Changes: Success fees and Top Seller discount

Written by The Trade Me team in General and Top Seller at 12:00am, Mon 7 Feb 2011

As of today, there are some changes to our success fees and our Top Seller programme.

First of all, the Top Seller discount on all auction fees (including extras) is now 15%. That’s an increase from the previous 10% discount.

We’re also including more traders in our Top Seller programme. You may now qualify over the standard six-week period if you sell 60 or more items, or if you sell $10,000 of items. Note that the existing sell-through rate and feedback criteria still apply.

We’ve also increased our general item success fees. We last changed our fees for general items back in 2008, and since then our audience has grown by 91% and we’ve introduced a number of new site features. And remember, you only pay a success fee if your item sells.

Here’s a table with the new fees marked in bold:

Fees table

Please note that sellers who listed an item up until 11:59pm on 6 February will be charged the "old" success fees, even if the item sells on or after 7 February.

View all our current fees