Archive for January 2020 announcements

Success fee cap change for in-trade sellers

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 5:30pm, Thu 30 Jan 2020

From 1 March, we’ll be changing the success fee cap for in-trade sellers. The maximum success fee will change from $149 to $249.

Change in listing fees for businesses for sale

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 4:30pm, Wed 29 Jan 2020

On 10 February 2020, we’re changing the fees for ‘Businesses for sale’ listings in the ‘Business, farming & industry’ category.

Note that this fee change doesn’t apply to Trade Me Property business accounts listing in this category.

New fees from 10 February 2020 (incl. GST)
Listing: $149
Feature: $49
Subtitle: $4.95  More...

The site went down — sorry!

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 1:00pm, Mon 27 Jan 2020

The site went down for about 20 minutes at midday.

Something happened behind the scenes, but we’ve fixed this now. Sorry - it’s not a great experience, we know!

Listings that were set to close between 12pm and 1pm today have been extended by four hours.

Updates for sellers listing 10+ cars live today

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 10:00am, Tue 21 Jan 2020

As we announced on 7 January 2020, from today we're making it simpler for members who list more than 10 vehicles per year, to sell on Trade Me.

We’ve contacted all affected sellers, who will notice these changes:

• simplified listing options – Lite, Plus and Super
• new pricing (including no success and withdrawal fees)
• 90-day listing duration
• free dedicated support from our Motors team. More...

Listing & fee updates for sellers listing 10+ cars

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 11:30am, Tue 7 Jan 2020

We're about to make it simpler for members who list more than 10 vehicles per year, to sell on Trade Me. We’ve recently tested these changes with a select group of members and are now making the changes for all high-volume vehicle sellers.

We’ve emailed all affected sellers, who will notice these changes from 21 January 2020:

• simplified listing options – Lite, Plus and Super
• new pricing (including no success and withdrawal fees)
• 90-day listing duration
• free dedicated support from our Motors team. More...