Getting started videos
We’ve created three short video tutorials that take you through the basic steps of searching, buying and selling on Trade Me.
They’re perfect for any family or friends who are new to Trade Me, or who aren’t sure how it all works.
Change to Top Seller programme
In light of community feedback, we're changing how often we review Top Seller status, effective Monday 22 September.
If you're not currently a Top Seller, your status will be checked every Monday and will be based on your last six calendar weeks of sales.
Top Sellers will continue to be evaluated every six weeks. More...
9:00pm: Auctions Not Closing Properly
We experienced an issue where auctions were remaining in the “Closing…” status. We have corrected the problem and these auctions are now beginning to close.
Please accept our apologies for this inconvenience.
Six-figure jobs
You can now search higher paying jobs more easily with our new Six-figure jobs category.
We currently have over 1,200 roles in 22 industries with a salary of $100k or more.
12:50: Technical Problems this Afternoon
We experienced some network problems this afternoon which affected Trade Me’s availability between 12:36pm and 1:10pm.
All auctions due to close between 12:36pm and 1:20pm were extended by 1 hour.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused our members.