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November 1, 2016

Best Times To Bid at DealDash

Whenever you show up at the DealDash site is a fun time to bid, there are winners every couple of minutes, but are you bidding at the right time? There is some question to whether or not there are better times to bid, and I am here to tell you, there certainly are. The best way to see how crowded the site is would be to go into a popular auction, like a TV or a computer. Count the number of players who got involved. You will see between 20-120 players, this is a good indicator to the site load.

First, you want to bid when the site isn’t overloaded with players. There is always a crowd on the weekends. Many players work all week, they are too busy to come to the site, but on the weekends, it’s a free-for-all! You can also imagine that if you get paid on Friday, you’re going to join the fun for the weekend.

Second, some sales will have an influence on the number of players, for example, when there is a bid multiplier on the free bids DealDash rewards us, or if the final price of the item is one penny during a Free Event. A sale where there is a No New Bidder after $3 is a great time to bid, this type of sale happens occasionally, and it reduces the field of players because no one can join the auction after the retail price reaches $3.

Mondays seem to be very busy. I have noticed the residual players on Monday, they are still battling it out from the weekend. That’s the beauty of DealDash, it’s a battle, and we love it! So, those are the day of the weeks that are usually very busy. But what time of day is best?

The time of day is important because the number of players wains in the wee hours of the night, then the number of players is usually lower, so you do have an advantage after midnight California time. You can’t really play for the East Coast, it’s all about California because they are hours behind the East, you must factor them in. One thing I like about the middle of the night is, players fall asleep at the wheel, literally, and their Bid Buddy runs out of bids before morning, that’s a great time to swoop in an win.

I like to bid on a daily basis right around what I call “drive time” That’s when workers across America are driving to or from work. That would be around 8AM on either coast. That helps eliminate the workers, but there are a lot of Grandmas and Grandpas on DealDash, they bid day and night and never sleep. It helps to get to know them and actually avoid getting in a battle with them.

Who you are bidding against is just as important as what time it is, it’s all part of the strategy you need to develop to play DealDash. Your wins may feel random, but it you plan to win, you will do better. It’s not practical to just join the site and start randomly bidding. Do yourself a favor and do some planning.

I’ve found mid week and mid day to be a great time to bid. There seems to be the least amount of players, however, you will find those grandparents bidding during those hours.

A bit of advice, when you are trying to figure out which time of day suits you best, get some sleep. I stayed up for days at a time in the beginning, it’s such a learning curve, I didn’t want to stop. What I can share with you is, you can use your Bid Buddy, and be generous. There is always another one tomorrow or even later today, the popular items are usually offered in cycles, check the auction to see when the last offer was.

These are a few of the tips I can share with you to help you win. You win more, I win more, we all win!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

October 30, 2016

Ways to Get Free Bids at DealDash

Even though it’s fun to bid and shop at DealDash regardless of the free bids, it’s still great to be appreciated by them and rewarded for loyalty. DealDash is the most generous penny auction site ever! With just a little “leg work” you will be able to enhance your bidding experience with some free bids from DealDash.

The easiest way to get bids, is my all time favorite, just bid. For every second you are the highest bidder in any auction, you are earning free bids for your time, this is called Time As High Bidder (TAHB). When the Bid Buddy places a bid, there is about 10 seconds before Bid Buddy places the next players bid, this is your time which accumulates until you reach the next level. When you reach the next level, your Bid Meter will light up and when you click it, the bids are deposited right into your account. Often, DealDash will have specials where they multiply the free bids by 2, 3, 4 or even 5 times the free bids! Each level you achieve rewards you with an increasing number of bids, the longer you bid, the more you get.

You can get free bids from DealDash for posting a photo of a win to the community at [email protected]. Take a nice “bust” shot of you with your win, send it with a comment about your savings and experience to the community at DealDash and they will post it to their social media page. DealDash uses Facebook to share photos, thoughts of the day and reviews from other players. Depending on the value of the item, you are awarded 50 to 350 free bids for your photo and comment. Then each photo submitted where the prize is over $99 will be entered in a weekly Photo of the Week, where the winner is awarded 1000 bids.

You can get free bid by winning too, each win (except bid packs) comes with a bid exchange. Let’s say you win an item and you don’t really need it. DealDash will let you exchange the item for an amount of bids equal to about one bid per .50 cents to a dollar for the value of the item, for example, if you win a $100 item, you can exchange it for approximately, 50 bids to 100 bids. Likewise if the item is valued at $1500, you may get up to 1500 bids for that exchange. There is a group of players who do this all the time, they bid, win and exchange. I try to only use this feature if I need bids for another items which I want. If you exchange a win, you don’t get the item, so if you do this all the time, you won’t have anything show for it. So, use it sparingly.

DealDash has a new review feature, and every time you receive an item in the mail, you are give an opportunity to review the product and the service that came with it. For every item you review DealDash will give you 10 bids. Often, I will have 10 or more reviews to leave, they add up quick because you do win a lot at DealDash.

There is a new feature, this is a reward for each consecutive day you bid, so if you bid on Monday they give you a couple of bids, on Tuesday a few more and so on all the way up to 7 days where you are rewarded 30 bids, and then for every day you continue to bid you will get 30 more bids. I always save one bid each day so tomorrow the first bid I place gives me 30 bids. Some days, when I don’t buy bids, I still have a few bids to go for a little something. I’ve won many, many items with less than 30 bids.

So, all you have to do to earn free bids at DealDash is to show up and bid, then win and get some more free bids. It’s a wonderful system and I feel greatly appreciated for these free bids.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

October 28, 2016

Toys For All Ages at DealDash

You couldn’t have more fun at DealDash then going for the fun and games category. I love bidding in this category. Whenever I am in need of a game or toy, I always go to DealDash first, they have something for everyone. I love the interesting selection of outdoor yard game, and indoor family games.

Think of your favorite game, and I bet you’ll find it at DealDash, one year for Christmas everyone in our family got a great game because they are fairly easy to win. They are a popular item to bid on at DealDash, and you don’t find them on the schedule every day, so you have to plan on winning in this category. Some items go on the market every day, but not all items. That’s why it’s so important to shop ahead. Do your searches diligently.

The perfect Lego toy will come on the market and you don’t want to miss it. To ensure you don’t miss any auction, use the handy bookmarking tools provided by DealDash. They have the “Alert Me” tab in the auction, and you can find a bookmark star on the top right hand corner of the auction for items that have been scheduled already. By bookmarking it, you will place the item at the top of your DealDash Homepage. I like to set an alarm to remind myself to show up on time for the auction, you never know, it might go for a dollar, and I want to be the winner, but so will you!

They carry board games and gaming systems too. You can find the right game for your needs and set out to win it. The games category is perfect for the Buy It Now (BIN) option. You have to have the item, so you calculate the BIN price and place that number of bids in your Bid Buddy. To calculate the BIN number of bids simple divide the retail price of the item by the current cost of bids, the sum is the number of bids you could use until you own it.

When you reach that amount of bids and you haven’t won it, you buy it and DealDash will thank you by giving you all the bids you used trying back. Once you get the bids back, they are yours to use in any other auction. The formula for a $50 prize when bids are .15 cents is 50./.15=333 bids. Place the 333 bids in the Bid Buddy and sit back and wait. I like to use this time to shop around to book mark for the future. Just check in on the auction occasionally.

Check the games and toy category often, there is always something new coming down the road. DealDash keeps the auction site fresh and full of prizes for us to be entertained and win!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

October 26, 2016

New Items of Luxury from DealDash

You can always find something for your home at DealDash, they variety of merchandise is amazing, and lately they’ve added another essential everyday item to the line-up, it’s towels! Luxurious, fluffy and affordable bath towels. There is a nice variety of colors to choose fro, suitable for any home: Charcoal, Ivory, Deep Blue, Moss Green. I’ve seen this $99 Charcoal Towel set sell for an average of $15. There is always one or another offer for the towels that you can bid on. They are popular, yet some are selling around a dollar!

You can also find other linens and bed spreads at DealDash. They have been around for awhile, so a lot of the regular players have all the sheets and blankets they need. I have a few of each color! The bed spread makes a lovely gift, and it’s so soft and easy to clean. I usually keep a couple in the closet for gifts, you never know when a bridal shower might pop up, and everyone needs a big fluffy comforter!

DealDash also has sheets in three sizes: Full, Queen and King. They are also very soft and yet sturdy. They dry in minutes and have kept their shape. I like to win the items for the linen closet because they are good gifts, but also because they are easy to win, and once in a while I like to trade one in for bids. This is a bid exchange program offered by DealDash, they will give you a set number of bids if you decide you don’t want an item once you’ve won it. It’s very convenient. I keep a list of my open wins on my dashboard, if I don’t have enough bids for one items I can always exchange for bids win one of my wins.

You do have to be willing to have nothing in the end if you do that because there are no guarantee you will win anything with the bids and now you don’t have your win either, so be very sure this is what you want when you exchange. I’ve only regretted it once, but I still think about that one mistake. What if. Just be sure you don’t want an item before you exchange.

The sheet and comforters are generally easy to win, if you get into a battle and the other player won’t let go, do yourself a favor and be the one to let go, go for the next one. There is always something nice for your linen closet to bid on at DealDash. There is also a fair retail price for all this linens, so if you do get going and won’t let go until you spend the products value in bids, you can then purchase the item, and if you Buy It Now (BIN) you will get all the bids back which you used trying. That’s a Win-Win!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!