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DEALSHUNTER on 10/06/2022 - 07:53 trademe.co.nz (298 clicks)
Last edited 10/06/2022 - 08:31 by 1 other user
Last edited 10/06/2022 - 08:31 by 1 other user
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i wonder this too!! ive avoided listing on trademe if i can its just a last resort as the fees are going up as if they werent making enough money.
Cool time sit down and make all my listings end on 1am Saturday
I find changing the number of days the auction runs for works. So if finishing in a few days, I change it to say 2 day auction and it instantly finishes. Then relist and away we go
Yeah what i usually do is change to to 1am (so that if any sales happen on Saturday its already under the free deal) then on Saturday change all the listings to 8-10 day finish at 8pm
It appears that you don't get charged if you just change the closing day. But if you want to pick up a specific time, there's 25c fee.
@xsolider: it depends some categories seems to affect some while others don't, for most I've been able to change the times at no charge
Also think it depend on when it was listed, i've had times where a recent listing allowed change but a few hrs later one it wouldn't
you can also do it free via "my products" it seems@Huntakillaz: I'm new to this "My product". It's blank there. Do you have to create separate listings there?
@xsolider: Yeah its easier to manage via that basically open up two browser tabs side by side one with you listings and the other with my products and then just recreate the listings under my products with copy/paste. (then you just make your current old listings end and active listings under my products)
Then you mainly use my products to manage everything, as it lets you bulk edit and stuff as well
@Huntakillaz: Do you get the same level of experience if you use the smartphone app to access "My Product" compared to normal listings?
@xsolider: it takes you to the browser on your phone, but you can edit the listing for that week.
say like tomorrow i can got through editing the listings the way you normally do and dropping the price, but because of "My product" the following week it will revert to the whatever its set as in "My product"
@Huntakillaz: So do you still get app notifications at all? An item is sold, a question is raised? etc
@xsolider: yup my products just manages the backend of listings it's what all the retailers use.
When you activate a listing, it creates listings as you normally see, which you can modify separately if you need.
Try it with items and you'll see and understand
What's the point. Just sell them on the Facebook marketplace.
¹Applies to success fees for casual sellers (not in-trade), on general items listed from 00:00 am until 11:59 pm on Saturday 11 June 2022. Does not apply to relists after this date and withdrawal fees may apply. Limit of 100 listings applies.
²Applies to selected members selling used cars & motorbikes on a basic listing option listed from 00:00 am until 11:59 pm on Saturday 11 June 2022. This promotion is for casual sellers only (not RMVT registered, and lists less than 10 vehicles in any 12 month period), and is non-transferable. *
I prefer trademe only because half the time on Facebook people don't turn up when they say they will
Not to mention the time spent dealing with the people on fb marketplace. So much time wasted.
have had 3x the sale rates on Trademe despite the same listings and info on both with FB having the cheaper price for the past year.
"Hi, is this item available?"
"Yes it is, are you interested?"
"No."
There are quite a lot people selling fake stuff on FB，especially the Apple products.
yea and you look at the persons profile and think no way they are selling legit products.
if they are not selling items with a charger or box and claim its new then it will get locked sometime.
Or you can get banned for no reason and there's no way to appeal or find out why your account has been banned, at least with trademe you can talk to someone and find out
"Is this item still available?" Thats why.
Also selling on FB you get some real munters on there, all my friend recommendations are gang members due to the cheap things i had sold in the past.Better quality of buyers, listing on TradeMe actually exist rather than 90% of people posting to FB and never taking it down after a sale. Some level of accountability from TradeMe (it's not great either, but better than the nothing you get from FB) Fees sting, but if it means less screwing around with scammers, no-shows and people trying to change the agreed price at the last minute then it's worth it.
Sadly less and less the case. The time wasters have realized that they can ask for bids to be withdrawn and the seller has to do so. There is also not a hell of a lot you can do about those who bid and don't show/payup.
I've had to deal with one recently, bid and outbid on a car, waited a week, "sorry, can't complete the trade" In the meantime I've lost the actually interested buyer (who brought something else), brought a car myself, and now have nowhere to put it (and no money to pay for it). Feedback shows this is at least the sixth time he's done it. Attempts to contract TradeMe get the automated "place feedback and relist" and zero way to actually contact them.
Facebook is full of scammers and thieves, and they're getting more brazen with the current crime wave.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-police-issue-warn…
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300602791/like-a-pole-smack…
These seem to be getting more frequent. I wonder if Trademe is starting to realise how much potential business they've lost through their ever increasing fees.