1:00 pm: Auctions Not Closing Properly
We are aware of an issue where some auctions are remaining in the “Closing…” status. These listings will not appear correctly in My Trade Me, and their end-of-auction emails will be delayed.
We are working as hard as we can on this issue and hope to have it resolved soon. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may be causing our members.
11:30 am: Site outage this morning
Trade Me was unavailable between 11:20 am and 11:30 am this morning while we performed some urgent maintenance. All auctions that were due to close between 11:20 am and 11:50 am have been extended by 30 minutes.
We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and lapse in service.
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From now until August 31st, any payments you receive through Pay Now will cost just 1.95% with no fixed fee. This is down from 3% and a 50 cent fixed fee.
Members with 100 feedback or more who are Address Verified can register for Pay Now here.
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Pay Now registration change
From today, members with 100 feedback or more who are Address Verified can register for Pay Now.
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Removal of free 1 day listings
Today we have removed 1 day auctions from the standard listing options. Our research shows a very low sell through rate - less than 5% - for auctions listed for 1 day and some excessive use of short auctions by larger sellers.
Sellers can still schedule the end-time of their auctions for as little as 6 hours, although any scheduled listings incur a 25 cent fee.