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August 1, 2016

DealDash Bids all Weigh the Same

There is one thing for sure, bidding at DealDash is so much fun and there are so many prizes to win. But when you are bidding, it’s not a bad idea to think about the weight of the bids.

You can win a toaster with about 25 bids, or you can win a $2500 piece of art with the same 25 bids. It takes time and patience to win a big ticket item with 25 bids, but it’s possible and happens often. You should not go into an auction after being here for one day and expect to win a big art prize right away because it takes some knowledge, along with a bunch of luck.

Here are a few important things to remember when you are bidding on high ticket items and you’re trying to win it with only a few bids. First, and this is the most important, if you don’t win it in 25 bids, like you planned, you need to back out. That’s the plan, you want to win with 25 bids, right?

There is always another prize exactly like this one or one that is very similar in value and quality right around the corner, so don’t waste any more bids trying to win an item you may never win. Be warned, you can go through a dozen auctions losing every one with just 25 bids, or you might be the one who one the $3000 prize with a few bids. It is a strategy and it’s played everyday by many.

You can go for a toaster and possibly win, but what if you went for the art and won that? You spent the same amount of bids and won a much larger prize. This type of bidding is not for the faint of heart, you MUST be prepared to lose bids and not “win them all” but the rewards are much greater when you do. It’s all about the odds.

This is a game that many “old timers” and “seasoned pros” use, but again, they will be more willing to stay in an auction until every bid of a BIN is used. These are the hard core shoppers who plan on winning for the retail value. But this article is about winning with nothing.

You have to be willing to back out if you want to win with a few bids, you need to grow that thick upper skin and say good bye, it’s not as easy as you might think. The second most important thing about this type of bidding is to know the other players, if you don’t you may be involved in an auction where this player is just not going to back out….ever.

The third thing I can share about “bidding on the 25” is you may not get these bids back. If you are in 10 auctions and have 25 in each , you will run out of bids quickly. Shop ahead of time, know what you’re going for and stick to the plan! That is an important piece of the puzzle.

So, if you want to win your item with 25 bids, 1. don’t bid over 25 bids in an auction, 2. Don’t overbid on an item when there is another one right around the corner. hint: the second one will most likely go for less that the first, a phenomenon I’ve noticed. 3. Go for a toaster or a high value piece of art, but know the competition so you make an educated decision. 4. Be willing to lose the bids, this is about fun, competition and winning for a few pennies. You might….or you might not. But I can say that I have won nearly 600 auctions, I have been there, done that, and I drew the map. I’ve learned how to walk away and that takes guts.

In just the past 30 days, I’ve won 23 auctions with less than 30 bids.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

July 31, 2016

DealDash Best Bidding Times

There are a few great times of the day to bid at DealDash. No one time can be a “shoe-in” to better winning because you do have to factor in so many situations. However, DealDash is open to players across the United States and that’s it! So that narrows down the pool of players from some other sites which are open in other countries.

That means the DealDash advantage starts before you even get started, but there are some other factors to consider. For example, the time of day you bid can have an influence on your winnings. When the site is busy, there are more people, but there is also more prizes, so anytime could be a real opportunity, but what I’ve noticed is during certain times of the day, there really are less people.

Well, if we didn’t have people there would be no competition, and after all, it is the thrill of the chase at DealDash, but when there are less people it can be your lucky day! The site seems to be less busy when people are driving to and from work. I live on the East Coast, so for me what I’ve seen over the past two years of bidding is between 5AM East Cost time to 9AM West Coast time is a good time to bid. Likewise, the evening drive time, between 3PM East Coast to about 5PM West Coast.

During the middle of the day the site is busy with people who play at work, you know who you are! Then there is the stay at home crowd, when everyone is off to school and work and now is “my time”. This little secret could help you win if you can get to the site during what I call “drive time”. Luckily, there are a lot of items to bid on during drive times which you can and will win.

The ratio of players to prizes is less in the middle of the night too. There are less people, but also less prizes. The site is open 24 hours a day, and you can get some great deals in the middle of the night, but it is a sleepier place during the “wee hours” of the night, yet there are opportunity and advantage too!

What really shocked me was the number of players who play 24 hours a day. You can be sure they are using their Bid Buddy to bid for them and they leave the site to “go about life” I do a little bit of both. I enjoy the prowl, but I also have a life and go off the do other things. Just about everyone does this and the beauty of this is the opportunity to gain when someone else is “asleep at the wheel”. What I mean is people make mistakes, they don’t put enough bids into Bid Buddy and what happens? Well, about 4 AM they run out of bids and if you are there, you could be the winner!

DealDash is a very popular site and it’s always busy, that is one of the things that actually makes it more fun, but just knowing these few tips could help you win more. Get out there during “drive times” and keep in mind the middle of the day and the evenings are busy. Why not, it’s a national pastime! It’s a great place to play and shop for everyday items!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

July 27, 2016

The Art of Buy It Now at DealDash

There really is an art to the Buy In Now process, when I first started at DealDash I didn’t put any weight on the process and therefore lost a lot of opportunity. I would bid and bid on the same item over and over until I won it. All those bids…gone and I could have owned it.

First, let’s talk about what “Buy It Now” is. Deal Dash has a policy in place so no player has to go away empty-handed, and it’s the Buy It Now option. It’s also know as “binning” and BIN, but they all mean the same thing, you can get your bids back if you don’t win.

If you are bidding on an item at DealDash and you just can’t win it, you can purchase the item and DealDash will give you all the bids you used to win it back. There is a tab in the auction which you can select and it will take you to the checkout, when your transaction is complete you own the item and you got all your bids back to go for another item. You will no longer be able to win in this auction.

You have a full week after someone else wins the auction you’ve bid in to purchase it for your bids back, you can find the “Buy Now” tab on the first page of your Dashboard. Simply find the item you wish to purchase in the list an click on the “Buy Now” tab and at the time your purchase is complete your bids are deposited into your account.

So, you don’t have to keep trying and trying to win an item you really need, this can be as simple as shopping! Look through the DealDash merchandise. Plan on binning because you need the item. When you plan on binning there is a simple formula to determine when to stop bidding. It is likely you will win the item before the BIN, if fact that is the plan, right? But if you don’t you have the BIN to fall back on. To determine the BIN amount of bids take the value of the item and divide it by the cost of bids, then you will have the number of bids to BIN. You don’t want to exceed that number because you would be paying more than retail price. So, if your item is valued at $50 and bids are .15 cents you would calculate 50/.15=333. 333 is the magic number, don’t exceed this, back out and buy. Get your bids back and move on. You now have your item and 333 bids to go!

This is a great way to purchase gifts, you can select a gift, possibly win it right away and get a great deal, or plan on binning. You can shop on a budget and find great deals at DealDash, always keep in mind you can purchase it and get your bids back. Stay focused on items you really want, this way purchasing it makes sense.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!

July 26, 2016

DealDash: Pop in One Bid

There are a lot of different playing strategies at DealDash, but the most popular one is to simply place one bid before $5. Many, many players do this and never come back. I never used to do it, but now I’ve realized there is some good that comes from this activity.

The players who do come back after $5 usually come in late and out bid all the front end players, they’re called “Jumpers” and there is really little chance to beat them with bids if you’ve already use all 500 of your bids and they just entered, but you can out-wit, them because you placed a bid too in a different auction they are in. You don’t have to enter an auction to win, you can just be there to shake things up. I have been in auctions and had no intention of “staying in for the long haul” but I did want to see if I can scare someone out of an auction, and it works!

This is something that the jumper doesn’t consider. They come in late and stay late, they expect everyone to leave and let them win. Well, if you poked in one bid, you can be that person. This is what is known as “if you can’t beat them, join them”.

I never do this to players who have been in an auction all along, but if someone jumps me, I will seek them out in another auction and play the other auctions they are in to scare them away. It works, often they will jump out of the auction they jumped into because I just jumped them in a different auction. This is not an activity for the faint of heart, and by that I mean, if you don’t have a lot of bids to burn, don’t stay in long, just long enough to see if there is any movement. Hey, maybe you’ll scare someone else away and win that way. That wasn’t the plan, but I’ve seen it happen!

So what I’m suggesting is, if you are constantly being jumped, be a faint-of-heart jumper! The reason I say faint-of-heart I truly believe it’s mean to jump people all the time, I don’t do it to anyone who doesn’t do it to me. So if you are a jumper, you might win more if you weren’t.

Any way you get it done, Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!