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Free Selling on General Items and Car Parts (Some Exclusions Apply) @ Trade Me

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Free Selling on General Items and Car Parts (Some Exclusions Apply) @ Trade Me
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bigcheese on 17/07/2023 - 15:37 trademe.co.nz (334 clicks)
Last edited 18/07/2023 - 10:33 by 1 other user

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Free Selling Sat 22 July

General items & Car Parts

  • List your general items & car parts on Saturday 22 July and get 100% off success fees when they sell!

Things you need to know

  • 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 22 July 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).

Discount applies to success fees for casual sellers (not in-trade), on general items listed from 00:00 am until 11:59 pm on Saturday 22 July 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.

Note: This does include car parts but not cars & motorbikes as has been in previous Trade Me promos

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  • L3tstaxth1s on 17/07/2023 - 15:45

    Yah thanks for sharing

    • Monk on 17/07/2023 - 15:49

      I also came to post Yay. I've been waiting for this for a long time :D

  • danvelopment on 17/07/2023 - 15:48

    Wait, does this include cars? It's hard to tell based on the thread title (says selling on general items, then immediately distinguishes general items as being different to vehicles)

    • bigcheese on 17/07/2023 - 15:51
      +2

      Usually it does but as the link is not live yet I can't be sure.
      This is the link that is currently not active.
      I'll update when I know the details.
      That's why I mentioned it is my 'best guess' of terms based off previous promotions.

    • genesis on 17/07/2023 - 15:53

      As OP said in his post, usually includes cars, but it's too early to say.

      I'm hoping it includes cars too, but we'll find out closer to date

  • Huntakillaz on 17/07/2023 - 16:23
    +8

    Awesome Thanks!
    Was about time!
    time to deactivate my listings and pull the high value ones 🤭

    Don't forget you can setup your listings right now using My Products and them activate them on Saturday
    https://sell.trademe.co.nz/

    upto 50 items can be listed free

    • choniesbum on 19/07/2023 - 09:04

      Can a casual seller use this or does it have to be buisness? I have about 50 items to list and to do it all in 1 day is so time consuming haha

      • Huntakillaz on 19/07/2023 - 11:42
        +2

        Casuals can use it fine, I've been using it for years.

        Also some tips:

        • Once listings are active can take 5-30mins to be listed so don't do it last minute, any that don't goto listed mode, go through edit and activate again

        • Once your listings are active on Saturday, go and deactivate them later in MyProducts (anytime before listing duration ends), then when the listings end you can manually select if you want to do fixed price offers or relist and stuff

        • Once listed you can manually edit each listing(the normal way not through MyProducts) and change the listing duration to 10 days without being charged fees,

        NOTE:This one you must do it soon after it listed for it to stick (i think), Trademe has a weird bug where it'll revert back to 7 days on the 7th day for some listings, I haven't figured out why that is yet, but assuming its because some listings i edit way later on in the day they are listed. (ie active & gets listed in the morning and i edit in the evening). This is also why i say to deactivate the listings in MyProducts to allow you to manually do fixed price offers or relist if it does encounter this bug.
        Also I'm not sure if this is specific to MyProducts or happens when you list manually too

    • jackvdbuk on 22/07/2023 - 10:45

      Save me a tonne of tine thank you for this.

  • coffeee on 17/07/2023 - 16:26

    so this should become a working link soon?
    https://www.trademe.co.nz/c/promo/free-selling-saturday-22-j…

  • Apexhunter on 17/07/2023 - 16:58

    Asking because I don’t know, does the auction have to be listed and sell on Saturday also for zero success fee?

    • jackvdbuk on 17/07/2023 - 17:01
      +1

      Just listed on the saturday

  • Grandma on 17/07/2023 - 17:23

    Finally.

    Got a stack of crap ready to sell.

  • Kdzc83 on 17/07/2023 - 19:41

    Yay!! Have been hoarding for this

  • limepanda on 17/07/2023 - 23:03
    +2

    Damn was waiting for ages to sell a car and usually they do the promo on the second Saturday of the month. Finally caved and listed for $110 and a few days later they come out with this lol.

    • bigcheese on 17/07/2023 - 23:23

      You are right that they are often the second Saturday of the month but from what I have seen not when that falls on a long weekend.

  • shopaholic on 18/07/2023 - 09:51

    Yay! I've been hoping this would be coming up!

    Also, heads up to anyone that uses NZ Post via the Book a Courier system, their pricing went up… again on the 1st July—https://www.trademe.co.nz/c/community/news/book-a-courier-nz-post-rates-adjustment-1-july-2023

    • Jexla on 18/07/2023 - 13:50
      +7

      My friend noted a few weeks ago it's cheaper direct via NZ Post now.

      • shopaholic on 18/07/2023 - 15:52

        That's good to know! Thanks!

      • Rubenite on 18/07/2023 - 16:23
        +1

        Thank you SO MUCH for this comment. It is indeed much cheaper via NZ Post direct now. You just saved my partner's small business probably over a thousand dollars a year. Cheers!

        • Stoic on 18/07/2023 - 16:33
          +1

          Your partner should look into the likes of parcelwings, go sweet spot and courierit.

          • Rubenite on 18/07/2023 - 16:38

            @Stoic: Indeed as I keep telling them, but they are "too hard" to organise. NZ Post business account was up and running in minutes.

        • Fragluton on 18/07/2023 - 23:00
          +1

          Check Pass the Parcel too, 95% of my parcels fit in their bags which are cheap to send.

    • Senior Mouse on 18/07/2023 - 22:59
      +5

      Create an NZ Post Business online account and get these prices:
      DLE - $5.24
      A5 - $6.04
      A4 - $7.64

      Compared to Tardme prices it's ~25% cheaper:
      DLE - $6.50
      A5 - $7.80
      A4 - $9.71

      Great alternative to Aramex since we all know what Fastway are like…

      • kiwical on 22/07/2023 - 18:42

        If you are in business you can certainly get even better prices than the standard business online account.
        Just contact them and ask

        For NZPost courier prepaid bags I'm currently paying

        DLE: $4.70
        A5 $4.90
        A4 $6.15

        Disclaimer. I send a lot of stuff. 100-300 per week.

  • bigcheese on 18/07/2023 - 10:19
    +2

    Link is now live and offer confirmed for Sat 22nd July - post updated

    • genesis on 18/07/2023 - 10:32

      Bugger…. doesn't include cars :(

      • bigcheese on 18/07/2023 - 10:41

        Yeah, I couldn't tell from the information I found yesterday so had to wait until now to confirm.

  • Marzipan on 18/07/2023 - 14:44

    Thankyou! I have a massive pile of things I want to get rid of.

  • Chch898 on 19/07/2023 - 07:12

    Does any one know if boats are excluded?

    • bigcheese on 19/07/2023 - 07:24

      I would say excluded.
      The free selling is for general items including car parts.
      Boats would come under ‘Boats & Marine’

  • Japo32 on 20/07/2023 - 07:05

    For those stockpiling stuff and waiting for this promo, why not sell at FB marketplace? Just genuinely curious.

    • shopaholic on 20/07/2023 - 13:29
      +4

      For me personally, I can reach more people on Trade Me and don't have to say "yes it's still available" a thousand times, before actually selling the item haha. But in saying that, there is stuff I wouldn't bother to put on TM and use Marketplace for instead, I think it comes down to what you're selling :)

    • Huntakillaz on 20/07/2023 - 15:14
      +2

      The sale rate for me is 7:1 for TradeMe:Facebook. despite my FB listings having a lower price.
      People are more than happy to buy from trademe I found and yeah not having to deal with "is it still available?" is better.

    • Senior Mouse on 21/07/2023 - 01:39
      +3

      I find it's entirely dependent on the item you're selling. As a rule of thumb for selling on Facebook over Tardme:
      - Not worth selling items worth less than $20 on Facebook due to the amount of muckarounds of organizing pickup
      - Ideally item is priced less than $200; People are looking for value on the secondary platform and are willing to spend less due to the perceived risk. Higher price also attracts scams.
      - Item must be in demand for people who use Facebook; 20-40 year olds
      - Item sells better if there's bulk; on Tardme there's risk of cannibalizing your own auctions if you list multiple of the same item (especially at such as $1 reserves), but on Facebook this is an advantage. Bulk item photos attract views due to the perceived value, and you can talk/bargain with people easily with a single listing

    • Jaxson on 21/07/2023 - 20:29
      +2

      For me it's the button to restrict to address verified buyers.

      Facebook is the wild west of scams and low ballers. Selling and buying there can be quite painful.

      • kiwical on 22/07/2023 - 18:44

        Address verification is pointless now. Trade Me stopped this many years ago.

        • Jaxson on 23/07/2023 - 08:19

          Good to know

    • danvelopment on 22/07/2023 - 11:37
      +3

      Because Facebook Marketplace is abhorrent.

      A thousand people will message you to buy, ask a bunch of inane questions, make stupid lowball offers, arrange to view/purchase, then ghost.

      Facebook is the place to sell if you don't value your time.

      The absence of a robust feedback system, and reputation allows all of the cockroaches to (profanity) you around and not be harmed in doing so.

      Facebook has a feedback system, but it's worthless.

      • danvelopment on 22/07/2023 - 11:40

        They should do a study on the health of kin of Facebook Marketplace buyers, the frequency that they have "family emergencies" which means they couldn't turn up or tell you about the fact that they weren't going to turn up must be multiples higher than the norm.

        And you should be worried if one of your family starts buying there, because you can expect that your other family members will start dropping like flies just before any times they arrange to complete a purchase.

        • danvelopment on 22/07/2023 - 11:43

          On the rare occasion that happens on TradeMe (and it does sometimes) you either just leave bad feedback, or tell them you're going to do so, and their family member bursts into full health again, presumably thanks to some sort of passing wizard, and completes it.

        • 2cheap on 22/07/2023 - 13:18

          😂 definitely experienced the family rushed to hospital followed by multiple emergencies that only slight trump my $10 listing

  • bigcheese on 22/07/2023 - 08:14

    Remember to get your Trade Me listing up today for no success fees.
    It doesn’t need to sell today but must be listed to qualify.

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