DealDash Tips

Wise shoppers win more auctions on DealDash.com than the average shopper; and it does not happen by accident.

After watching how wise shoppers shop, I made a list of various strategies wise shoppers use to save bids and money. By following these rules, you could join the wise shoppers list, too.

• Always purchase bids when they go on sale.
• Avoid shopping when you are too tired to stay awake. I lost many auctions because I fell asleep at my computer, even though I had enough bids in my account to win.
• Check to see how many bids most previous players used to win the same auction. That’s how you can get a good idea how many bids it might take to win.
• Start with “easy-to-win” auctions. Check the featured winner’s list to see what items have been selling low. Usually, the higher the value of an auction product, the more difficult it is to win. However, some high-dollar items sell extra low every once in a while.
• Focus on one product at a time, but not necessarily only one auction at a time. If the same product is up for auction at various times, it might be a good idea to place some bids in each auction. Keep an eye on them and go with the one that looks like it has the least competition and will close the earliest.
• Always use the automated bidder, BidBuddy. To locate BidBuddy, double click on the auction product you want to win to open a new window. That’s where you can find BidBuddy and count your competitors.
• Always bid when the competition is low. To improve your chances of winning, do not compete in auctions with more than 30 competitors.
• Save the bulk of your bids until the auction gets down to the last two or three active bidders.

By following these rules, you should be able to win more DealDash auctions.

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. 

The main reason we sometimes make bad decisions is because we did not take the time to stop and think.  The same thing is true when shopping on DealDash.com, too.

When you became a member of the DealDash community, did you take the time to read instructions how to play smart, stop and think about developing a winning strategy or did you just jump in with both feet and start bidding?

Before playing on DealDash, did you read any of the information available on the home page? Do you know what is meant by “time as highest bidder” and how that works? Do you know how to find and use BidBuddy? Did you read the “Tips and Tricks” or any of the many DealDash blogs?

If your answer is, “No,” then it might be time to say, “Whoa,” and start over. On the bottom of the DealDash home page you will see four headers: Site Links, Help, About and Latest Blogs. If you want to “Get Smart,” that’s a good place to start.

Help Available

I played on several other online penny auction shopping sites before I discovered DealDash, and I can honestly say DealDash provides more information on how to play smart than any other online shopping site I’ve found. To learn how to improve your shopping style to win more auctions, all you have to do is read.

If you still have questions, you can always contact customer service. They are “user friendly” and always glad to help any way they can.

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. 

Often times when we lose an auction on DealDash.com it’s because we made a mistake. Sometimes we make mistakes on purpose and sometimes we know better but we simply do not follow up on everything we know we are supposed to do.

Let me explain. Below are some of the most common mistakes many of us have made at some time or another or are still making when shopping on DealDash:

• Playing before taking the time to read and learn how DealDash works. Many Newbies just start bidding before they have the foggiest idea how to play smart.
• Casting single bids from the home page. Experienced players double click on the auction we want to win. A window opens up and that’s where we find BidBuddy. We place our bids into BidBuddy and let BidBuddy place our bids for us. Once we place our bids into BidBuddy, our bids will not be used until they are needed, so that saves us a lot of bids.
• Not checking to see what price the auction item usually sells for. Smart players often do not place the bulk of their bids until the auction approaches the price it usually sells at.
• Not checking back after we place our bids to monitor how the auction is going. I’ve lost many auctions because I placed my bids and then forgot I was even bidding. Sometimes if we just added another 10 or 20 bids, it would have made the difference between winning and losing.
• Playing when we have too many distractions and/or are too tired. I’ve lost many auctions because of other distractions or because I fell asleep at my computer.
• Bidding on high-dollar auctions before we are ready. Part of being ready is first having adequate bidding experience and having enough bids saved up to seriously compete for the win.

If we pay attention to all of the above, we will greatly improve our chances of winning more auctions.

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.