DealDash Tips

May 24, 2017

DealDash Tips of the Trade

What’s your best DealDash Tip? All DealDash regular bidders have a few “tips of the trade” that they use when bidding.

What are your favorite DealDash tips of the trade? What’s what special trick that you like to use when you bid? Okay, okay, I know that you don’t want to give away your special secrets. How about your regular tips? What guidelines do you like to use when you bid on DealDash? Here are some of mine.

Don’t Accidentally Overbid

What do I mean by accidentally overbidding? I mean, of course, by bidding more than the item is worth! Many times when you do your calculations of how many bids to place in an auction you might forget to also take into account the auction’s final value fee. This doesn’t apply on “Free Auction weekends,” of course, but on a regular day you might find yourself overpaying if you don’t remember to calculate this part. This is especially important to remember when you are bidding on gift cards because these auctions frequently end up costing at least 50% of the face value.

This is especially important to remember when you are bidding on gift cards because these auctions frequently end up costing at least 50% of the face value. Wouldn’t you be upset to have set up your BidBuddy with enough bids to equal the value of the gift card, and end up winning, but have to pay the face value of the card, as well? That’s what we want to avoid at all costs – “winning” instead of WINNING!

How can you prevent overbidding? It can be difficult when you are bidding in an overnight auction using your BidBuddy because you don’t want to run into the situation that we talked about above. What you might want to do is check and see what price the auction typically is won for, and then set your BidBuddy accordingly. However, this could backfire on you if you miscalculate. This is why you should keep a close eye on your auctions even when you’re using the BidBuddy.

Buy Your Bids at the Lowest Price

Do you know how to stretch your bids even further than the next bidder? By buying them at the lowest price, of course! Don’t be the person who buys a giant bid pack when bid prices are at .19! Buy them when they are at .12-.15, and you will have a lot more bidding power than people who bought them at a higher price. For example, today the bid prices are very low – so it would be a great day to buy a big bid pack!

Thanks for Reading!

I hope that you found this DealDash Tips article on tips of the trade helpful. Be sure to visit us here every day on the DealDash Tips blog, and also on the DealDash Reviewed blog. DealDash has items for the kitchen, yard, and bedroom. Check out DealDash auctions for bargains. Visit DealDash now to save. Good luck and happy bidding everyone!

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This blog was written by Dawn E, a mother of 3 who loves DealDash. Read even more at DealDashBlog.com, DealDashReviewed.com, or on her own blog, DawnBlogtopus.

May 23, 2017

DealDash Tips: How to earn Free bids

Free Bids

Do you know how many different ways you can get free bids on DealDash?

You can get free bids by doing any or all of the following:

Go to “My Dashboard” and look at both your “Buy It Now History” and your “Won Auctions.” Sometimes you will see an offer (written in green letters) for you to earn 10 free bids for writing a review. It only takes about 15 seconds, so this is an easy way to collect free bids.

Go to the DealDash home page every day and place at least one bid in an auction. By doing that, you can earn from 4 to 30 free bids. The first time you will receive 4 free bids and if you continue to do that every day, you will get up to 30 free bids. Once you get up to 30 free bids, you will continue to receive that many as long as you do not miss a day. If you miss a day, you will have to start over again with only 4 bids.

Have your photo taken with a product you won on DealDash and email it to: [email protected] along with the information on the retail value, how much you paid and how many bids you used to win it. If the value of the auction item is $200 or more, you will receive 350 free bids; if it is from $99 to $199 you will receive 250 free bids; and if it retails for $99 or less, you will receive 30 free bids. Your photo can also be entered in the “Best Photo of the Week” contest. If you win, you will get 1,000 free bids.

Every time you place bids you will see a green line move at the bottom left of your screen. At the time of this writing the special feature is 3X. That means that instead of getting 10 seconds on the clock, you will get 30 seconds instead. When that line moves all the way to the far right, you will collect a designated number of free bids, depending on the level you are on. When my green line gets to the end, I will be on Level 60 and I will receive 810 free bids.

Submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers

May 22, 2017

Tips to Maximize DealDash Wins

Everyone loves to win on DealDash – no one plays to lose, after all! Here are some tips from DealDash to maximize your auction wins.

Have been paying attention to all of the helpful information that all of the DealDash blogs provide? Wait, you didn’t know that there was more to read than just the DealDash Tips blog?! You’re missing out! There are actually three blogs that provide daily information. In addition to this blog, DealDash Tips, there is also DealDash Blog and DealDash Reviewed. Be sure that you are checking out all three of the blogs on a daily basis, you wouldn’t want to miss anything.

Bid Early and Often

If you aren’t checking out DealDash when you get up in the morning, then you aren’t winning as many auctions as you could be. There are definitely fewer bidders participating in the early hours of the morning when compared to the “prime time” bidding hours of around 8PM-Midnight. You might have to set your alarm clock a little earlier in the morning, but it’s totally worth it when you realize how many more auctions that you can win in the early morning.

When I say to bid often, I mean every day. You don’t actually have to place bids every day, but at least check out the site and see what people are bidding on and by checking out the Winner’s Tab you can see when the auctions are closing, and what the final auction fees end up costing. When you bid early and bid often you’re a step ahead of the competition.

Use DealDash Bookmarks and Alerts

When you see an item that is coming up for auction soon but isn’t going to start for a few hours, then bookmarking is the way to go. Bookmarking an auction on DealDash is just one click! Just click on the little outline of a star in the upper right corner of the auction and you’re good to go! The little star will turn solid, and the auction will now be pinned to your DealDash home page. If the auction is further away, then you’ll want to set an alert.

Setting an alert is simple and can be set on absolutely anything in DealDash’s massive inventory. All you have to do is click the button that says “Alert me” and DealDash will send you an email when an auction has been scheduled for this item. DealDash will alert you when the auction is starting within a couple of days, and then again when the auction is starting within a couple of hours.

Thanks for Reading the DealDash Blog

I hope this article has been helpful and has taught you something new. If you have any questions about any other DealDash processes, check out DealDash’s “Tips & Tricks” section on the site. It’s full of great information that you will find helpful when bidding on DealDash. Just click this link right here and you can check it out. Good Luck and Happy Bidding, everyone!

DealDash has so much to offer from kitchen supplies to fine art. Be sure to check out DealDash on a daily basis for new items. Visit DealDash now and start bidding. Good luck and happy bidding everyone!

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May 21, 2017

DealDash Tips: Are you a creature of habit?

Are you a creature of habit? In other words, do you get in the habit of doing things the same old way over and over again without ever making any changes?

Perhaps, being a creature of habit might give you a sense of security in everyday life, but when it comes to winning auctions on DealDash, it might not work so well. To improve your chances of winning, you might have to change the way you are doing things and be willing to try something different.

When you place bids in an auction, do you always place the same number of bids? Most people tend to place an even number of bids, such as 10, 50, 100, 150 or 200. However, if everybody did that, you might be lost in the crowd. How about changing it up a bit and place an odd number of bids? Perhaps placing 11, 53, 101, 157 or 207, you might improve your chances of getting the last bid to win the auction.

You might also get some good ideas by watching other successful players. If you go to the winners list, for instance, you will see some of the same screen names appear more often than others. If you open up various auctions and watch a few successful players, you might be able to follow their example to get a few more wins of your own.

Submitted by: Barbara L. Sellers, Tacoma, Washington