Announcing Pay Now
This morning we've launched Pay Now - a convenient way for our busier sellers to accept online credit card payments and to provide buyers with an even better buying experience.
For buyers, it means a quick and simple way to buy - Buy Now, Pay Now and you're done - all without leaving Trade Me. No internet banking or unnecessary emailing back and forth with the seller.
For sellers, it should mean more sales, easy reconciliation of payments and happier customers. Once the buyer has paid, we send you one email containing their delivery address and confirmation of payment. You can ship right away. More...
3:20pm Technical Problems This Afternoon
We experienced some network problems this afternoon which affected Trade Me’s availability between 3:20pm and 4:00pm.
All auctions due to close between 3:20pm and 4:30pm were extended by 90 minutes.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused our members.
Change to our Terms and Conditions
We've updated our Terms and Conditions by adding section 4.2 (u).
To help maintain quality listings on Trade Me, we reserve the right to suspend traders who list more than 500 auctions per week, where the sell through rate of these auctions averages less than 10% over four weeks.
We will talk directly with affected traders in the coming weeks before taking any action.
Scheduled Maintenance
Trade Me may be unavailable on Thursday 28th June between 5:00 am and 5:15 am for scheduled maintenance and upgrades. All auctions that are due to close between 5:00 am and 6:00 am will be extended by 1 hour.
We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
Auctions Not Closing Properly
We experienced an issue overnight that resulted in auctions remaining in the “Closing…” status. The problem occurred between 9:30 pm last night and 6:00 am this morning. This also resulted in end of auction emails being delayed. We have resolved the issue and all auctions are now closing correctly.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.