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Free Selling on General Items, Cars & Motorbikes (Some Exclusions Apply) @ Trade Me

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Free Selling on General Items, Cars & Motorbikes (Some Exclusions Apply) @ Trade Me
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bigcheese on 05/10/2023 - 06:37 trademe.co.nz (140 clicks)
Last edited 05/10/2023 - 06:38

Here we go again….
This Saturday 7th October 2023 only.

Things you need to know

General items:

  • This promotion is available to casual sellers only (not in-trade).
  • Applies to general item listings only.
  • Discount applies to success fees only, any other applicable listing fees still apply.
  • Relists started on Saturday 7 October 2023 are included, but relists after this date are not. Only applies for the first listing period.
  • Car parts are included, however large machinery listed in the 'Business, farming and industry' category are not (e.g. tractors and trailers).

Motors:

  • This promotion is available to casual sellers only (not RMVT registered, and lists less than 10 vehicles in any 12 month period).
  • Applies to used car and motorbike listings on a basic listing type only.
  • Relists after 90 days aren't included. Only applies to used car listings created on Saturday 7 October.
  • Applies only to cars and motorbikes (not to other vehicle types, e.g. campervans and boats).
  • This offer is non-transferable.

¹Discount applies to success fees for casual sellers (not in-trade), on general items listed from 00:00 am until 11:59 pm on Saturday 7 October 2023. Only applies for the first listing period. Does not apply to relists after this date and withdrawal fees may apply. Limit of 100 listings applies.

²Applies to used car and motorbike listings on a basic listing type listed from 00:00 am until 11:59 pm on Saturday 7 October 2023. 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.

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  • La102 on 05/10/2023 - 07:15
    +3

    You know trademe is struggling when free selling appears

    • bigcheese on 05/10/2023 - 08:06
      +2

      They have certainly ramped up these promos.
      It used to alternate between free selling, 50% off and free selling $1 reserves but this is the first time I recall seeing two consectitive months of free selling.

    • nzmax on 06/10/2023 - 02:16
      +1

      IMO they did a lot of damage by getting rid of their online forums and message boards. Guessing most of those people went onto other communities including Facebook. Personally I still use TM to sell things. But not much selling at the moment although did sell my car with a free ad, and I was willing to pay $100 to list it, it just so happens they had free selling that weekend. .

      • bren on 07/10/2023 - 11:02
        +1

        yes, I was on there all the time. Now I hardly remember they are there.

        • nzmax on 08/10/2023 - 23:45

          The MBs were pretty useful for many. It is a bit sad to see TM in this state IMO. But a sign of the times.

  • Jaxson on 05/10/2023 - 07:17

    Do they have to sell at auction first time, or is a fixed price offer sale included in the no fees too?

    • Moodkiller on 05/10/2023 - 07:38
      +1

      It doesnt matter what method the item sells via (auction or buy now or fixed price offer afterwards) - as long as it is listed on the 7th :).

    • nzoutdoors on 05/10/2023 - 07:38
      +3

      The way I understand it is that fixed price offer sale is also free, as long as it's on the original auction listed on Saturday 7 Oct.

  • squareeyes on 05/10/2023 - 08:16
    +1

    Nobody is buying rn. People are struggling out there.

    • choniesbum on 05/10/2023 - 09:55
      +2

      Your right! Some things i have for sale im selling 50% cheaper than other ones for sale and still no luck.

      • Jaxson on 05/10/2023 - 12:01
        +1

        Or no one is looking on TM anymore.

        • blam on 05/10/2023 - 20:30
          +2

          Personally I'm annoyed by the endless listings of stores/commercial sellers. If there was an option to filter them out and leave private sellers only I'd visit it more often

          • squareeyes on 06/10/2023 - 08:50
            +1

            @blam: Filter by "Used". Still get a few Cash Converter type listings though.

        • squareeyes on 06/10/2023 - 08:49

          Same on FB Marketplace. Can't give stuff away for peanuts.

  • NS on 05/10/2023 - 08:42
    +1

    Be interesting to know the stats on how much FB Marketplace are cutting TM's lunch. It's taken a while but they have the competition that was needed finally.

    • Jaxson on 05/10/2023 - 12:03
      +2

      Definitely

      It’s a nightmare of constant lowballing and a scammer paradise, but the price is right for most with no success fees.

      Someone mentioned a while back that trademe verification has been removed now. That was probably my biggest attraction to screen out the dodgy buyers.

      • Dunno on 05/10/2023 - 12:05

        they don't do address verified anymore but they do authenticate people via bank deposit/credit card use etc iirc

  • kiwical on 05/10/2023 - 09:07
    +1

    Yes the Trade Me response to lower engagement and sales has been to increase the fees for business sellers and increase promos for private. All Business sellers took a hit on Monday, and Real Estate fees for agents and property managers have gone off the chart. A lot of grumbling and threats to move away from Trade Me in that sector.

    Overall I suspect Trade Me is trying to make itself look as profitable as possible for a sale. The current private equity owner has already passed the time limit they normally hold companies before flicking them off.

    • Jexla on 05/10/2023 - 15:39

      Maybe if they had a single dev on the payroll they could improve the product instead of just resting on their market share.

      • dankd on 05/10/2023 - 15:48
        +3

        Yep, half the site is still the old layout. It's an absolute mess.

        • Jexla on 05/10/2023 - 17:09

          Yup and huge differences in functionality between mobile app and desktop too.

          • Dunno on 05/10/2023 - 17:11

            @Jexla: yeah its pretty wild that make an offer does not exist on the desktop site lol

            • kfr23 on 05/10/2023 - 18:31

              @Dunno: It's so you have to use their app, which has more telemetry built in.

              • nzmax on 06/10/2023 - 02:17

                @kfr23: The app doesn't allow you to relist multiple items at a time. The desktop site is a mess of old and new, but has more functionality for sellers.

        • coffeee on 06/10/2023 - 08:28
          +1

          how have they allowed it to go on for so long is what blows my mind, it just goes to show how bad its become.
          you cant change your payment instructions on the new ui either, you have to delete "a" after https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/ to get to the old ui.

    • eh on 05/10/2023 - 16:51

      What happened on Monday? OOTL here

  • coffeee on 05/10/2023 - 09:28
    +1

    i needed this, many items i sold the last time are still here, many buyers have "unexpected" bills so im stuck.

    • CheapAzChips on 05/10/2023 - 11:41

      That would be fellow Cheapies members with unexpected deals that popped up after bidding on your items 😁

    • Bill on 05/10/2023 - 18:27
      +1

      Yeah, sorry about that. I should really give them a call before I pop over.

  • roshanNZ on 05/10/2023 - 11:30
    +8

    Not related to the post but don't click on any links sent by the buyer. One of my items got sold over night and i got an email from the buyer asking to click the link in the email to "get" my money. It was strange because that's not how trademe operates.

    I didn't click on the link and was going to report the buyer but I got two emails from trademe telling me that the buyer was a scammer and not to click on any links in the email sent by them. So yeah, beware of such fake buyers too.

    • kfr23 on 05/10/2023 - 13:28
      +4

      The other annoying thing about that is if you have listed an item during a no success fee promotion, and someone purchases it with no intent on paying. Wastes your time, and you also lose the no success fees discount. Trade Me don't care.

      • justaddwater on 05/10/2023 - 13:29

        you can tick authenticated bidders only?

        but yeah that's it

        trademe is not ebay

        • kfr23 on 05/10/2023 - 18:29

          You can, but to become authenticated someone just has to top up their account $1.

          • strider001 on 05/10/2023 - 18:32

            @kfr23: One thing you could do is set the listing to auction only, so you can check who bids. If a particular bidder has a lot of negative feedback you can remove their bid etc.

      • jackvdbuk on 05/10/2023 - 18:37
        +1

        Ive had a credit for relisting by contacting them after non payment they offer to cover the next time you relist before…ymmv

      • L3tstaxth1s on 05/10/2023 - 20:19

        Yep had this happen on the last one… time wasters….

  • Dunno on 07/10/2023 - 19:09

    Is it worth turning on authenticated bidders only to avoid timewasters or will you get way less bidders for the items? Looking to sell stuff at low/$1 reserve just to clear it out.

    Authenticated means they must have deposited $10 or used pay now etc on the platform.

    • hazey on 08/10/2023 - 10:26

      Probably not - it will exclude buyers

      I understand many sellers won't use Ping (not saying you should if it's low reserve and/or pick up items) I don't have heaps of sales but I know it'd be far less if I didn't offer Ping payment. I don't like the fee but majority of my items are average $20-30 so it's not huge, just have to suck it up to get the sales these days.

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