Christmas payment delay
Due to bank closures over Christmas there will be a delay in processing payments to your Trade Me account made by phone and internet banking.
If you pay by these methods, please be aware that payments made after 10pm Thursday 24th December will not be processed until Wednesday 30th December.
Sorry for the inconvenience, unfortunately it is beyond our control. We hope you have an enjoyable Christmas and a great New Year.
Changes to neutral and negative feedback
Over 50,000 members have neutral or negative feedback left by other members who have since been permanently banned from Trade Me. We don’t believe feedback from banned members should count, so we have removed it from all affected memberships and will continue to do so. This will not affect any positive feedback. Merry Christmas, and happy trading!
Relist notification emails
You’ll now receive an email to let you know if an item on your Watchlist has been relisted. Previously, you’d only receive these emails for items you had placed a bid on.
If you don’t want to receive these relist notifications, you can turn them off in your Email Options.
New sort orders in search results
We’ve revised some of the sort order options available for search results. For example, you can now order your results by the lowest or highest Buy Now price, and we’ve renamed the ‘Hot’ sort option to ‘Most bids’ to more clearly communicate what it does.
You can change the sort order using the drop-down menu above your search results.
Christmas bonus for Top Sellers
We’re giving our Top Sellers a well-deserved break over the holiday period. If you’re a Top Seller between 20 December and 3 January you’ll remain a Top Seller until at least 21 February 2010. On 21 February your status will be assessed based on your sales between 11 January and 21 February.
It’s our way of saying Merry Christmas and thanks for your contribution to the Trade Me community. We appreciate that sales tend to dip over the holiday period, so the extension will ensure you keep your Top Seller status over the summer.