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Free Selling on General Items (Exclusions Apply) Sunday 12th October @ Trade Me

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Free Selling on General Items (Exclusions Apply) Sunday 12th October @ Trade Me
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Things you need to know
General items promotion:
  • Applies to listings started from 12:00 am until 11:59 pm on Sunday 12 October 2025.
  • Discount applies to success fees on general items only, any other applicable listing fees still apply.
  • Discount applies to relists, but only if they are relisted on the day of the promotion. Only applies for the first listing period.
  • This promotion is available to casual sellers only (not in-trade).
  • Car parts are included, however large machinery listed in the 'Business, farming and industry' category are not (e.g. tractors and trailers).
  • Limited of 100 listings applies.
  • Full terms and conditions
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  • Stoic on 08/10/2025 - 10:25
    +5

    Surprised they're not forcing ping on this promotion. They recently announced that all In Trade sellers will have the band deposit option removed from payment options and will force ping on all In Trade sellers.

    • pedrolewisnz11 on 08/10/2025 - 10:27
      +3

      another reason why im over tm!

      • kfr23 on 08/10/2025 - 17:35

        if the alternative is facebook marketplace, then trade me it is lol

    • ABCDEFG on 08/10/2025 - 10:54
      +4

      Yeesh, TM really is going down the tubes eh?

    • Senior Mouse on 08/10/2025 - 12:58

      The only way to counter it is to increase price 2.2% and offer discount for "cash" sales via bank transfer.
      Most people are happy paying Ping for added protection and convenience.

    • Liger Zero on 08/10/2025 - 18:51
      +2

      I don’t mind the change tbh, 95% of my buyers use Ping/Afterpay anyways. The only thing I don’t like in it now further disincentivises commercial sellers to properly identify themselves as “in-trade” since it can offer their listings a clear point of difference for the buyer.

      Overseas eBay AU/US has removed bank payments as an option for a long time now. Although they do allow Venmo, and bank transfers are much less of a thing there.

      The most annoying thing about Trade Me for me personally is their site is so unbelievably buggy. The revamped interface is nice but I keep getting website errors & redirecting issues on searches/support pages.

      • kiwical on 12/10/2025 - 08:25

        eBay tried to remove bank payments in 2008 and mandate paypal. The Australian version of our Commerce Commission said no, you can't do that. So while they are no longer that popular as far as I am aware bank deposits are still a thing on eBay (AU)

        So there is scope for Comcom here to take a look at what Trade Me are proposing.

        • Liger Zero on 12/10/2025 - 08:37

          I think the difference there is that they tried to make it PayPal only.

          Nah I think eBay AU has gotten rid of bank deposits. I’ve never seen that option at checkout. They do offer plenty of payment methods though:

          • Credit or debit card (Visa, Mastercard)
          • Afterpay
          • Zip
          • Apple Pay
          • Google Pay
          • PayPal
          • eBay gift card or eBay voucher
  • bigcheese on 08/10/2025 - 11:02

    Another one!
    More frequent than a Briscoes sale.

  • FrugalFinds on 08/10/2025 - 13:40
    +3

    I used TradeMe for the first time in a while yesterday… app seems buggy af - when creating a new listing, it kept failing validation and wouldn’t let me go to the next step as apparently I hadn’t selected a category (I had). Thought I’d save it as a draft, and resume it. That didn’t work either - the draft just opens a blank listing. Had to list on a computer instead.

    I also noticed they’ve now introduced a fee for buyers - “Service Fee”.

    • Gotham35 on 08/10/2025 - 15:30

      Is service fee for buying allowed by Commerce Commission?

      • Tmurder91 on 08/10/2025 - 16:14
        +2

        The service fee is very common in traditional auction houses and has been used by most of them for decades, so yeah its all good.

        The commerce commission are unlikely to care given how clear the fees are (when you try and bid/buy it tells you what the fee will be.)

        But yes, its shit. Little bit of chat about it here: https://www.cheapies.nz/node/53247

      • kiwical on 12/10/2025 - 08:21

        However mandating Ping is perhaps not allowed. Complaints have been made to Comcom about that. When eBay tried it in Australia they got rejected by their version of our Commerce Commission.

        • Tmurder91 on 12/10/2025 - 10:30

          thats a good point. I might actually submit a complaint on my own for this - good shout

    • AleBeerenhoff on 08/10/2025 - 15:59
      +1

      Oh wow - thats a hard no for me. Didn't realise they were playing around with this.

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