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Wellington Zoo and Trade Me combine forces
We’ve proudly signed on again as a sponsor of the Wellington Zoo Trust, extending our relationship with the Zoo which began in 2010. We think it is a great fit for Trade Me, and the Zoo team understand that engaging with the large and active Trade Me community is a cool way to help raise the profile of the great work they do in Newtown and beyond.
Wellington Zoo have some neat attractions, and one we’re getting in behind is The Twilight Te Ao Mahina, the Zoo’s home for kiwi and tuatara. We’re also helping out with the Zoo’s kiwi advocacy and protection work.
Over time you may see more cool Zoo auctions pop up, like their recent auction to name a quartet of meerkats: the winning bidder came up with Runako & Sid (boys), and Hanna & Edda (girls). Keep your eye out for more on this front too. More...
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Category changes: Mobile phones
We’re always looking for ways to improve how items are categorised on Trade Me, to better connect buyers and sellers in our marketplace.
As part of that work, we are making a bunch of changes to the Mobile phones category to better reflect the range of products available. We’re adding a lot of new accessory categories and a specific section for replacement parts and components. We’re also removing the carrier-specific categories to make browsing for devices easier. You can expect to see these changes effective from Monday 10 September.
Download a category overview of how the Mobile phones category will be rearranged, or check out the information contained in this CSV file (right-click and choose 'save link as'). More...
Trade Me iOS Property app for iPad released
We’ve just released the first edition of our official iOS Trade Me Property app for iPad. We reckon it’ll be a great help if you’re on the hunt for a new place to call home, so grab it for free through the Apple App Store.
The Trade Me Property app’s streamlined interface makes it easy to browse through available properties on the site. Features include the ability to:
- Save searches as favourites and run them whenever you like
- Create Open Home calendar entries
- Contact agents directly from the app
- View full-screen high-resolution images More...
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Trade Me financial results out today
We delivered our first full year financial results as a publicly listed company today, for the 12 months to 30 June 2012. If you're interested in finding out more information about the results, or just general information about investing in Trade Me, head on over to the official Trade Me Group investor relations site.
As well as all the financial information, we also announced the acquisition of Tradevine. This is a cloud-based inventory management tool with cool integration into Trade Me. It provides sellers with a dashboard to manage sales, inventory and listings and we think it will be a valuable tool for retailers. You can read more about what they do over at tradevine.co.nz.
A name change: Kiwis for kiwi
Back in May we announced a new partnership with the Save the Kiwi Trust. After 21 years, the Save the Kiwi Trust is becoming an independent trust with a new name: Kiwis for kiwi. As part of this change, its flash new logo below will appear on listings where the seller has pledged to donate their “success fee top-up”.
The funds from Trade Me sellers will support national kiwi recovery goals, which include doubling the population of the critically endangered rowi kiwi population on the South Island’s West Coast by 2018.
If you’re selling an item on Trade Me and want to donate to Kiwis for kiwi, just tick the check-box during the sell process. Please check out our help section for more information.
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