Archive for June 2013 announcements

Scheduled Maintenance

Written by Matt in Scheduled maintenance at 8:51pm, Sun 30 Jun 2013

Just a heads up that Trade Me is going to be unavailable between 2:00am and 3:00am tomorrow morning for scheduled maintenance and upgrades. All auctions that are due to close between 2:00am and 4:00am will be extended by two hours.

We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

Update to privacy policy

Written by Christine in General at 5:22pm, Thu 27 Jun 2013

We'd like to let you know that we're making some changes to our privacy policy.

What's changing?

We’re updating Ministry of Economic Development to Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment – to reflect the change in Ministry name. More...

Scheduled Maintenance

Written by Matt in Scheduled maintenance at 3:31pm, Thu 27 Jun 2013

Just a heads up that Trade Me is going to be unavailable between 2:00am and 3:00am tomorrow morning for scheduled maintenance and upgrades. All auctions that are due to close between 2:00am and 4:00am will be extended by two hours.

We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

New Pay Now process rolling out wider

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 2:39pm, Tue 25 Jun 2013

Back in May we rolled out a new Pay Now process for multiple-quantity listings (MQLs) which allowed buyers to enter their payment details in one quick and easy step. The initial roll-out just applied to listings with Pay Now as the only payment option.

The good news is that in early July we’re extending this feature to apply to all MQL listings with Pay Now as a payment option. For buyers, it means speedier purchases and deliveries. And for sellers it means faster sales and less hassle.

We’ve got more enhancements to Pay Now planned later in 2013, and we’ll let you know when these are happening. More...