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Site Announcements Whats this? 29 September - Daylight Savings Time Change
Daylight Savings changes take affect on Sunday 30th September at 2am at which point clocks are to be put forward by one hour. All auctions that are due to close between 2 am and 4 am on Sunday will be extended by 2 hours.
28 September - Scheduled Maintenance
Trade Me will be unavailable on Saturday 29th September between 2:00 am and 5:00 am for scheduled maintenance and upgrades. All auctions that are due to close between 2:00 am and 6:00 am will be extended by 4 hours. Saved search emails and category subscriptions will also be delayed.
We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
26 September - Pay Now prize winners
Congratulations to the winners of our Pay Now competition. Sammy01 from Hamilton and rangs from Dunedin both won a Loewe entertainment package from VISA.
25 September - Recent QV sales information
We've improved Trade Me Property listings to show price information for houses recently sold in the area. This appears beneath the map on residential property listings that have a street address.
17 September - Site outage this morning
Trade Me was unavailable between 8:10 am and 8:30 am this morning. All auctions that were due to close between 8:10 am and 8:50 am have been extended by 40 minutes.
We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and lapse in service.
10 September - Issue Affecting CallPlus/Slingshot Customers
We have heard from a small number of CallPlus/Slingshot customers who have experienced some Trade Me issues this afternoon.
If you are a CallPlus or Slingshot customer and have experienced any issues we’d like to hear from you. You can email us at
4 September - New Carbon Credits Category
Today we've added a
Members can sell certified carbon credits if they are registered with a carbon credit registry such as
31 August - Pricing for job listings & job features
From midnight tonight, the fee for listing a job on Trade Me will increase from $49 to $69. The fee to "feature" a jobs listing will also increase from $29 to $49.
Volume plan rates for contracted advertisers remain unchanged.
29 August - Pay Now special offer - extended
We have extended our Pay Now special offer to the 1st of November. Until then, 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
27 August - 6:50pm: Credit Card Payments Problem
We experienced some intermittent problems with our Credit Card payment provider between 5:50pm and 6:40pm. This may have caused some credit card transactions to be declined.
These issues are now resolved and the service is fully restored. If your credit card was declined please try again.
We apologise for this inconvenience.
16 August - Relist fix
When relisting an item, the listing duration is now automatically set to the standard listing length (7 days for most categories). This applies to all relists unless you select otherwise.
6 August - Pay Now Relist Fix
We have fixed a bug that mistakenly removed Pay Now as a payment option when relisting. Pay Now is now remembered as a payment option when relisting auctions that previously had it set. We apologise for any inconvenience.
3 August - 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.
3 August - 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.
25 July - Pay Now special offer for sellers
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
Daylight Savings changes take affect on Sunday 30th September at 2am at which point clocks are to be put forward by one hour. All auctions that are due to close between 2 am and 4 am on Sunday will be extended by 2 hours.Trade Me will be unavailable on Saturday 29th September between 2:00 am and 5:00 am for scheduled maintenance and upgrades. All auctions that are due to close between 2:00 am and 6:00 am will be extended by 4 hours. Saved search emails and category subscriptions will also be delayed.We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.Congratulations to the winners of our Pay Now competition. Sammy01 from Hamilton and rangs from Dunedin both won a Loewe entertainment package from VISA.We've improved Trade Me Property listings to show price information for houses recently sold in the area. This appears beneath the map on residential property listings that have a street address.Trade Me was unavailable between 8:10 am and 8:30 am this morning. All auctions that were due to close between 8:10 am and 8:50 am have been extended by 40 minutes.We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and lapse in service.We have heard from a small number of CallPlus/Slingshot customers who have experienced some Trade Me issues this afternoon.If you are a CallPlus or Slingshot customer and have experienced any issues we’d like to hear from you. You can email us at ISPIssues@trademe.co.nz Today we've added a Carbon credits category under Business, farming & industry – enabling holders of carbon credits (voluntary greenhouse gas emission reductions) to sell them on Trade Me.Members can sell certified carbon credits if they are registered with a carbon credit registry such as M-co From midnight tonight, the fee for listing a job on Trade Me will increase from $49 to $69. The fee to "feature" a jobs listing will also increase from $29 to $49.Volume plan rates for contracted advertisers remain unchanged.We have extended our Pay Now special offer to the 1st of November. Until then, 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 Learn more about Pay Now.We experienced some intermittent problems with our Credit Card payment provider between 5:50pm and 6:40pm. This may have caused some credit card transactions to be declined.These issues are now resolved and the service is fully restored. If your credit card was declined please try again.We apologise for this inconvenience.When relisting an item, the listing duration is now automatically set to the standard listing length (7 days for most categories). This applies to all relists unless you select otherwise.We have fixed a bug that mistakenly removed Pay Now as a payment option when relisting. Pay Now is now remembered as a payment option when relisting auctions that previously had it set. We apologise for any inconvenience.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.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.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 Learn more about Pay Now.
The handbag used to hit Super 14 Hurricanes player, Chris Masoe by Tana Umanga after Masoe had punched a patron has just been sold on the New Zealand auction site, Trade Me. The brawl occurred in a Christchurch pub, The Jolly Poacher. Masoe was fined $3,000 for his actions, but Umanga received no punishment.

The confirmed winning bid was $22,750 (NZD) from Sue Langmaid, a.k.a. susie45, Wanganui, on behalf of an anonymous friend. There were numerous fake bids placed, one reaching one hundred million dollars.

The original owner of the bag, 22-year-old Nichole Davis, Christchurch said to the Sunday Star Times "At the moment I'm thinking it's pretty crazy. It's right up there. I thought I would get $600. I'm thinking it's an insane amount of money. I'll worry about it if it actually comes through. Right now I just want to relax. I've definitely been lucky and it's quite like winning Lotto."

The auction page got over one million page views, which made the site trademe.co.nz unusable for ten minutes.