Authenticate before selling
From Thursday, only authenticated members will be able place listings on Trade Me. This is to ensure only members serious about selling will be able to list items.
This will not prevent un-authenticated members from placing bids on auctions.
As part of the authentication process, members will need to confirm their contact details and credit their Trade Me account.
New “Advanced car search”
We have introduced a new advanced car search to allow members to find cars that better match their search criteria. You can now find a link to “Advanced car search” under the existing “Car Search” available on the left-hand side for all categories under Trade Me Motors > Cars.
New “Buy Now” limit to protect sellers
Today we have introduced a limit on the number of auctions each member can place a “Buy Now” on. Members are now limited to 20 “Buy Now” transactions in a day.
This has been introduced to stop scammers (or automated software) bidding on large numbers of auctions where there is no intent to purchase.
New “Sort by” drop down list
Today we introduced a new drop down “Sort by” for all pages on Trade Me that display listings. The drop down box is now available on the left hand side above the listings.
This replaces the “Sort by” links previously available on the site.
Scheduled outage on 2nd November
Trade Me will be down for a scheduled outage on Tuesday from 5am for approximately two hours.
All auctions that have a finish time between 5:00am and 8:00am will be extended by 3 hours. So auctions due to close at 7am will close now at 10am. We apologise for any inconvenience.