Announcements

Ping withdrawals on Sunday 19 October will be delayed until the evening.

From Monday 3 November 2025, Ping, Afterpay and cash will be the only available payment options for in-trade sellers.

As we announced on 17 September 2025, our updated Privacy Policy came into effect on 1 October 2025.

From 1 October, we are updating the pricing model for our Portable Cabins and Tiny Homes category.

There was an issue that caused a delay with some emails today.

Aramex will be unavailable via Book a courier from 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm on Thursday 7 August.

Our rates are changing for Aramex options within 'Book a courier'.

There was an issue that caused a delay with today's Ping withdrawals.

From 30 July, we are updating the pricing model for our Shipping Container category.

Our rates are changing for NZ Post options within 'Book a courier'.

Our site was out of action for a bit this morning.

To comply with anti-money laundering (AML) laws, we may ask you to supply information using First AML.

A consistent look so you always know it’s us, making it easy, familiar, and one less thing to second-guess.

We're making some updates to our Terms and Conditions, which will come into effect on 30 May 2025.

We experienced some issues after the daylight saving time change where some listings had incorrect end times.

Our rates have changed for Aramex options within 'Book a courier'.

We're aware that some customers are having issues with our instant payment service, Ping.

We’re aware of Trade Me customers receiving messages impersonating Trade Me Jobs recruiters.

Our site was out of action for a bit this morning.

Aramex will be unavailable via Book a courier from 7:30pm and 9:30pm on Sunday 20 October 2024.

We are updating Trade Me to make it smarter, simpler and more powerful.

Scheduled site maintenance on Wednesday 4 September 2024

This is a heads up about a rate change for Aramex within ‘Book a courier’.

Site errors today are now resolved.

Our mobile apps were out of action for a bit this afternoon, but they're up and running as normal now.

Our site was out of action for a bit this morning, and we're now up and running as usual.

Trade Me will be unavailable between 01:00 and 01:30 on 1st August 2024 due to site maintenance. 

Upcoming Privacy Policy change on Monday 5 July

Our site was experiencing issues.

Aramex are doing some scheduled site maintenance between 7.30pm to 9.30pm on Sunday 21 July 2024.

We are doing some scheduled site maintenance between 01:00 and 02:00 on 23rd July 2024.

Our site is currently experiencing issues.

Our rates have changed for NZ Post options within 'Book a courier'.

Our site was out of action for a bit this morning.

Our site was out of action for a bit this afternoon.

We are doing some scheduled site maintenance between 1:00 am and 6:00 am on 22 May 2024.

We're introducing Multi-factor authentication (MFA) on Trade Me.

Our site was out of action for a bit this afternoon.

We are doing some scheduled site maintenance between 1:00 am and 2:00 am on Wednesday, 14 February.