The ELO for ranking Deal Dash Users

DealDash.com is a bidding site that requires a good deal of skill and knowledge to excel at. Since I discovered UncleTan has been beating the system for all these years, I realized we need a new metric to gauge users to see who is bidding effectively and who is wasting bid after bid. Use this scoring to see who on Dealdash is the best at winning auctions while spending the least amount of bids. Then, since you can look at each user’s bid history, you can look back to figure out how they are doing it. With this information, you can either learn from it, or avoid bidding against them in the future.

How the Metric Works

To put it simply the lower their ELO score the better they are at winning auctions with fewer bids. The complete algorithm is:

 1000 * (Number_of_all_bids_made / Buy_It_Now_Dollar_amont_of_all_auctions_won)

Each auction has a Buy It Now price. For example, a 1000 bid pack has a Buy It Now price of $600. If someone new to Deal Dash wins a 1000 bid pack auction with 300 bids, then their ELO would be

1000 * (300/ $600) = 500

They won this auction with significantly fewer bids (300) than the Buy It Now Price (600) this gives a good low ELO sore. The score takes into account all recent auctions a user has participated in, even auctions they didn’t win, and sums up all the bids. It will only change gradually and reflects the overall performance of a user.

If someone has a 0 ELO then that just means there isn’t enough information yet to evaluate their raking.

Why this matters

Anyone with an ELO score of less than 1000 is on average winning auctions with less bids than the Buy It Now price. Most auctions you can “exchange” after winning for bids equal to the Buy It Now price. This means anyone with less than a 1000 ELO is likely a skilled user who is gaming the system to avoid paying for bids, like UncleTan. Anyone with a higher than 1000 ELO needs to continuously purchase more bids to stay in auctions.

Even though UncleTan is the most prolific DealDash user, he is not the best. Below is a perpetually up-to-date list of the current Deal Dash “winners”. Every one of these users, in theory, has unlimited bids. They can reliably win auctions and then exchange their wins for more bids than they spent on the original auction! If you’re serious about your penny bidding, then you will want to be on this list.

The 100 Most Efficient Deal Dash Users

UserNameName of DealDash User
AuctionsNumber of all auctions this user has placed a bid on
Auctions WonTotal Number of Auctions this user has won
Total bidsSum of ALL bids this user has placed
ELOThe ELO score, Lower is better
ckunzler161210116396433
RadarFL31025482101574239
Fantasysports1369276063698010103
wbisback6217928313765108
greendean175927531131295130
dcarr493383142435122233
Diannas6340283393250287
miztusweet1034421051497937338
localsocalgirl5500720446719361
bobonup27702998911255427
Iwuzhere1st890271306861533
Vive2Rave2148732662227769588
phantom20221368165141741607
ehbrod9099141168427612
Doc198390610465038627
wontGive4909174189074650
kelleyinthesky15133570525871656
UNLTDB1DS121012561097666
Advantageous251282141902177672
doodlebugsara3199244274810697
fiftyshdsofjon316911317371706
meamster15057107131935714
bidbang379211364539981740
jaiprakash77728060700321359748
rehnie272413159812750
gigglesBme2108141127816752
nanashe48423128183534756
relentl3ss1205524351114955768
Jo87873909110173425774
HatchetChopper1995525322985774
dinahn5510534476269780
TexasGMen339013962605800789
maxwell442229958566200980794
EastHaven123980117136844800
DealDudez2258223131405805
pejewins347321795817075818
EARLPEAR205541636341474822
Vendetta9115333524518008827
slurpylady3956308257170834
Randy1304565355951483723835
isabellajt1520416712109958844
brittbartelt87401228393801848
Lastblood5324010565440849
boyoreo774031621566008849
Lorenzo0908120310681936849
dclark553210503390584851
sidlana955122161862852
bkzn549510091615303867
ouknow1230815091146869
Highpitch270712996646869
OKKAMS3769110127908870
AL6711187614851570190876
Trina3231629920742103510877
MaryP001563137233392878
harvardpapa114218285984878
ptrcmessner3528744975544889
Giles2996277157031893
Rush22114411160444942894
Luvnit12089237521697896
ctn851641945175162213919
Annetbryant123812019392923
bledpurple2310867062297073923
ALLREALallIn113271356767268929
lovindeals497316230732932
Sharr11253476677762891939
FrankOIII15314538005941
bahaamuhsen1543126123079943
JRonning103513632011949
amitim5199394258387967
Moneyplane1167124145660968
wkleidon14202188374360969
insomniac147914573897978
insomniac72752103144522984
AFC66Chevy68010583210988
youngleland6374110983012993
chippewabandit1619217822435029994
80Bruno1333739033783023994
Devinispro3331267156797997
unipus1663190242172998
1Hosebist18711071386261002
jamminonthe1560471218952083311005
redlocks821941892276289781009
brian20811330628455292271011
nbharath14895849231780781013
lilly64fl109628439231071016
BBLeroyBrown26433352929501017
panther50213035623503794231017
aryaanam1525109765011021
54vigomez48132112082771023
Postalservice30874443060151024
James0908719410066194381030
aiiiwant74462631285191036
Takingchances941882321281671037
wall75slater6442174718151040
bronco20813027624298498381040
time2bid123734224296881044
Jmascar3424301351195421046
joelito2225941261511081047
KellJ1318531962467571050
madelinealexa62252362365211055