Scheduled Maintenance
Trade Me is going to be unavailable between 2am and 5am tomorrow morning for scheduled maintenance and upgrades. All auctions that are due to close between 2am and 6am will be extended by four hours.
We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
Feature fee increase for Services listings
We want to give you a heads up that from 8 November we’re raising the price for promotional ‘features’ on Services listings from $19 to $39 for 90 days (including GST).
This change only applies to optional ‘feature’ fees and does not affect the price for a standard listing which remains $19 for 90 days (21 cents per day, including GST).
It's Movember!
You might be asking yourself why Kevin the kiwi looks different today. Well, not only does he have a great sense of style, he's also participating in Movember!
Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces during November each year around the world. The aim is to raise awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and depression.
On Movember 1st, guys can register at Movember.com with a clean-shaven face and then for the rest of the month, these 'Mo Bros' grow their moustaches to raise funds through their Mo-growing efforts. At the end of the month, Mo Bros and Mo Sistas celebrate by throwing a Movember party or attending one of the infamous Gala Partés held around the world. More...
Updates: Terms & conditions and Privacy policy
Terms & conditions
We’ve updated clause 4.2 (c) of our terms and conditions. This clause outlines that items you list must be in your possession, except where Trade Me has approved otherwise in writing. It also clarifies that motor vehicles (as defined under the Motor Vehicle Sales Act) may be listed on the site while in transit to New Zealand.
9:00am AMEX card payments problem [RESOLVED]
Update 4:25pm: We have now fixed the issue with AMEX payments, thank you for your patience.
We are currently experiencing issues processing payments made using American Express cards. We are working on the problem and hope to have it resolved soon.
We apologise for the inconvenience and will update this post when we have a fix.