Archive for December 2018 announcements

Payment delays over the New Year holiday

Written by The Trade Me Team in General at 7:00am, Wed 26 Dec 2018

Due to the upcoming New Year holiday, there’ll be a delay in processing payments to your Trade Me account made by phone or internet banking.

If you pay by these methods, payments made after 10:00 pm on Friday 28 December will not be processed until Thursday 3 January.

If you top up by credit or debit card, your payment will be processed instantly. More...

Payment delays over the Christmas holiday

Written by The Trade Me Team in General at 7:00am, Fri 21 Dec 2018

Due to the upcoming Christmas holiday, there’ll be a delay in processing payments to your Trade Me account made by phone or internet banking.

If you pay by these methods, payments made after 10:00 pm on Friday 21 December will not be processed until Thursday 27 December.

If you top up by credit or debit card, your payment will be processed instantly. More...

Introducing our new-look site

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 10:00am, Wed 12 Dec 2018

From today, the new-look Trade Me site is ready to be used on all mobile devices. It's still the same safe and secure Trade Me experience, with a fresh new look and a slightly different URL (trademe.nz).

While the new-look Trade Me is a work in progress, this change is another step towards a more helpful, accessible, and simple site.

This new-look site replaces our Touch site, which will soon no longer be available. More...

Scheduled maintenance

Written by The Trade Me team in Scheduled maintenance at 5:00pm, Mon 10 Dec 2018

Trade Me will be unavailable on Tuesday, 11 Dec between 3am and 6am for scheduled maintenance. All auctions that are due to close between 3am and 6am will be extended by four hours. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

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