New DealDash Bidder Tips And Etiquette Guidelines
Are you a new bidder on DealDash? Here are some general bidding etiquette guidelines and tips I wish everyone would follow.
DealDash Tip Number One (and the most important): DON’T STOMP OTHER BIDDERS!!
Take if from experience, Bid Stomping makes more experienced bidders a tad angry causing them to a sit back and wait until you get the “I’m going to win an auction” tantrum out of your system which basically means you will…
- A.) Run out of bids
- B.) Need to buy MORE bids
- C.) Become angry because you’re out of bids, can’t buy more and therefore can’t bid anymore
Meanwhile you’ve lost your bids, money and the auction while the other bidder who was sitting back and waiting for your bids to expire has only spent a bit of money, a few bids and won the item.
DealDash Tip Number Two: Try lower retail price items first before bidding on higher valued items.
Only after you’ve gained a bit of bidding experience should you move up to higher valued items. Give yourself a chance to become more familiar with the bidding process and with the other bidders. Read their profiles, notice how long they’ve been a member, how many items they’ve won and if you don’t remember anything from this blog post, try to remember this.
The longer time someone has been a DealDash member = a bidder with LOTS more experience.
These are a few tips from what I’ve learned. Start small and go slow. If I see something coming up for auction that I am interested in bidding on, especially high ticket item, I’ll place one bid before the bidding reaches $5.00. This 1 bid placed guarantee’s me a spot in the auction in case the item reaches a high dollar amount. In case you did not know, when the auction price goes above $5.00, the auction is closed only to those bidders who placed at least one bid before it reached the $5 No Jumper limit. If you don’t bid at least once before this limit, you’re not eligible to participate in the auction.
ALSO SEE: DealDash No Jumper Auctions – A Very Good Thing
This is my first blog entry and I’m going to try and post one a week but no guarantees because I’m a very popular guy ;). Oh, and BTW, I only have 22 wins under my belt so far and a whole lot of Buy It Now’s.
Good Luck, Happy Bidding!
