DealDash Tips

Have you noticed that every once in a  while DealDash.com features a Varying No New Bidders Limit. 

Do you know how it works? Most of the time DealDash has a standard $5 No New Bidders Limit. That means any shopper who has not already placed a bid in the auction before it reaches $5 that player would not be allowed to participate in the auction period. When DealDash features a Varying No New Bidders Limit, they will place different amounts on the No New Bidder Limit. Each auction will be assigned a new amount from as low as 50 cents to as high as the standard $5. Some auctions could be $1 or $1.50 or $2  or $2.50 and some will remain at the standard $5 No New Bidder Limit. 

The greatest advantage to shopping during the Varying No New Bidders Limit is that it eliminates a lot of the competition and gives us a greater opportunity to win an auction for less money.

When DealDash features the Varrying No New Bidders Limit it’s important to find out which auctions are designated to reach the No New Bidders Limit for the lowest amount of money. If we do not get our first bid placed soon enough, we will find ourselves locked out. So we need to know how to find these auctions early before it’s too late. That is the question: “How do we do that?”

A winning strategy

When DealDash features the Varying No New Bidders Limit it’s important to find out which auctions are designated to reach the No New Bidders Limit for the lowest amount of money. If we do not get our first bid placed early enough, we will find ourselves locked out. So we need to know how to find these auctions as quickly as possible before it’s too late. That is the question: “How do we do that?”

Go to the home page and at the upper left near the header click on  “Browse Categories.” A list of auction categories will pop up. The first category is Bid Packs. If I click on Bid Packs I can quickly find which ones are designated to lock out all new bidders for the least amount of money. I learned it’s a good idea to place bids on several different auctions that are designated to lock all new bidders out early. Later on we might want to delete our bids in some of the auctions if we see some power bidders show up in some of the same ones. 

By using this feature recently, I chose to participate in the Bid Packs category and I won two Bid Packs at bargain prices.

The bottom line

If we learn the best winning strategy to take advantage of special features like the Varying No New Bidders Limit, we will  have a very happy and successful shopping experience.

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.

Will you soon have a baby? Do you know a family member or friend due to have one or already  had a baby?  If so, DealDash.com could be the best place to shop. 

We can easily and quickly find baby items going up for auction by simply going to the search bar on the top right side of the  homepage. Recently, I have seen some really nice items for babies going up for auction.

Jungle Baby Play Mat

Play mats are a must-have for all new parents, and DealDash shoppers have an opportunity to win a fantastic bargain.  

On Jan. 22, the Jungle Baby Play Mat (with a BIN of $235) sold at $5.60 and the winner paid a total of only $5.80 including the cost of the 15 bids used.  Based on 76 customer reviews, this play mat received an overall rating of 4.91 out of a possible 5.0 and that’s exceptionally good. 

This Jungle Baby Play mat features a “super-soft polyester-filled circular 33-inch mat” with a mobile arch. It also comes with 4 detachable plush toys: a giraffe, monkey, duck and elephant. 

One thing that makes a baby play mat such an essential item to have is that it can easily be folded up and carried anywhere that it might be needed when visiting other family members or friends. Most babies can be entertained for hours on a play mat with their new toy animals while parents can enjoy watching them develop their fine motor skills.

Lamb and friends play mat

Another great baby  play mat (with a BIN of $285) highlights the theme of a famous lamb and friends. 

Based on whopping 93 customer reviews, this play mat received an overall rating of 4.9 out of a possible 5.0.  Some of the best deals mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers won so far are:

• Feb. 11, this Lamb and Friends Baby Play Mat sold at $1.49 and the winner payed a total of $1.94 including the cost of the 6 bids placed;
• Feb. 2, this Lamb and Friends Baby Play Mat sold at $8.00 and the winner played a total of $54.20 including the cost of the 231 bids placed; and 
• Jan. 31, this play mat sold at $6.38 and the winner payed a total of $21.58 including the cost of the 76 bids placed. 

This soft polyester-filled play mat is rectangular and measures 13-inches wide by 17-inches in length by 22-inches in height. It has a removable mobile arch with 4 detachable plush toys: a fox, a lamb, a star and a flower. It also features a soft-sided pillow and 4 Velcro side panels for easy pick up and storage.

This Lamb and Friends Play Mat would make an excellent baby shower gift for any new mother. DealDash has many other items up for auction that would make perfect baby gifts as well, so we should keep checking all new auction items that may be exactly what we need. 

For more detailed information, see the auction description. 

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.

I just love it when we get a sweetheart of a deal on DealDash.com?

Shoppers on DealDash not only get a sweetheart of a deal on Valentine’s Day, but we get sweetheart deals all year ’round. Isn’t that how love should work?  Love is definitely something we should show toward one another all year ’round. Well, with all the wonderful shopping deals we can get on DealDash, we might be able to do just that.

I thought it might be a good idea to look for possible Valentine’s Day gifts for the significant other who warms your heart each and every day. I’m not just looking for gifts men could give to women, either. I always thought men should receive Valentine’s Day gifts, too. Love is a two-way street and both women and men should receive special gifts of love.  Perhaps if more men received Valentine gifts they might enjoy this holiday as much as we women do, too.  In fact, when my sons were young, I always gave them a heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day. 

Valentine’s Day was always one of my favorite holidays because I have many fond memories of how we used to celebrate it when I was in elementary school.  Love is a two-way street and both women and men should receive special gifts of love. It doesn’t have to be anything extravagant because, as the saying goes, “It’s the thought that counts.” So let’s see what DealDash has to offer. 

Non-gender Specific Gifts

Gift cards always make wonderful gifts for both women and men. DealDash offers a wide variety of gift cards, so we can choose a favorite restaurant or retail store our loved ones most like to frequent.

Cologne and perfume make great gifts, and can be non gender-specific. Everybody likes to smell good, right?

As of this writing, DealDash has about 40 different men’s and women’s watches up for auction or scheduled to go up for auction in the near future. They range in BIN prices  from $100 to $2,080. I checked the ratings  by previous winners of several of these watches and nearly all of them received  very high overall ratings. I only saw comments by one previous winner who was disappointed, but after working with a DealDash customer service representative, the problem was resolved, the defective watch was replaced and the customer was very happy. 

The bottom line

Remember, if we ever have a problem with any of the products we win on DealDash.com all we have to do is contact customer service. In spite of the huge number of products DealDash sends out to winners every day, problems with products rarely occur. If a problem does occur, however, DealDash customer service representatives are always happy to work with us to resolve it. 

Happy shopping and Happy Valentine’s Day!

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.

Are you a smart DealDash.com shopper? 

Do you do what smart DealDash shoppers do?  Let’s find out by taking a look at some of the things smart DealDash shoppers do.

Smart shoppers look for discount bids

Smart DealDash shoppers always purchase more bid packs when they go on sale for as low as 11 or 12 cents per bid. Smart shoppers take advantage of the bid pack sales and make sure they maintain plenty of bids in their account. 

By watching for the bid pack sales, smart shoppers never allow the number of bids in their account to ever get too low. They want to always have plenty of bids on hand to “go for the win” when they see an auction product they really want or need.

Smart auctions choose auctions wisely

Smart DealDash shoppers do their homework and carefully choose their auctions. Before shopping they most likely look at the “Winners’ List” to see which auctions have been selling for the least amount of money and using the fewest number of bids. 

Smart DealDash shoppers know some auctions that sell early one week will sell high the next week. They know that trends often change so they check the featured wins on a daily basis. 

They also check to see how many bids previous winners placed to win an auction. By doing the math, smart DealDash shoppers usually know ahead of time how many bids they will need to place in each auction to have the best opportunity to win.

Smart shoppers know their competition

Smart shoppers become familiar with the screen names of the most high-powered shoppers. Even new shoppers can easily identify who they are. We can find out several different ways and make our own list of competitors to avoid.

We can open several high-dollar auctions and look for repeat screen names. If the same screen name won more than one high-dollar auction in the last 30 days they are most likely a pretty serious and tough competitor. We can also look at the “Winners’ List” and write down the screen names of everyone who won two or more auctions in the last 6 hours. Doing this is a fast and easy way to know our competition. 

Smart shoppers avoid getting into bidding wars with their strongest competitors.

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.