DealDash Tips

If you are new to DealDash you have scratched your head about the terminology used by other players in the comments and even DealDash themselves.  This is a list of words or phrases that are commonly used at DealDash and the definition.

Auctions-The home page at DealDash displays all the auctions available for bidding or purchase,  and it has pages of upcoming auctions available.  Using these pages is the best way to shop for the auctions you’ll wish to participate in. 

Auctions, Individual– Each auction has it’s own page where the stats of the auction are available, how many players, who they are, their stats and comments.  This is also where you will find the Bid Buddy.

Banner– The banner on the top of the home page is where you will find the current cost of bids and any sales available.  Sales include 50% off final price, Free Auction Wins and holiday specials.  Check the banner daily, it changes very early in the morning.  

Bidding-The act of placing bids in an auction for real, everyday items.

Bids-Bids are the currency of the site, you need them to play.  They range in price with an average cost of .15 cents each. Purchase bids to join auctions.

Bid Count Meter-This displays your available bids.  When you have bids on your Bid Buddies, they are subtracted from this total. You can see this in two places, top right of page and lower left of page.  You can also get a bid count in your account details. 

Buy Bids Tabs– There are three, one is on the top of the auctions page right next to your bid count meter, one is at the bottom on the left of the auctions page, it looks like a little credit card, and there is one on your dashboard. 

Buy It Now (BIN)-At any time during an auction you can opt out and purchase the item at regular retail price.  Any bids you used in that auction will be immediately credited to your account. 

Bid Buddy– The most reliable tool at DealDash, it is the best way to set up a determined amount of bids to be placed for you in the order you joined the auction.  If there are 7 players using Bid Buddy, it will place a bid for you every 7th turn, the only thing between you and the other players is the number of bids you place.  The one who places the last bid is the winner.  

Dashboard-Your dashboard is essential to keeping track of all your plays, wins and purchases.  There is a comprehensive list of the items you are bidding on currently and how many bids you have placed.  This is where you find all your information, public profile, bids placed, account information. You will find your dashboard on the top and bottom of the page. 

DealDasher– One who plays, shops and saves at DealDash.

Final Price– When an auction ends the number of bids placed by all players determines the final price.  If 9576 bids are placed the final price is $95.76. If one bid wins, the final price is .01 cents.  

Free Bid Meter-“Time as highest bidder” (level) is determined by the (number of bids you place)( times)( about 9 seconds for each bid).  The meter ticks up your time and when you’ve reached the appropriate number of bids for your current level you are rewarded with free bids.  Each level increases the number of bids you claim, for example if you are at level 43 you will claim 650 bids and it goes up with each level of play you achieve.  

Jumping-A player who places a bid before the $5 cut off and then leaves the auction only to return later and jump in. Get to know who does this and wait until they jump in.  Jumper– One who jumps

Public Profile– You may have a comment displayed under your Avatar, you can edit it from your Public Profile tab located on the left hand side of your dashboard. All comments are approved by DealDash staff and have guidelines that include, among other things, not being threatening with your statement.  It’s meant to give some personality to the Avatar.  Auctions can be won and lost with these comments, pay close attention. 

Stomping-Stomping  plain and simple is the worst offense of a DealDasher. It is a reckless and thoughtless storm of bids being throw into an auction.  This rapid-fire bidding is an attempt to scare everyone away and as a result win the auction. Stomper- One who stomps

User Name-The name everyone sees when you are playing DealDash, you’ll want this to be creative and expressive.  Some people use their actual name or a combination of letters and numbers. 

“Who’s on their limit?”– This is a tab found on your Dashboard.  It gives you a real-time list of all the players who have reached their winning limit. It costs one bid to buy 12 hours of real-time limits. 

Winning Limit– Your win limit meter is located in the upper right hand side of the Auctions Page, there are 9 notches.   You may win 9 items at Deal Dash each week.  Once you have reached your limit for the week your win meter will be empty. Your meter will be recharged on the same day every week and is determined by the day of the week you join DealDash. 

Winner’s list-A real-time list of all the wins, a picture of the item with a description, who won it and what they paid for it.  It also displays the winners Avatar.

Happy Bidding!

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.

Every day our pets are there for us, now we can be there for them with the help of DealDash.  There you will find so many pet items, I love it!  My favorite item at DealDash for my pet is the Gibi Pet GPS valued at $123, but the average selling price is $20.12 it’s for a dog or cat (or any animal) GPS device that you attach to their collar and use an app to find them.  This would have been a particularly fantastic item if I only had it two years ago.  On that night, it was Christmas Eve, my family decided to shoot off some firecrackers before they told anyone.  

Before I knew it, my darling Stella the Sheltie, was gone! She ran off scared by the explosions.  If only I had a GIBI on her she would not have spent the night wandering around the neighborhood before she was found… the day after Christmas!  

It was the worst Christmas of my life knowing my little Stellie was lost in the neighborhood somewhere.  There was so much snow and it broke my heart knowing she was sleeping in a snow pile somewhere.   We did find her, and now she owns a Gibi.  I was never so happy to see any creature in my whole life!  

DealDash carries a variety of pet beds for your dog and your cat.  You can’t go wrong trying to win any of these items at DealDash, you can try to win it, but because you need it, if you don’t win it with the retail value of bids, then buy it! If you buy it and you’ve bid on it, you will get all your bids back.  Just remember to use the exchange bids rewards that best suits your needs, for example the most bids.  By this I mean, if you have tried to win an item a few times and then decided to purchase it, use the auction with the most bids used for your exchange, it’s the only way to capitalize on your used bids.

There are crates, play towers and pee pee pads to help you train your pet. If you have a cat, you know how much they love to climb.  I have one of these cat habitats and my kitties love it!

You should bathe your pet often depending on the breed, I have a couple of Chihuahuas, so weekly, and life is so much easier if you have a bathing tub for your dog or cat.  DealDash carries this very useful Pet Bathing Utility. 

DealDash never lets you down when it comes to your pets!  

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!! 

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.

It’s always fun to play at DealDash, but lately, it’s been even easier to win with all the new features DealDash has in place.  My favorite new feature is the “Alert Me” Button.  Any time you shop is time you’ve spent, but with the “Alert Me” button, you only have to shop once.  If the item you are interested in is not on the market but you found it in your search, you can select the option to have DealDash send you an email when it comes up for sale. Easy Peasy!

However, my new favorite feature changes on a daily basis, another great new feature is the “1” in the upper left hand corner of an item on the Auction page, this alerts the player this item can only be won once.  This is a great feature because once someone has won this item, they are out of your way!  DealDash will list the winners and what they paid for an item right on the open auction page, so that is also a great tool when deciding if you want to join an auction.

At DealDash you can win 9 items every week.  It used to be that you could only win three items over $200 a week, but now all nine of your prizes each week can be over 200! That’s huge! Just keep in mind the prizes over $200 usually have a lot more bidders and take longer to close, be prepared to hang in there.

Another new feature is the increased variety of high end furniture DealDash has added to the site.  Recently I spotted a $14,450.00 Massage Chair! I’ve never see any item that amazing before, and although that is unusual, you can always find something for your home that has hight ticket prices.  More items means more winners and you can find so many great items.

The “Who’s At Their Limit” tab has saved me so many bids!  If I really want to go for something and my nemesis is in the auction, someone I know will overbid or join the auction late costing me bids.  With the limit tab I can see if my oppononent is already out of the game.  It’s so convenient.

Don’t underestimate the power of free bids!  Everyone likes free bids and at DealDash they give you free bids every time you place a bid.  The more bids you place the more free bids you get.

Lastly, everyone has a camera, so take a picture! Post a photo to the DealDash Facebook page, and your pic could be selected to win 1000 free bids!  Every Monday at DealDash they give one lucky player 1000 bids for posting their wins, so take a photo.  Don’t forget to “Like” the fb page so you get notifications when someone wins. DealDash has the best features for playing and shopping, they have a genuine and constant interest in improving their site and making your playing experience more enjoyable.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.

Here’s the thing… we love to play DealDash, we love winning, we love the fireworks explosion every time we win, it all so exciting! Often we will wish our competitor would just go away, but the truth is without them it would just be shopping.  The real excitement comes by beating someone else out of the deal of the day.  

So this is what I suggest, be kind to your fellow player.  Don’t jump into an auction after someone has placed 3000 bids, it’s not nice.  I like to play fair and if I see that kind of effort, I will back down.  I most likely won’t be spending my life savings, as they are, so I’m good!  There is an exception to that rule, if you have jumped me in the past you will be jumped by me.  I keep a notebook and I hope you do to.

All things considered, we are in this together, we all want a good deal.  Here’s another idea, if a fellow player has 8 of 9 wins, let them have it!  They are out of the field and you are clear to bid on another item they were in.  

The truth is, we can be friendly to each other, or we can be a real jerk,  the choice is yours, but if you choose to play dirty, expect to be treated like dirt.  I’m not saying all DealDashers are  reckless, but there are a few notorious over bidders, stompers and jumpers. There is no way around it, Just do your homework, it will pay off in the end.

For the love of DealDash, use your Bid Buddy! The kindest thing you can do for your fellow Dasher is use your Bid Buddy.  It’s the best way to conserve bids and stay in the game without making your competitors angry.  You might think it’s okay to bully by bidding every other bid, but it will just come back to haunt you. Some players will stomp right back and then there is a price raising frenzy in play, it’s just a sad waste of bids, and the greatest part is the guy who was using the Bid Buddy will win because he didn’t miss or skip a beat.  

Some items require a great amount of time and effort, it takes patience and thought.  Don’t be that guy who bangs in a bid after every player, you are canceling yourself out and wasting your money.  

Overall, we should strive to be fair to our competitors, you want to win, but do you really need to beat them up?  In the grand scheme of things, you want to win, so just use your Bid Buddy because we are all in this together!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!! 

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.