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Seller update: changes come into effect today
Today we've made some changes for our selling community.
From today (1 May):
- To qualify for the Top Seller programme you must be marked as in trade.
- We’ve added more benefits to being a Top Seller, but removed some discounts too.
- Our success fee cap has been raised from $149 to $249 – but not for in-trade sellers.
- We want to remind you of the ways we support our sellers.
Pay Now enhancement
We have good news for sellers who are registered for Pay Now and for buyers who love to pay using Pay Now. We have increased the transaction limit from $3,000 to $8,000. You don’t need to do a thing.
Remember Pay Now allows you to pay instantly for Trade Me purchases with your credit or debit card, with all the details on one screen. It’s fast, easy and secure.
Update: Privacy policy
We’ve updated a couple of sections in our privacy policy in relation to the information around “Advertising and third party links” and “Internet statistics and analytics”. This is to keep members up to date with the information provided to Google through our use of various advertising services such as DoubleClick Ad Exchange and remarketing (including how to opt out), and our use of Google Analytics.
Payments delay for Labour Day
The banks shut up shop on Monday 22 October for Labour Day, which means some payments to Trade Me accounts will be processed a little later than usual. If you pay via phone or internet banking after 10pm on Friday 19 October, the payment won’t be processed until the morning of Wednesday 24 October. Sorry for any inconvenience caused, but that’s the nature of public holidays. Enjoy the long weekend!
Heads up: Success fee increase
We wanted to give you a heads up that from 1 October, our success fees for general items will be increasing. The average sale price for an item on Trade Me is around $50. This change will see the success fee on an item that sells for $50 increase by 20 cents.
We believe we still provide sellers with excellent value, and over the past year the number of visits to the site has grown by 18%. We’ve also invested in ensuring a strong presence across a growing range of platforms, and we now have five mobile sites and applications for interacting with Trade Me.
Here’s a chart with the success fee changes in bold: More...