Archive for April 2014 announcements

Are your children’s pyjamas up to scratch?

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 10:00am, Mon 14 Apr 2014

Winter is coming, so it’s time to think about the safety of the clothes that keep our kids toasty and snug during the colder months.

All children’s nightwear is required to have a fire hazard label sewn into the item to warn about the dangers of contact with fire. When we use heaters or light fires, we have to be extra vigilant about the safety and suitability of our children’s clothing.

Starting this April, we’ll be taking a tougher line in this space and where nightwear is identified as not having the correct labels, it will be removed from the site.  More...

Heartbleed: No impact here at Trade Me

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 5:51pm, Thu 10 Apr 2014

You may have seen reports about a major vulnerability known as Heartbleed in a popular piece of software called OpenSSL.

We've had some queries from members about the impact on Trade Me. In short, the news is that we are not affected by this bug as we don’t use the vulnerable OpenSSL library.

Note that you should change your password if it’s the same as one you use on a compromised site elsewhere.  More...

Trade Me Jobs: Jobs market full of opportunity

Written by The Trade Me Jobs team in Jobs at 12:30pm, Tue 8 Apr 2014

Yesterday our Trade Me Jobs team released some insights into the Kiwi job market over the first quarter of 2014.

You can find the full media release over on our investor relations website.

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BlinkMe - A new way to browse Trade Me...?

Written by Jay, Sean & Jeff in General at 2:30pm, Tue 1 Apr 2014

You may have spotted our recent announcement of BlinkMe, a "new and innovative way to browse Trade Me".

Well, as most of you guessed, our staff were keen on a little April Fool's Day shenanigans and the video below was the result.

We hope you enjoyed the video as much as we enjoyed making it. In the spirit of the day, we're making a donation to our friends at the Fred Hollows FoundationMore...

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