Landcheck heads back to CERA
This afternoon we passed the www.landcheck.org.nz website across to the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority to run and maintain, as planned.
In the three months since we built, hosted and launched the Landcheck site, it has clocked up more than 10 million hits as people sought to confirm the status of their residential properties in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes.
It was a privilege to be asked by Government to build the site, and our team enjoyed getting it designed and built in just four days. The team was also pretty stoked when the Prime Minister dropped in with a surprise visit (see the pic) to thank them personally after the site went live on 23 June. More...
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Sell your boat or jetski and save $10!
List a jetski, motorboat, yacht or sailboat on Trade Me Motors before midnight 22 September, with an asking price or reserve of under $10,000, and pay only $29 – that’s a $10* saving on the listing fee.
*The asking price or reserve must remain under $10,000 or you will be charged the extra $10. Auction success fees apply.
Text Me SMS Problems (Resolved)
UPDATE 9:58am
We have been advised by our SMS provider that the issue of non delivery of Text Me SMS messages has been resolved. Thanks for your patience with this.
We are currently aware of a problem that is preventing the delivery of Text Me SMS messages to some users on the Telecom network. Unfortunately this issue is outside of our control.
We will post an update once this problem has been resolved.
Starship Spring Clean II is under way
We're stoked to be supporting the Starship Spring Clean again this year. It has just been switched on here at Trade Me, and will be running for the month of September.
We did this last year and it was cool. Who wouldn't want to help out the national children’s hospital and one of New Zealand's most awesome charities, the Starship Foundation?
There are 3 things involved: list an item, pledge to donate auction proceeds to Starship, then donate once the item is sold. Aim to donate as close to 100% as you can. Also, don't forget there's free Gallery on $1 reserve listings. More...
Proposed initial public offering of Trade Me
We have some big news about Trade Me. Fairfax Media Limited, our parent company, has announced that it intends to sell between 30% and 35% of Trade Me via an initial public offering.
There are lots of rules about “pre-prospectus publicity” set out in the Securities Act that mean we can’t say too much at this stage, but what we can tell you is that:
- Fairfax is considering making an offer of securities to the public in relation to Trade Me;
- No money is currently being sought; and
- The timing of the IPO has not yet been finalised. More...