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August 24, 2016

Average Auction Lengths at DealDash

Every auction at DealDash has a “mind of its own”, but there are a few thing you can count on when bidding, and how long an auction should last is one you can estimate based on what the item is. Having some idea how long you should bid in an individual auction is a learned skill, but here are a few tips you can use as a guideline for averaging the length of an auction.

The following strategies are not rules to live by but a few things I do to “keep it real”. Ok, so it depends on what you are bidding on. If your item is under $199, it should go very quickly. These items generally can go for a few pennies and a handful of bids, no more than 12. You can Buy It Now (BIN) the item easily and get your bids back, so for that reason sticking to these items when you are learning will help you get used to using the site. Binning is a way of bidding full price for an items, then buying it and getting those bids back, it’s a great way to get your item and keep bidding.

The convenience of the under $199 is that the auction is short. These auctions end in three or four minutes and the products come up for sale quite often, you could essentially stay in this price range for a week or more and get a real grip on, 1. how to use the site, 2. how to set up Bid Buddy, 3. learn who the power bidders are, and more. These auctions help you learn how to pay attention to multiple auctions at once and you can really conserve bids with this style of bidding.

Now you go on to the items that are in the $200-500 range, some everyday items in this range are very popular and go on forever, but your average items that generates moderate interest will go quickly. Knowing what those items are will come with bidding, the best advice I can give it to remain in these price ranges to get used to the site, you’ll know how popular it is by the number of bidders who join in. These auctions will go on for about 20 minutes to an hour and 20 minutes. You will use 60 to 200 bids. Again, don’t underestimate the BIN if the item is right and all the stars align, remember, there is an element of luck too.

So, let’s talk about the really popular items in the $200-500 range. Here is a good rule of thumb, if it’s “unusual” everyone wants it, for example when DealDash first got juicers, they were so popular, I didn’t bid on them until the frenzy stopped, and now I have won several.

The items over $500 get tricky, it’s tough to come in on the first day and win that $5000 piece of furniture, those items go on and on and on, often for a day or more. You don’t have to stay involved with an auction that is going on for a couple of days, use your BidBuddy to bid for you throughout the night while you sleep. Be sure to put enough bids in there if it came down to you and one other person for a long period of time. I usually put in a lot more than I would if I were awake. It’s so much fun to wake up in the morning and see that you won. You will use any where from 500-3000 bids on these items. Items over $4000 could take 3000 bids or more. You do get free bids all the while with your Time As High Bidder, so you could apply those to the auction.

I would place anything over $500 in this long-term auction. The higher the value the longer the auction, I have seen the massage chair go on for a week. I’ve seen the furniture and art go on for days, as well as bikes and computers. Caveat; these items go for just a few pennies once in a while, I can even say often, at least a few times a day for the art. Watch and learn and you will have more success winning. Be prepared to bid long on the higher retail prizes, and be grateful when you win it for $1.50!

You will win a lot at DealDash, they go above and beyond to help us win, I’ve had well over 700 successful wins in 2 years and you can too. If you only have a few minutes bid on the lower retail, if you have a couple of days, bid on the higher retail! If you only have a few bids bid on the lower retail, and if you have a lot of bids go for the higher retail.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

August 23, 2016

Tools for Every Job from DealDash

Black & Decker Cordless Lithium Ion 4-Tool Kit $205

There are quite a few items you can win to help you spruce up your house this Summer, Deal Dash has so many repair tool items they have a special category for just that! You can also type the title of an item you want directly into the search bar and you will find all they have to offer. They carry tools for many trades, if you are a homemaker or a carpenter, mechanic or artist, they carry great tools for you.

pink tools 87 — Apollo Tools Precision 135 pc Household Tool Set, Pink $87

Tools can be a tricky category to bid in, the main reason being, everyone needs tools. They are a popular item for players to bid on; a fan favorite! I would suggest trying for the unusual items in this category to win. For example, if you are getting the tools for a woman, you can select the pink tool set. There will be less people in the auction, because not as many people want pink tools. Also, if something is coming on the market in the middle of the night, you might set an alarm and then load up your Bid Buddy and go back to bed. Your Bid Buddy will do your bidding for you. You can load bids into your Bid Buddy prior to an auction, but at times if all the players are stomping the first $5 of bids, this won’t create a void for your bid to be placed, so it’s best to get into the auction manually. I’ve won a lot of auctions doing this. It’s important to shop ahead 24 hours at a time.

Dremel 4000-6-50 Variable Speed High Performance Rotary Tool Kit

Because tools are an item everyone needs, you will find many players will Buy It Now (BIN), which means you purchase the item if after you try to win it. When you are in an auction with 5 players and they all BIN, you would multiply the BIN amount of bids by the number of players, that is what it will take to compete. “Binning” is the best alternative to winning, if you place enough bids to have purchased an item, but did not win, DealDash will give you all your bids back if you do purchase the item. For example, let’s use this Essentials 53-pc Around the House Tool Kit.

Essentials 53-pc Around the House Tool Kit $36

To plan on Binning, divide the price of the item with the cost of the bids, your answer is how many bids to use to BIN. $36./.15=240 bids. This seems like a lot of bids for this item and I believe it will go for a couple of dollars, so chances are good you could win under 240, but if you don’t you can purchase it and get your bids back. That’s the DealDash promise, you never have to go away empty-handed! Once you reach BIN, stop, do not over bid, it defeats the purpose of getting a good deal. Keep in mind every item is delivered free, so you will save even more. Shopping at DealDash is all about entertainment and getting a great deal. When you need some tools, head over to DealDash, get a great deal and have some fun!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

August 21, 2016

There is Only One DealDash

There are many penny auction sites on the internet, but there is only one DealDash! DealDash has the best site going, and everyone who’s tried them all knows. They stay with DealDash and it’s a no brainer!

Here’s a few reasons why DealDash is the best. First, they have the best price for bids, and they always offer a sale. One day bid prices could be .16 cents each, and the next day only .11 cents. You have to check the blogs, the DealDash Facebook Page and your email inbox for updates on the going sale. You can also see the current sale on the DealDash Main Page where you can pick up your bids to play.

There is the Bid Buddy. It’s an automatic bidding system that will place a bid in your turn and no time is wasted. Time is a very important factor at DealDash. The longer you are “high bidder” the more free bids you will earn. You have 9 seconds every time you bid to earn time toward your free bids meter. The free bids are connected to the level you are at on DealDash. Each level rewards you with an increasing number of free bids. My next level will reward me 1080 bids! That is a lot of potential free prizes.

Did I mention the Free Bids? Yes, not only can you get free bids for time as high bidder, you can get free bids for positing a photo of you and your prize to the DealDash Community, they reward any where between 30 bids and 350 bids for your win and any qualifying photo is also entered in the “photo of the week contest” where one lucky poster wins 1000 bids for the best photo of the week.

The Dashboard at DealDash is your guide to the future and a look at the past, you can find any information you need from bidding history to your orders. There is the profile, account info and won auctions.

Lot’s of auctions, I have never been bored looking at the numerous auctions at DealDash, they will put many auctions on the market every day, in fact, every minute at Deal Dash.

Outstanding Customer Service, I have never been disappointed with the outcome of a transaction with DealDash Customer Service, they are caring, understanding and kind. They listen and they fix any issue you may have, no matter how trivial or how large.

DealDash has so many reason to love them and all you have to do is show up, buy some bids and join the fun. They are the most fair and honest site online and you will win many prizes playing here, and you’ll win them for a great price.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

August 19, 2016

Be a Happy Camper with DealDash

If you’re family is like my family, you all love camping. It was our favorite vacation as our children grew up, and living in New England, we never had to go very far. There were many mini vacations. The hardest part of the trip was traveling all over the state to find camping equipment before we went. Thankfully, with DealDash, I no longer have to drive around to get what I need. It saves me so much hassle!

coleman tent 8ppl 134 — Coleman Cimmaron 8 -Person Modified Dome Tent $134

DealDash has the greatest selection of tents and camping gear, some classic brands you’ll recognize and some unusual items only DealDash seems to find. Their acquisition department searches the world and finds some of the most interesting merchandise.

ozark trail 4 ppl tent 112 — Ozark Trail 4-Person Tunnel Tent $112

What camping trip would be complete without a tent? I’ve won tents at DealDash for just a few dollars. I also “Binned” a tent once. When you BIN (Buy It Now) DealDash will give you any bids used trying to win it back. So, let’s say you decided to bid on a tent and you bid and bid, but to no avail, 300 bids later, you didn’t win, simply click the Buy It Now Tab on the auction page or in your Dashboard, and poof! the bids are returned to you! DealDash never wants you to go away empty-handed, and they want you to come back, so it’s a great plan and we all get what we want.

camping-lantern-deal — Coleman LED Lantern $27

If you want to rack up the BIN amount of bids and leave the Bid Buddy to do your bidding for you, it’s the best and easiest way to win. Now, to figure out how many bids to put in the Bid Buddy take the cost of the item divide by the cost of the bids and you will have the number of bids to put in the Bid Buddy. Let’s use the Coleman Lantern above, $27./.15=180 bids. Don’t overbid, if you use all 180 bids, your best deal would be by purchasing it for bids back. You’ll have the item and your bids back.

I can’t stress enough how much the Bid Buddy feature helps you win auctions, you don’t over bid and you earn consistent free bids with the Free Bid Meter. It’s so simple to load the Bid Buddy, just open the auction from the main page, then see the “add bids here” and “Book a Bid Buddy” place the desired amount of bids in the space and then click on the “Book a Bid Buddy”. Bid Buddy will now bid for you in order that you joined the auction, if there are 8 players, your Bid Buddy will deposit a bid for you after 7 of them, so every 8th bid is yours.

During the bidding process you will earn free bids from DealDash just for bidding, every time you place a bid there is about 9 seconds until Bid Buddy places the next bid, during this time you are “high bidder” during Time As High Bidder , you earn time toward reaching your next level. When you have accumulated enough time to reach the next level your meter will light up blue and all you have to do is click on it and you’ll get your free bids. In the beginning, you get 50’s-100’s of bids but after time, you get thousands, I am at level 86 and when I reach level 87 I’ll get 1080 bids! It’s really beneficial to use Bid Buddy.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!