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October 3, 2016

Small Appliances Big Gifts at DealDash

One of the best things about DealDash is you will never have to go to a mall again for another gift, as long as they carry what you’re looking for. Plus, with DealDash you will have fun getting it and have it delivered free, that’s the DealDash way. Small appliances are a very popular item at DealDash, a lot of players will most likely get involved with every auction, so they are an item you’ll want to consider using the Buy It Now (BIN) option. What that mean is you will bid in the auction until you reach the retail price in bids….if you do.

“Binning”, as it’s called, is a great option for a small appliance because you need the appliance anyway, so if you don’t win it, it makes sense to buy it. Then when you buy it, DealDash will give you the bids you used back. That is another reason small appliances make such a good gift to go for, everyone needs a toaster or a microwave oven, but DealDash has some very unique small appliances, like juicers and a variety of coffee makers.

When you BIN there is another magical thing that happens, you earn a lot of free bids for your Time As High Bidder. This is a DealDash promotion which gives back to the player. For every second you are the highest bidder during an auction, DealDash tallies it up and keeps track of it. When you reach your next level, you will be rewarded with a number of bids that corresponds with your level. You start out getting 50 bids or more and then it goes up to 100 or more and then 1000 or more, and on and on. You just need to keep bidding, they’ll keep track!

You could win a lot of small appliances with the free bids, or at least pad up the bids you purchased to win it. Because they are so popular, and there will most likely be a lot of players in the auction, you could be bidding for hours and hours. Small Appliances often go for cents or a dollar or two, but you have to plan to BIN. The other thing to keep in mind is that appliances are a special item at DealDash, you have to shop in advance and plan to join the auction.

You can use the “Alert Me” feature DealDash has in place to remind you when your item is coming on the market. Click on the Alert Me tab in the auction and set you alarm the day of. Wait until your “special” item is on the market and stay involved with just that item. You never know when a special items will end because so many bidders are in the auction.

When you open the small appliance auction, notice in the list how often the prize was won. This will give you an idea when they might offer it again. For example, if one sold on Jan. 15, one sold on Feb 17, one sold on Mar. 14, you can expect to see the same item around April 15. If you can’t find the auction in the search bar they may be out of it, not offering it at the time, or it’s run its course.

Get your favorite small appliances at DealDash, one for you and one for a gift, shop in advance and use the “Alert Me” tab, shop often and search for your item, use your free bids to help you bid in this auction, and stay involved in just the one auction and always use your Bid Buddy.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

October 1, 2016

Change Bidding Styles to Win @ DealDash

When you’re a Newbie at DealDash, it’s exciting but chaotic. There is some wonderful winning moments and some awkward unsure moments. You bounce around and don’t know what to bid on. You’re unpredictable. You may stomp players and lose free bids, you don’t know how many bids to put in an auction, it’s a learning time for sure. But, when you become a seasoned pro, you tend to do the same thing over and over, and that behavior is predictable.

Be unpredictable! You don’t want to bid as if you don’t know what your doing, but just the opposite. Know all the bidding styles, and spread your style around. If you normally bid on small items, but leave early, the next one stay a while. If you stay you confuse the player who expected you to leave. Now you’re going to win because they can’t predict when you’re leaving.

If you are that type of player who loves to play the front end of an auction, and you do it repeatedly, other players will remember and just wait until you have exhausted all your bids and then join the auction. If you used half the amount of bids you would have in the front end, then when the other player jumps in you leave, only to return later. Something you’ve never done….a little scary, yup, but it makes you unpredictable and that wins auctions at DealDash.

Likewise, if you are the type of player who puts one bid in before $5 and then only comes back after others have used 1000 or more bids, you are not hiding! The fact that your are bidding that late most likely means you don’t have very many bids, and you won’t really last. Be unpredictable, come in the early part of an auction, and use more bids, I would bet you’d win more auctions.

Don’t underestimate the competition, just when you think you’re going to win, this guy comes in to use 100’s of bids even though it’s down to you and that player. Ask yourself, is it worth it? Should you continue to try to win, or should you just let them have it. If you don’t want to keep dipping into your check book to buy bids, back out and let them have it. Believe me, it is reciprocated. Not everyone will be so kind, but it does make you feel good, and most of all conserve bids.

If you are the type of person who only bids 10 bids and leaves, find a really popular auction and bid on that one until the sun goes down because there are so many players in the auction, so a lot of players will see your tenacity. That is a valuable atribute to have. It doesn’t really work in an auction with 5-10 people, you have to get into an auction with many players so the “masses” see it. This may mean you have to bid on only one auction, or you could run out of bids.

There are any number of types of players, you know which you are, and so does everyone else. I can predict the other players, and I’m often right. I’ve learned to conserve bids and win more auctions by switching up the way I play the game….typically on a daily basis.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

September 30, 2016

Spreading Yourself Too Thin at DealDash

Ok, why is it so important not to spread yourself too thin then you are bidding at DealDash? Because you want to win auctions! One thing we can all hope for is that someone else spreads themselves too thin and they make the mistake. That’s what happens, you lose auctions.

By spreading yourself too thin, I mean, you get involved in too many auctions at once. There is a great temptation to get involved in a lot of auctions because you never know, you might win one for a few cents. But you have to pay attention to the items you place just a few bids in.

If you are bidding in a bunch of auctions at once, you must be using your DealDash Bid Buddy, they Bid Buddy needs to be fed, and if you don’t put in enough bids you could run out and lose while you are tending to the other auctions. If you insist on bidding in a bunch of auctions, it’s best to load up the Bid Buddy with way more bids than you plan on using, and this way if you are tending another auction, you won’t lose this one. You do have to micro manage your auctions like this, you don’t want to intentionally overbid.

In the beginning, I always suggest you bid in just one or two auctions at once, and please, don’t “Stomp” Stomping is pouncing a bid in manually without regard to your free bids or the free bids of other players. You can’t win auctions this way. But, if you stay focused on one or two auction, it is much more manageable. Tip: More free bids come from using your Bid Buddy, than manually bidding.

If you don’t have a lot of bids and you actually want to win something, keep it simple. That means, just bid on the items that are under $200, they tend to close much quicker than other high valued auctions. As well, stick to the one auction, so you can micro manage it.

Micro managing is watching the auction close even if you are using Bid Buddy, and for me it means I will leave the auction if, 1. too many people join, and then go back later, or 2. I only have a few bids and I don’t think I’ll win with them. If you do number one, don’t forget to watch the auction closely, you want to know if it gets down to two people.

Tip: Just because there are only two players, that doesn’t necessarily mean the auction is going to end soon, so pay attention, get involved and use your Bid Buddy!

So, when you’re bidding at DealDash resist the temptation to bid in more than a few auctions at once, your bids will last longer and you will win more auctions. Make sure you micro manage your auction to conserve bids.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

September 29, 2016

DealDash: Staying Involved vs. Bid Buddy

When you first get started at DealDash you may be overly involved, just stomping in your bids at random times and quite frankly, losing bids like crazy. Then you discover Bid Buddy! The Bid Buddy places bids for you in your place and in your turn. So, if there are 7 people in the auction and they are all using Bid Buddy, you will have a bid placed for you automatically every 7th bid (or penny cost of item). For each bid the cost of the item goes up one cent. You hope you put in the largest number of bids to be the last bidder.

Staying active is very important in the beginning, you are learning how many bids you need to use to win certain auctions, but I do recommend you use the Bid Buddy. So, now you want to branch out, play in more than one auction, this is a fun and exciting time, you are spreading your wings! This isn’t the time to go rogue. Use Bid Buddy in every auction you are in. You can get involved in several auctions, but stay involved my managing all the auctions. Tip: If you load 10 auctions at once all with 10 bids, they are all bound to end at once before you have a chance to reload them. Perhaps a better plan would be to put 20 bids on each of 5 auctions. By that time the field will have thinned out in a couple and managing is easier.

The juggling act is half the fun, so don’t get caught up in the fear of bidding. Stay involved, especially with the items you really want. I find I bid on items I don’t want all the time, usually to exchange for bids, but this is a sure way to lose your bids and walk away with nothing. You have to be willing to lose a lot if you do this. I’ve gotten used to losing, it wracks you with fear in the beginning, now I just say, “Oh well, you can’t win them all!”. Don’t get me wrong, I win a lot, in fact, with the new rules, I win more than ever!

The main point here is that it’s best to use Bid Buddy, but it’s also important, especially in the beginning, to stay actively involved in the auction too. You can do one or the other, but both is best. If you do stay involved and use Bid Buddy you can, as I call it, “micro manage” your auctions. I will jump in and out of auctions depending on who is in it, how many bidders and the final price.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!