated total of $7.93.

Plus, about 20 more bid packs that sold at bargain prices–all within a 24-hour time frame. Looking at this trend, it was the right time to place bids on a bid pack.

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.

What do I mean by duplicate auctions?

One thing I love about DealDash is that each product usually goes up for auction more than once. In fact, we can often find the same product listed in six or seven auctions on the same day. This is a huge benefit to DealDash shoppers for several reasons.

Several Opportunities to Win an Auction

If we do not win the auction we want the first time we place bids on it, we have several more opportunities to bid on it again until we finally do. Eventually, most auctions will sell early sooner or later. If we are determined to get a particular product, and we consistently place bids on it every time it goes up for auction, we could be there at the right time to get a great bargain.

More Choices

Besides giving shoppers several opportunities to get a product, by listing the same product several times a day, DealDash also gives us more choices of which auction shows the most promise.

For example, if we were shopping for a high-quality knife with a lifetime guarantee, I counted 11 auctions that are available as of this writing. Let’s say we looked at the first auction and we noticed that one of the competitors is a well-known high-power bidder with a seemingly endless supply of bids. We might decide not to participate in that one, so we look at another auction. In the second auction, we might notice that a shopper who just won a bid pack of 1,600 bids is participating in that auction. Therefore, we might not want to compete in that auction, either. Then we might open a third auction and notice that the competition is extra low and the strongest competitors have already been eliminated. We may choose to bid in that auction because our opportunity to win the auction looks pretty good.

Conclusion

It’s always a good idea to take a look at all of the auctions available. Placing on the third or fifth auction might make a lot more sense.

Happy shopping everyone!

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

We might be able to get some great deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday at the shopping malls, but who enjoys the hassle of finding parking places and fighting crowds?

Why not avoid all that by shopping on DealDash.com instead? We can find many great gift ideas and could get some great bargains by staying home and shopping online.

Cordless Vacuum

Many people would love to own a light-weight, cordless vacuum, so it would make an excellent gift. This is a popular item that goes up for auction on DealDash on a regular basis.

This cordless vacuum has a BIN price of $550 but you might not have to pay that much to get it. In fact, just recently when this item went up for auction on DealDash, the winner only paid $4.53, and that’s including the cost of bids — a bargain that would be difficult to beat at any shopping mall on Black Friday.

Neck Tie for Men

Neck ties on the DealDash shopping site are high-end, fancy ties that any man who likes to dress up would love. This is another item that goes up for auction on DealDash on a regular basis. The ties are offered in many different colors and designs and come in a fancy display box, too.

These silk neck ties have BIN prices of $280 but you might not have to pay that much to get it on DealDash. Just recently one auction was won for just $2.63 (cost of bids included, bids cost up to $0.20 each) so this would be a huge Black Friday saving! Another shopper won this tie using only one bid. The most experienced and wisest bidders will develop a good bidding strategy by waiting until it gets close to the average sale price or the bidding gets d!n to only two bidders.

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

Did you ever have second thoughts about placing bids you already have in an attempt to get more bids out of an auction that you may or may not win? Using the BIN option for bid pack auctions does not make much sense when we can simply purchase more bids on sale for less money.

I used to think that it only made sense to bid on small bid pack auctions that might be easier to win. However, I have learned that sometimes the big bid pack auctions are even easier to win than the small ones, but why?  Perhaps other customers are of the same mindset and believe the big bid pack auctions are more difficult to win so fewer players decide to bid on them. But let’s take a look at the facts based on what I saw yesterday when I looked at the “Winner’s List.”

• A 175 bid pack auction ended for 2 cents;
• A 200 bid pack auction ended for 11 cents;
• A 650 bid pack auction ended for 5 cents; and
• A 900 bid pack auction ended for only 15 cents.

So what does this mean? It means that if we consistently place only 15 bids on every large bid pack auction, eventually we could win one.

In just one 24-hour period, several bid pack auctions, both small and large, sold for an amazingly low price. Who would have ever guessed that a 900 bid pack auction could end for as little as 15 cents? Not me, but it happens every once in a while. These winning streaks appear to come and go, and all we have to do is be there at the right time.

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.