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Archive for August 2017 announcements
Changes to 'Auction feedback' page
We have made some small changes to the 'Auction feedback' page of a member's profile.
Members can now only see the listing number for feedback that was placed when the member was the seller. No listing number will be visible on feedback where the member was the buyer.
We've made this change to give buyers more privacy around their purchases.
Property pricing changes on the way
On 29 August 2017 we’re making some changes to both the basic listing fees and extra fees for private sellers listing in the following categories on Trade Me Property:
• Residential for sale (including lifestyle and sections for sale)
• Residential for rent
• Rural
• Retirement villages
• Commercial for sale
• Commercial for lease
• Flatmates wanted
Please see the below tables for the new prices that come into effect from 29 August 2017. More...
New photo and video policy for 'in trade' sellers
We wanted to let you know about our new marketplace photo and video policy for ‘in trade’ sellers, which comes into effect on 30 October. The new policy aims to help sellers increase buyer engagement, and ultimately sell more.
A good, clear photo or video of a product is important for attracting buyers and increasing sales – it’s what engages your customer and draws them into the listing. We also reckon it’s important for sellers to keep up with industry standards, which means quality images are essential. This is why we’re introducing a new policy for in trade sellers, to help maximise their sales on our general marketplace.
We’re giving our sellers plenty of notice so they have time to start phasing out any non-compliant photos over the next three months. The new policy itself can be found on this seller blog post.
Update: issue with Vodafone resolved
Update 8.15am, 24 August – the email issues Vodafone were experiencing have reportedly been resolved. Members who have a Vodafone or Clear.Net email address should be receiving Trade Me emails as normal.
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As we mentioned on Wednesday 9 Aug, we're aware of an issue affecting people who use Vodafone or Clear.Net as their email provider. This is causing some emails to not be received or delivered. More...
Change to Buy Now process
Today we've made a small adjustment to our Buy Now process.
In the past, sellers weren't able to add a Buy Now to a listing if a bid had been placed. From today, sellers will now be able to place a Buy Now on a listing with bids placed, as long as the reserve price hasn't been met. Once the reserve price is met, sellers can no longer add a Buy Now.