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How to Conquer Boredom

Virtually all entertainment is in lockdown to prevent COVID-19 from spreading and many people staying home and/or in quarantine find it very difficult to do.

Don’t worry. I have the perfect solution to conquer boredom.

You can still have fun and entertainment by playing on DealDash.com. That’s something we can do online from the safety and comfort of home. All we need is to have access to the internet on a computer, laptop, phone or another electronic device where Internet access is available.

Easy to Get Started

If you have never before shopped on DealDash.com it is easy to get started. Just follow these simple steps:

  1. Registration is free. Just fill out a new member form, choose a screen name and icon.
  2. Before you can start shopping on DealDash, you must purchase a bid pack. Bid packs often go on sale. Today, bids are only 12 cents each. You can choose 60 bids for $7.00 or 300 bids for $36.00 or 600 bids for $72.00 or 2,400 bids for $288.00 or 5,000 bids for $600.00. Sometimes the first bid pack new members purchase costs slightly more.
  3. Each time you place a bid in an auction, the selling price goes up one penny and you get 10 seconds on the clock. If the clock runs down to zero and nobody else places a bid, the last bidder wins the auction.
  4. On the bottom left of your screen, you will see a green line move to the left every time you place a bid. Once this line gets all the way to the left, you will win free bids. Each time you win free bids, you will move up to the next level. The higher the level, the more free bids you win.
  5. Before you start placing bids on auctions, you should go to the top of the home page and click on “How it Works.” It’s important to learn how to use the automated bidder called “Bid Buddy” and get many other tips on how to play smart.
  6. The auction clock restarts from 10 seconds every time someone bids.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call a DealDash representative. They always provide excellent customer service and will be happy to answer any questions you might have to get started.

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.

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Testing, Testing

Sometimes coming up with a winning plan has a lot to do with testing, knowing what kind of tests to run and when.  That’s how we find out what works and what does not work.

This can also apply when shopping on DealDash.com.

Example

Let’s say you are bidding in an auction, the bidding gets down to the last two or three people and you are one of them. The bids you have invested are getting low and you are faced with a decision: should you add more bids or stop bidding. How about running a test?

To run a test, you will need to have at least two more active bidders. What you might want to know is whether or not any other bidder is just waiting in the background to jump back into the auction as soon as the bidding gets down to the last two bidders. If that’s the case, you can quickly find out. If another bidder is just waiting to jump in, you will usually find out within two or three turns of dropping out.  If no third player starts playing again, you might want to jump back in and stay in the auction by adding more bids. If another player does jump back in, however, you might have just saved yourself some otherwise wasted bids.

You may also want to check when the other serious players placed their first bid. Have they been bidding since the beginning of the auction? If the other one or two players have been bidding since the beginning of the auction, but you joined the auction much later, it could mean one of two things: 1) The other players are really committed to winning this auction or 2) The other players might run out of bids long before you do.

Another question you might want to ask yourself is: when did the other players join DealDash? If a player just recently started shopping on DealDash, they might not have as many “free bids” as someone who has been shopping on DealDash for several years.

We never know how many bids other shoppers have to play with, but by doing some testing, we will be able to make a better decision if we should add more bids or delete bids and save them for another time.

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.

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Assessing Your Competition

To bid or not to bid–That is the question we must all answer whenever we shop on DealDash.com.

If you are a brand new shopper on DealDash.com you might not yet be familiar with the screen names of the most powerful bidders you might want to avoid.

No worries. There are still many things we can quickly check to accurately assess the competition.

Repeat Bidders

Go to the DealDash home page and just watch the various screen names popping up. Look for the same screen name in more than one auction. Chances are that if any shoppers are placing more than one bid in several auctions, they might be a power bidder or happen to have a huge supply of bids. Write repeat bidder screen names down and try to avoid getting into the same auctions.

Repeat Winners

Write down the screen names of the most serious competitors who placed more than one bid. Then go to the “Winners’ List” to see if those same screen names already won several other auctions that day. If you see the same screen name won more than one auction that day, chances are they are fairly competitive.

Shopping Experience

Whenever shoppers place a bid on DealDash, we will see their screen name come up, along with the date of when they first joined the shopping site. For example, I’ve been a member ever since Feb. 8, 2012. That means I’ve been shopping on DealDash for eight years. That’s a long time, so I’ve had a lot of shopping experience.  If the bidding gets down to only three shoppers, however, and you see that both of them joined only one or two months ago, they might not yet have much shopping experience. Shoppers who lack experience are usually the easiest ones to beat.

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.

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Finding Easy Auction Wins

One thing DealDash.com shoppers have in common is that we enjoy the thrill of winning auctions. That is not always easy to do, but if we try various strategies we will most likely win more auctions. Here are some ways we can find “easy-to-win” auctions:

Check the Winners’ List

Yesterday I checked the winners’ list and noticed that several bid packs closed early and the winners only used a few bids to win. It appeared to me that certain bid packs were selling early. By placing bids on similar bid packs, I thought I might be able to take advantage of that winning streak. To my pleasant surprise, I was right. The auction sold for 81 cents and I was able to win the 450 bid pack for a total of $1.81. By looking for “easy-to-win” patterns, we can win more auctions.

Count Number of Competitors

I often look for auctions that have the least amount of active competitors. I try to find auctions that have 30 or fewer qualified competitors and only two or three serious shoppers who look like serious bidders. I also look to see how many bids were used to win the auction the last five or ten times it went up for auction. That gives me a good idea how many bids it would take me to win the auction.

Use BidBuddy

To win an auction, it’s best to use the automated bidder, BidBuddy. By placing our bids into BidBuddy, they will not be used unless needed and we will prevent wasting bids.

Avoid Competing with Power Bidders

Become familiar with screen names of power bidders, and try to avoid getting into the same auctions. It is also a good idea to write down all the screen names of everyone who recently won a large bid pack. Shoppers who recently won a large bid pack are more likely to outbid us if we get into the same auction.

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.