Window Shopping and Discovering New Unique Gift Ideas
Have you ever gone “window shopping” ? Whenever I do, I usually come home with stuff that I really didn’t need but thought would be nice to have.
My favorite place to do window shopping is on DealDash! I love to do window shopping on DealDash because there are so many up-coming auctions, over 1,000 per day, and I discover so many unique items and get wonderful gift ideas!
One day I was just sitting there browsing the auctions, also known as window shopping, on DealDash when I noticed a silk ficus tree was starting soon. I haven’t had one of those in years. I thought for a moment and decided to go ahead an bid on it because I tend to have trouble keeping the real trees alive on my deck; so wouldn’t a silk tree look OK.. It’s valued at $57.00 and thought I would go for it even though this is an item I would not use the Buy it Now option on.
Before joining the auction I wanted to make sure this window shopping experience was going to pay off with good savings, especially because I decided I was not going to Buy it Now. I therefore went to check what the average selling price for this item was.
To find the average selling price, you have to log out of your account. Then go to the auctions until you see the item you are interested in. Click on the item and it will give you the average selling price. This article better explains how to find the average selling price of a DealDash auction.
Once you find the average selling price, decide if you want to go for it or not. For those of you who don’t understand averages it really could go either way. You can win it for mere pennies or it could go for retail. The average selling prices is the sum of the all final prices the item has sold for divided by the number of times it was auctioned. I decided to start bidding in this auction pretty early, before the price reached 40¢. Shortly thereafter I happened to win my Nearly Natural Ficus tree for a total of $1.18 including the cost of my bids. 75¢ in bids + 43¢ final price. This was a great window shopping experience I had on DealDash and it payed off! The Ficus Silk Tree is actually really nice.
