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.

We’ve been notified by Aramex that an error was made when calculating their latest rate change.

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

From 31 July 2023, we're updating our Ping terms and conditions.

From 15 July 2023, you’ll be able to withdraw your money from Ping 7 days a week.

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

Closed listings on our site were down for a bit this morning.

As we announced on 19 June, this change came into effect on 3 July.

As we announced on 16 June, this change came into effect on 3 July.

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

As we announced on 26 April, these changes came into effect on 1 June.

Whoops. Something went wrong for a bit there.

Our rates are reducing for Aramex options within ‘Book a courier’.

Searches on our site were down for a bit this morning.

We're aware of an issue impacting job listings.

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

Our thoughts are with those who have been affected by flooding in the Upper North Island over the weekend.

Whoops our site was out of action there for a bit.

Ping withdrawals are currently facing delays.

As we announced on 30 August, this change came into effect on 1 October.

We're doing some scheduled site maintenance between 01:00am and 02:00am on Thursday, 1 September.

We're doing some scheduled Ping maintenance between 06:00am and 07:00am on Thursday, 18 August.

As we announced on 16 August, this change came into effect on 1 September for casual sellers.

We're doing some scheduled site maintenance between 01:00am and 02:00am on Wednesday, 17 August.

We’re doing some scheduled site maintenance between 01:00am and 01:30am on Friday, 5 August.

Ping withdrawals are currently facing delays.

We’re doing some scheduled site maintenance between 01:00am and 02:00am on Thursday 28 July.

Our Holiday Houses site is currently out of action.

Some of our members are currently having issues logging into Afterpay while using our app.

Oops. Something went wrong behind the scenes but we're back up and running now. We're sorry for any inconvenience.

There are two changes for Aramex options within ‘Book a courier’

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

We're aware of an issue loading images on listings.

The Trade Me Kindness Store is back!

Some of our members are experiencing issues creating new listings.

Due to the current Covid-19 situation, there are some things you need to know.

From today, we’re trialling a new feature called ‘Messages’ for buyers and sellers on our mobile app.

We’re doing some scheduled site maintenance between 01:00am and 02:00am on Wednesday 23 March.

From today, we are allowing the sale of Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) on our site.