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/></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Trade_Me_%27In_with_the_new%27_home_page_2024.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Trade Me's modern 'In with the new' home page, 2024"><img alt="Trade Me's modern 'In with the new' home page, 2024" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Trade_Me_%27In_with_the_new%27_home_page_2024.png/220px-Trade_Me_%27In_with_the_new%27_home_page_2024.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="402" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Trade_Me_%27In_with_the_new%27_home_page_2024.png/330px-Trade_Me_%27In_with_the_new%27_home_page_2024.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Trade_Me_%27In_with_the_new%27_home_page_2024.png/440px-Trade_Me_%27In_with_the_new%27_home_page_2024.png 2x" data-file-width="1365" data-file-height="2496" /></a><figcaption>Trade Me's modern 'In with the new' home page, 2024</figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type of business</th><td class="infobox-data category">Private</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline;" class="locality">Wellington <span style="font-size:85%;">(main office)</span>, Auckland, and Christchurch</div>, <div style="display:inline;" class="country-name">New Zealand</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area served</th><td class="infobox-data">New Zealand</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Apax_Partners" title="Apax Partners">Apax Partners</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Organizational_founder" title="Organizational founder">Founder(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Morgan_(entrepreneur)" title="Sam Morgan (entrepreneur)">Sam Morgan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Anders Skoe (CEO)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">550</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz">www<wbr />.trademe<wbr />.co<wbr />.nz</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">1999</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Trade Me</b> is New Zealand's largest online auction and classifieds website. Managed by Trade Me Ltd., the site was founded in 1999 by New Zealand <a href="/wiki/Entrepreneur" class="mw-redirect" title="Entrepreneur">entrepreneur</a> <a href="/wiki/Sam_Morgan_(entrepreneur)" title="Sam Morgan (entrepreneur)">Sam Morgan</a>, who sold it to <a href="/wiki/John_Fairfax_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="John Fairfax Holdings">Fairfax</a> in 2006 for NZ$700 million.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trade Me was publicly listed as a separate entity on 13 December 2011 under the ticker "TME". In May 2019, Trade Me was acquired by private equity firm <a href="/wiki/Apax_Partners" title="Apax Partners">Apax Partners</a> for NZ$2.56 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trade Me Ltd also operates several sister websites including FindSomeone and Holiday Houses. </p><p>As of 20 March 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Trade Me's website was the fifth most visited in New Zealand and was ranked 2,711th globally according to <a href="/wiki/Alexa_Internet" title="Alexa Internet">Alexa Internet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a country with a population of 5.3 million,<sup id="cite_ref-NZ_population_data_2018_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZ_population_data_2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Trade Me site has, as of April 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 5 million active members.<sup id="cite_ref-TMStats_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TMStats-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of April 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, an average of 690,000 people visit the site each day.<sup id="cite_ref-TMStats_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TMStats-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Participating traders primarily use New Zealand's banking system to settle payments, although Trade Me offers sellers the ability to accept credit card payments via Trade Me's own instant payment service, 'Ping' (formerly 'Pay Now'). Australian sellers must have a New Zealand bank account, while sellers from other countries are not allowed on the site without special approval.<sup id="cite_ref-int_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-int-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Trade Me shares many features with other online auction websites, such as <a href="/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a>. Some of these features include "Buy Now" and "Auto bidding". Sellers may choose to block the large proportion of members not "authenticated" from bidding. Only "authenticated" members can ask sellers questions. Members can become "authenticated" by using a credit/debit card on-site or depositing some money in their Trade Me account. </p><p>Only one membership per private person is allowed. Membership is for life, is never deleted and will be only partially deactivated if a member "closes" their membership by giving three days notice in writing to Trade Me. Member profile, bidding history and "feedback received" pages are then hidden and can be reactivated by ex-members at a later date on request. All ex-members empty member "items for sale" pages and all the "feedback sent" posted on other members pages is not hidden. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins_and_early_development">Origins and early development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins and early development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TradeMe_classic_banner.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/TradeMe_classic_banner.PNG/200px-TradeMe_classic_banner.PNG" decoding="async" width="200" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/TradeMe_classic_banner.PNG/300px-TradeMe_classic_banner.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/TradeMe_classic_banner.PNG 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="70" /></a><figcaption>A former Trade Me <a href="/wiki/Logo" title="Logo">logo</a> from October 1999</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Sam_Morgan_(entrepreneur)" title="Sam Morgan (entrepreneur)">Sam Morgan</a> founded Trade Me in 1999, constructing the site while working full-time for <a href="/wiki/Deloitte_Touche_Tohmatsu" class="mw-redirect" title="Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu">Deloitte</a> as a technology consultant. Within Deloitte, Morgan worked on Internet projects and <a href="/wiki/Supply_chain" title="Supply chain">supply-chain</a> issues.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time he witnessed the successes of online <a href="/wiki/Business" title="Business">businesses</a> like eBay and <a href="/wiki/Yahoo" title="Yahoo">Yahoo</a>, as well as the disasters of the <a href="/wiki/Dot-com_bubble" title="Dot-com bubble">dot-com bubble</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sam_Morgan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Sam_Morgan.jpg/220px-Sam_Morgan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Sam_Morgan.jpg/330px-Sam_Morgan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Sam_Morgan.jpg/440px-Sam_Morgan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="851" /></a><figcaption>Trade Me founder Sam Morgan at <a href="/wiki/Webstock" title="Webstock">Webstock</a> 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>According to Trade Me legend,<sup id="cite_ref-NZHerald_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZHerald-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morgan, then 23 years old, decided to found the Trade Me site when, despite searching online, he could not find a secondhand heater for his <a href="/wiki/Apartment" title="Apartment">flat</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a>. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_%26_Exchange&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trade & Exchange (page does not exist)">Trade & Exchange</a> site had a heater for sale, but held back listings for a week before publishing them online, and by the time Morgan made contact with the heater's owner, the item in question had already sold.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Morgan describes the initial designing and building of Trade Me thus:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <blockquote> <p>"Some time later we were in a backpackers in Sydney and got evicted because it was overbooked. We went up to some backwater because it was the only accommodation we could find. Anyway, there was nothing to do, so that night I started drawing a data model. So it sort of started there really. Then when I came back to Wellington I literally sat on the couch and built the site on a laptop over a five- or six-week period."<sup id="cite_ref-NZHerald_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZHerald-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>The site went online in March 1999 after Morgan pulled together as much funding as he could. It gained 155 members in its first week on the Internet.<sup id="cite_ref-NZHerald_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZHerald-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its early stages Morgan humorously listed Trade Me for sale on eBay with a $1 million buy-now price. Though eBay withdrew Morgan's auction, the prank sparked some interest among New Zealanders who realised the potential of online trading.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Trade Me developed slowly initially, because its founder had little funding to pay for the costs of <a href="/wiki/Web_hosting" class="mw-redirect" title="Web hosting">hosting</a> and of expanding the site. In addition, Trade Me initially offered a completely free service for both buyers and sellers, a strategy for expanding its member base at the cost of short-term revenue. With little money and time available to work on the site, Morgan made the critical decision to sell almost half of his new company to his former Deloitte colleagues, bringing him around $75,000.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>By August 1999 membership had risen to 3,500, and Morgan could dedicate most of his time and funding to the site. The early strategy for Trade Me involved simply increasing its user base and encouraging members to refer their friends to the site. Trade Me launched the Safe Trader <a href="/wiki/Escrow" title="Escrow">escrow</a> service about this time.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Growth_and_expansion">Growth and expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Growth and expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In its early years Trade Me continued to struggle, slowly increasing its user base, but facing financial challenges. The site initially used <a href="/wiki/Web_banner" title="Web banner">web banners</a>, but falling prices for advertising made web-banner revenue insufficient to cover expenses. Trade Me then introduced fees for auction services: first for features such as bold titles; then in September 2000 it introduced "success fees". This action proved the turning point for Trade Me, saving the site from potential financial disaster. Much of the success to come was based around the 'Trade Me Manifesto', a series of ten values for keeping the site fast and the company technology focused.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a> tried to enter the New Zealand market in 2001, but had little success. Trade Me has remained the major Internet-auction site in New Zealand, with both international and smaller national competitors gaining relatively little market penetration. Morgan commented on eBay's attempt to penetrate the New Zealand market in an interview: </p> <dl><dd>"...I think there are big cultural issues there that are just not well understood. For example the Americans think that everyone has a zip code [...] they were a little late in and then they launched in US dollars."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Morgan took time off from the <a href="/wiki/Stress_(medicine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stress (medicine)">stress</a> of running the booming Trade Me site in September 2001, and went to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> to manage an <a href="/wiki/Information_technology" title="Information technology">IT</a> <a href="/wiki/Team" title="Team">team</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. When he returned to his role at Trade Me the site had become profitable, with a membership of 100,000 and growing. By April 2005, this number reached one million.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In August 2003, Trade Me went live with Trade Me Motors<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Trade Me Property followed in 2005 along with Trade Me Jobs in 2006.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>New Zealand's Deloitte/Unlimited Fast 50 rated Trade Me the fastest-growing NZ technology company in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acquisition_by_Fairfax">Acquisition by Fairfax</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Acquisition by Fairfax"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TradeMe_offices.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/TradeMe_offices.jpg/220px-TradeMe_offices.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/TradeMe_offices.jpg/330px-TradeMe_offices.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/TradeMe_offices.jpg/440px-TradeMe_offices.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Trade Me offices, Wellington, 2006.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/New_Zealand_online_auction_web_site_bought_for_NZ$700_million" class="extiw" title="wikinews:New Zealand online auction web site bought for NZ$700 million"> New Zealand online auction web site bought for NZ$700 million</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <p>On 6 March 2006, the Australian media company <a href="/wiki/John_Fairfax_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="John Fairfax Holdings">Fairfax</a> acquired Trade Me in a deal worth NZ$700 million, with an additional NZ$50 million payable if the organisation met earnings targets over the next two years. (Those targets were met.) Sam Morgan and other executives remained with Trade Me.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the Fairfax purchase, Trade Me has continued to stand alone, with the former Fairfax NZ sites Jobstuff and Propertystuff being discontinued in favour of the Trade Me offerings. </p><p>In December 2012, Fairfax announced it was looking to sell off its stake in Trade Me in order to pay off debts.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sale was confirmed on 17 December.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its first profit report following the sale exceeded expectations, at NZ$37.4 million in the second half of 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Listings">Listings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Listings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Trade Me has increased its scope over time, and now<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> offers a wide range of listing possibilities. Customers can list the following items and positions on Trade Me:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li>General items</li> <li>Motors: cars, motorbikes and boats</li> <li>Property</li> <li>Jobs</li> <li>Rental property</li> <li>Flatmates wanted</li> <li>Antiques & Collectables</li> <li>Pets And Animals</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Community_and_related_sites">Community and related sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Community and related sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Trade Me sites include:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li>Trade Me – the main Trade Me auction site</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://findsomeone.co.nz/">FindSomeone</a> – a matchmaking/dating site</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.holidayhouses.co.nz/">Holiday Houses</a> – booking holiday homes/baches – rental accommodation</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.motorweb.co.nz/">MotorWeb</a> – vehicle licence plate lookup and basic facts site</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discontinued_sites">Discontinued sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Discontinued sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Frame"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Friends_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Old_Friends_logo.png" decoding="async" width="222" height="49" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="222" data-file-height="49" /></a><figcaption>Old Friends logo</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Online_map" class="mw-redirect" title="Online map">online map</a> site smaps, which provided access to New Zealand <a href="/wiki/Street_map" class="mw-redirect" title="Street map">street maps</a>, was closed in December 2008, leaving the niche to sites like <a href="/wiki/Google_Maps" title="Google Maps">Google Maps</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Old Friends – finding old school friends and workmates – discontinued in January 2016<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>SafeTrader – escrow service for Trade Me auctions - discontinued in July 2017<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a fairly open marketplace which is recognised globally, Trade Me experiences the same problems (such as fraudsters), and users need to exercise vigilance. In 2007, Trade Me set up a dedicated Trust & Safety team who monitor the site seven days a week to keep its members safe.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>"Members can report listings that may be in breach of the Terms and Conditions"<sup id="cite_ref-t&c_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t&c-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> via the "Community Watch" (CW) badge, sited at the bottom of every listing. Contact with staff can also be made via the '<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://help.trademe.co.nz/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000518892&id=undefined">Contact Us</a>' link at the bottom of every page. Social media can also be used to contact Trade Me.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>To minimise payment problems and reduce fraud, Trade Me restricted membership to residents of New Zealand and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> in 2005. This affected around 20,000 international members. However, in September 2013 Trade Me announced that it had "opened up its borders" and now has "a few internationally based sellers trading on the site," but that "only international sellers who meet our requirements for selling from overseas are allowed to do so."<sup id="cite_ref-int_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-int-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Trade Me's terms and conditions restrict membership to persons over eighteen years of age, as any user under the age of eighteen can not negotiate a legally binding <a href="/wiki/Contract" title="Contract">contract</a>. Prior to 2005 Trade Me did not restrict underage users, even allowing them to enter in their correct birthdates upon sign-up. In June 2005 <i><a href="/wiki/Fair_Go" title="Fair Go">Fair Go</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-fairgo_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fairgo-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a television programme devoted to <a href="/wiki/Consumer_protection" title="Consumer protection">consumer affairs</a>, approached Trade Me Limited regarding this issue and featured the matter on a broadcast episode. In response to this, Trade Me Limited sent all the users who registered their date of birth as under eighteen an e-mail asking them to check and update their details if incorrect. Trade Me no longer allows users to register if they enter a birth date indicating their age as under eighteen, but people under eighteen may simply represent themselves as older when they join.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clashes_with_rivals">Clashes with rivals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Clashes with rivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TradeMe_property_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/TradeMe_property_logo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="80" /></a><figcaption>Trade Me Property logo 2010.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2006, Trade Me laid a complaint with the <a href="/wiki/Advertising_Standards_Authority_(New_Zealand)" title="Advertising Standards Authority (New Zealand)">Advertising Standards Authority</a> (ASA) over the advertising of its largest property market competitor, Realestate.co.nz. According to the complaint, Realestate.co.nz, (run jointly by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) and Property Page Ltd) had misled consumers with their advertisements with their slogan: "the only place with every place". Trade Me stated that it had properties listed on the Trade Me website that Realestate.co.nz did not have. Trade Me also detailed other reasons why Realestate.co.nz had allegedly breached the ASA's code of ethics and comparative advertising. The ASA upheld parts of the complaint.<sup id="cite_ref-asa_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asa-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 November 2008, <a href="/wiki/Lixtor" title="Lixtor">Lixtor</a> accused Trade Me of using bullying tactics. Trade Me said Lixtor was just trying to draw media attention.<sup id="cite_ref-TradeMe-bullies-Lixtor_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TradeMe-bullies-Lixtor-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 November 2008, a community newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/The_Aucklander" class="mw-redirect" title="The Aucklander">The Aucklander</a></i> also reported that Trade Me's lawyers asked Lixtor to remove their "Terms and Conditions"<sup id="cite_ref-Newbie-takes-on-TradeMe_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newbie-takes-on-TradeMe-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 February 2009, in the wake of the emerging New Zealand copyright law <a href="/wiki/Copyright_law_of_New_Zealand#New_technologies_amendments" title="Copyright law of New Zealand">Section 92a</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Creative_Freedom_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Zealand Creative Freedom Foundation (page does not exist)">New Zealand Creative Freedom Foundation</a> published an article.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was stated that Lixtor vs. Trade Me case is a good example of how the new section 92a in the New Zealand copyright law could be "misused" if passed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clashes_with_software_developers">Clashes with software developers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Clashes with software developers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Various software developers have received legal threats after developing third-party software which interfaces with the Trade Me website.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 19 August 2006 the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Listener" title="New Zealand Listener">New Zealand Listener</a></i> published an article, "Bidding War"<sup id="cite_ref-listener_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-listener-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on one such developer. The developer, Ciaran Riddell, created a piece of software, AuctionBar, which used a technique known as <a href="/wiki/Screen_scraping" class="mw-redirect" title="Screen scraping">screen scraping</a>. The software allowed for more detailed searches for goods on sale as well as bids and updates via <a href="/wiki/Text_messaging" title="Text messaging">text-messaging</a> and a tool known as a "sniper", which acted as an automated bidding tool.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Trade Me have since amended the "Terms and Conditions"<sup id="cite_ref-t&c_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t&c-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the Trade Me website which now specifies "You may not use a robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Website or information featured on it for any purpose" under s4.1(c).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 7 May 2007, Trade Me released a <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gadgets" title="Microsoft Gadgets">Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget</a> to run in the <a href="/wiki/Windows_Sidebar" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Sidebar">Windows Sidebar</a>. This gadget, available on the Trade Me site, became the first sanctioned application to work with Trade Me. As the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gadgets" title="Microsoft Gadgets">Vista Gadget</a> requires an <a href="/wiki/XML" title="XML">XML Feed</a>, the gadget caused further discussion in the developer community about why TradeMe did not have an API. It also led to other creations by the developer community on top of Vista Gadget.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Trade Me has now released an official API.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_auctions">Notable auctions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable auctions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Most_popular_auctions">Most popular auctions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Most popular auctions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of July 2013, the most popular auctions were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-Illegitimate_bids_removed_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Illegitimate_bids_removed-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Views</th> <th>Closed</th> <th>Item </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>1.1m </td> <td>3 June 2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hurricanes_(rugby_union)" title="Hurricanes (rugby union)">Wellington Hurricanes</a> player <a href="/wiki/Tana_Umaga" title="Tana Umaga">Tana Umaga</a> hit teammate <a href="/wiki/Chris_Masoe" title="Chris Masoe">Chris Masoe</a> with a Roxy handbag at the "Jolly Poacher" <a href="/wiki/Bar_(establishment)" title="Bar (establishment)">bar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a> after Masoe got into an altercation with a patron. The owner of the bag auctioned it via TradeMe for $22,750, generating a large media story and over 1 million page views before the auction closed.<sup id="cite_ref-Auction_58555525_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auction_58555525-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>1m </td> <td>10 July 2013 </td> <td>A printer which was stated to be faulty and 'possessed' was listed by nickftward to be on sale. He used quite a lot of humour and sarcasm to describe it, which made the auction more fun. His description: <p>"Words cannot express how much I hate this printer. It never works when I need it to - it's like it knows when I have to urgently print something. It randomly decides if it wants to work wirelessly or not. And scanning wirelessly? Forget about it! When you first turn it on it will play an endless symphony of sounds that are simply there to fool you into thinking that it might actually do what it's designed to do. Don't be fooled. This thing is evil incarnate." The winner of the auction was kornholio, with a winning bid of $280 ($1 Reserve Price)<sup id="cite_ref-Auction_611109951_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auction_611109951-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>810,802 </td> <td>18 June 2009 </td> <td>Mike Whittaker (mikew4) listed his old <a href="/wiki/Kelvinator" title="Kelvinator">Kelvinator</a> washing machine under the title 'Scary Washing Machine' due to its behaviour when washing. He created a fictional story about how it sucked his shoes, pants, iron and wife into a vortex, beyond which, there are dinosaurs. The pictures he drew of the supposed dinosaurs are being sold as fundraisers for NZ charities. T-shirt company 'MrVintage' has created its own Scary Washing Machine Range of men's and women's T-shirts. The washing machine eventually sold for $5,160.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>459,420 </td> <td>1 August 2012 </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Implosion_of_Radio_Network_House" title="Implosion of Radio Network House">implosion of Radio Network House</a> on 5 August 2012 was New Zealand's first ever controlled building <a href="/wiki/Demolition" title="Demolition">demolition</a> by explosives. Like most other buildings in the <a href="/wiki/Christchurch_Central_City" title="Christchurch Central City">Christchurch Central City</a>, Radio Network House was damaged beyond repair in the 22 February <a href="/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake" title="2011 Christchurch earthquake">2011 Christchurch earthquake</a>. The right to push the button for the implosion was put up for auction and became the auction with the third highest page views ever. The winning bid was for $26,000 and the consortium of demolition contractors let the Child Cancer Foundation nominate a six-year-old boy from <a href="/wiki/Queenstown,_New_Zealand" title="Queenstown, New Zealand">Queenstown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Illegitimate_bids_removed_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Illegitimate_bids_removed-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3_Aug_-_boy_to_push_button_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3_Aug_-_boy_to_push_button-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>355,889 </td> <td>20 January 2012 </td> <td>YOUR Tattoo on my Bum!! </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>384,705 </td> <td>24 May 2009 </td> <td>Buy a Tractor and get a 20-acre farm for free. Southland couple Allan & Shelly Holland have ensured that whoever bought their tractor got a little extra to boot. <p>The International 574 was just a regular old tractor – bucket, back blade, red – but it did come with one rather unusual added feature: a farm, the 8.1h block in the Catlins was an added bonus for whoever wins the tractor auction. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>316,350 </td> <td>7 March 2011 </td> <td>Landscape Rocks for Sale in ChCh (following the February <a href="/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake" title="2011 Christchurch earthquake">2011 Christchurch earthquake</a>, there was no shortage of rocks, as whole cliffs had collapsed) </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>292,184 </td> <td>6 May 2010 </td> <td>Folden 2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>276,094 </td> <td>8 January 2009 </td> <td>Jesus Christ Pita Bread </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>258,775 </td> <td>9 January 2012 </td> <td>Two days in the studio and advice from <a href="/wiki/Neil_Finn" title="Neil Finn">Neil Finn</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_popular_auctions">Other popular auctions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other popular auctions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/40px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/60px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/80px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikinews has related news: <div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Handbag_used_in_Hurricanes_assault_reached_$22,750,_New_Zealand" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Handbag used in Hurricanes assault reached $22,750, New Zealand"> Handbag used in Hurricanes assault reached $22,750, New Zealand</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Optus_B1_outage_leaves_all_New_Zealand_Sky_TV_digital_subscribers_without_service" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Optus B1 outage leaves all New Zealand Sky TV digital subscribers without service"> Optus B1 outage leaves all New Zealand Sky TV digital subscribers without service</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Nelson,_NZ,_man_trying_to_sell_leg_online" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Nelson, NZ, man trying to sell leg online"> Nelson, NZ, man trying to sell leg online</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Supposed_image_of_the_Virgin_Mary_found_on_pebble" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Supposed image of the Virgin Mary found on pebble"> Supposed image of the Virgin Mary found on pebble</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <ul><li>A "comfort hug", auctioned in April 2005 to promote love and good feelings.<sup id="cite_ref-Auction_25682983_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auction_25682983-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The auction received considerable media attention.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In late 2005, a member offered a "time machine" for sale through auction (or swap for an "anti gravity machine"), with the highest bid reaching $300,000,000,001,999. The seller withdrew the auction shortly before its close time. News of the auction reached some New Zealand newspapers, which ran a story on it. This auction used to hold the record for the highest number of questions asked and answered.<sup id="cite_ref-Auction_36725938_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auction_36725938-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2006 a user attempted to auction the <a href="/wiki/Optus_fleet_of_satellites#Optus_B1" class="mw-redirect" title="Optus fleet of satellites">Optus B1</a> satellite following a malfunction.<sup id="cite_ref-Auction_52360702_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auction_52360702-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening price started at NZ$200,000,000. Trade Me withdrew the auction after 231,908-page views.</li> <li>In May 2006 a member tried to sell <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, using humorous descriptions of the country. The auction drew over 100 questions, and had more than 11,000 views. The country achieved a bid of $200,045,400, with a reserve price of 50 cents. In the end however, Trade Me <a href="/wiki/Network_administrator" title="Network administrator">administrators</a> withdrew the auction. <i><a href="/wiki/One_News_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="One News (New Zealand)">One News</a></i> (a broadcast television programme) ran a report on this auction.<sup id="cite_ref-Auction_55824140_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auction_55824140-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Also in May 2006 a member tried to sell his leg, which had been amputated a year earlier as a result of <a href="/wiki/Diabetes" title="Diabetes">diabetes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Auction_57001645_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auction_57001645-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trade Me withdrew the auction within hours and swiftly added "Body Parts" to the "Prohibited Items" list.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In June 2006 Lisa Lewis <a href="/wiki/Streaking" title="Streaking">streaked</a> across the field at the <a href="/wiki/All_Blacks" class="mw-redirect" title="All Blacks">All Blacks</a> game against Ireland held at <a href="/wiki/Waikato_Stadium" title="Waikato Stadium">Waikato Stadium</a>. Days later the bikini Lewis had worn ended up for auction.<sup id="cite_ref-Auction_59664487_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auction_59664487-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winning bid of $4,010 later proved not genuine<sup id="cite_ref-Lisa_Lewis_winning_bid_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lisa_Lewis_winning_bid-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In October 2007 Lisa-Marie Corlet stumbled across a pebble with markings allegedly resembling the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a>. A first auction completed, but the bids later proved invalid. Corlet went on a nationwide television programme, <i><a href="/wiki/Campbell_Live" title="Campbell Live">Campbell Live</a></i>, to announce she would not accept anything less than <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_dollar" title="New Zealand dollar">NZ$</a>78,662,500,000 as she believes that someone would very much treasure the item. She said she was non-religious and offered this as the reason why she chose to on-sell the pebble. It was one of the most highly viewed auctions on Trade Me, with over 100,000 views, but the pebble failed to sell.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 17 November 2008 <a href="/wiki/Lixtor" title="Lixtor">Lixtor</a> attempted to auction their auction site following dispute with Trade Me over <a href="/wiki/Lixtor#Controversy" title="Lixtor">copyright-infringement allegations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lixtor-Listing-on-TradeMe-1-GoogleCache_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lixtor-Listing-on-TradeMe-1-GoogleCache-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Scoop-Lixtor-Sale-on-TradeMe_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scoop-Lixtor-Sale-on-TradeMe-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening price started at NZ$100,000,000. Trade Me withdrew the auction after a few hours.<sup id="cite_ref-Scoop-Lixtor-Sale-on-TradeMe_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scoop-Lixtor-Sale-on-TradeMe-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Auction_188408719_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auction_188408719-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 2010: The Trade Me user rhorne listed a <a href="/wiki/Lemon" title="Lemon">lemon</a>; with the letters "XT" printed vividly upon it; for sale with a humorous description.<sup id="cite_ref-Stuff.co.nz_3366412_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stuff.co.nz_3366412-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was designed to mock the <a href="/wiki/XT_Mobile_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="XT Mobile Network">XT Mobile Network</a> due to its intermittent outages (which caused significant inconvenience to customers and delayed emergency service responses)<sup id="cite_ref-TVNZ_3379649_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVNZ_3379649-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other flaws. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> There were some suggestions made on the auction that the proceeds should be donated to charity, however the seller made it clear that was not his intention. The auction sold for $1,155.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In February 2012, Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Mallard" title="Trevor Mallard">Trevor Mallard</a> was accused of ticket scalping on Trade Me when he sold four tickets to the <a href="/wiki/Homegrown_Music_Festival_(New_Zealand)" title="Homegrown Music Festival (New Zealand)">Homegrown music festival</a> for a $246 profit. The MP had in 2006 initiated legislation, the Major Events Management Act 2007, prohibiting ticket scalping for major events (although Homegrown wasn't classified as a "major event" so wasn't covered). He later offered to refund the money he received for the tickets.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2019, one of the last single-use plastic bags from Pak n' Save was sold just before the law changed to ban them. The auction had considerable media attention and was the fourth most viewed listing of the year, selling for $52.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>A bag of Covid-free air was the most viewed auction of 2020. The seller listed the bag to commemorate a negative Covid test during the pandemic. The listing fetched 210,086 views.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <p>Note: Withdrawn auctions become unviewable after 60 days and bid histories after 45.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Morgan_(entrepreneur)" title="Sam Morgan (entrepreneur)">Sam Morgan</a>, founder</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Morgan_(economist)" title="Gareth Morgan (economist)">Gareth Morgan</a>, investor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Internet_in_New_Zealand" title="Internet in New Zealand">Internet in New Zealand</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tvnz.co.nz/content/677092/425823.xhtml">"Trade Me price fair, says Morgan"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Aotearoa+Data+Explorer&rft.pub=Statistics+New+Zealand&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fexplore.data.stats.govt.nz%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TMStats-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TMStats_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TMStats_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/SiteStats.aspx">"Trade Me Site Stats"</a>. Trade Me<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 August</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Trade+Me+Site+Stats&rft.pub=Trade+Me&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2FCommunity%2FSiteStats.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-int-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-int_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-int_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/trust-safety/2013/9/30/international-sellers-on-trade-me/">"International sellers are now on Trade Me"</a>. <i>Trademe - Trust & Safety Blog</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 February</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=rowansimpson.com&rft.atitle=Trade+Me+Manifesto+%C2%AB+Rowan+Simpson&rft.date=2014&rft.aulast=Simpson&rft.aufirst=Rowan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Frowansimpson.com%2F2007%2F09%2F16%2Ftrade-me-manifesto%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/trademe_big_fish_small_pond.php">"TradeMe: Big Fish In A Small Pond"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061129115015/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/trademe_big_fish_small_pond.php">Archived</a> 29 November 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> 21 August 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Michael Carney, <i>Trade Me Success Secrets</i>, Activity Press, Auckland 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20060323092605/http://www.nzx.com/market/market_announcements/by_company?id=128270">NZX: By Company</a> Released 6 March 2006. Accessed 10 December 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fairfaxnz.co.nz/news/index.html#ffxacqtm">"Fairfax To Acquire Trade Me, New Zealand's Leading Internet Business"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061215115146/http://www.fairfaxnz.co.nz/news/index.html#ffxacqtm">Archived</a> 15 December 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> 6 March 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.3news.co.nz/Fairfax-sells-Trade-Me-to-cover-debts/tabid/421/articleID/280589/Default.aspx">"Fairfax sells Trade Me to cover debts"</a>. <i>3 News NZ</i>. 16 December 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=3+News+NZ&rft.atitle=Fairfax+sells+Trade+Me+to+cover+debts&rft.date=2012-12-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3news.co.nz%2FFairfax-sells-Trade-Me-to-cover-debts%2Ftabid%2F421%2FarticleID%2F280589%2FDefault.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10854685">"Fairfax completes Trade Me sale"</a>. <i>The New Zealand Herald</i>. 17 December 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+Zealand+Herald&rft.atitle=Fairfax+completes+Trade+Me+sale&rft.date=2012-12-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nzherald.co.nz%2Fbusiness%2Fnews%2Farticle.cfm%3Fc_id%3D3%26objectid%3D10854685&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.3news.co.nz/Trade-Me-profit-beats-expectations/tabid/421/articleID/287611/Default.aspx">"Trade Me profit beats expectations"</a>. <i>3 News NZ</i>. 21 February 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=3+News+NZ&rft.atitle=Trade+Me+profit+beats+expectations&rft.date=2013-02-21&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3news.co.nz%2FTrade-Me-profit-beats-expectations%2Ftabid%2F421%2FarticleID%2F287611%2FDefault.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160119002812/http://www.oldfriends.co.nz/">"Old Friends has now closed"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oldfriends.co.nz/">the original</a> on 19 January 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 December</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Old+Friends+has+now+closed&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oldfriends.co.nz%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180220151817/https://www.trademe.co.nz/community/announcements/post/1569/safetrader-has-closed">"SafeTrader has closed - Announcements | Trade Me"</a>. <i>trademe.co.nz</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.trademe.co.nz/community/announcements/post/1569/safetrader-has-closed">the original</a> on 20 February 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 February</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=trademe.co.nz&rft.atitle=SafeTrader+has+closed+-+Announcements+%7C+Trade+Me&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2Fcommunity%2Fannouncements%2Fpost%2F1569%2Fsafetrader-has-closed&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-t&c-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-t&c_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-t&c_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/terms">"Terms and Conditions"</a>. Trademe.co.nz. 9 November 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Terms+and+Conditions&rft.pub=Trademe.co.nz&rft.date=2011-11-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2Fterms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fairgo-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fairgo_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/413551/590951">"Fair Go - Episode 14: June 8, 2005"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Television_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Television New Zealand">Television New Zealand</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Television+New+Zealand&rft.atitle=Fair+Go+-+Episode+14%3A+June+8%2C+2005&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftvnz.co.nz%2Fview%2Fpage%2F413551%2F590951&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-asa-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-asa_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120217043341/http://203.152.114.11/decisions/06/06332.rtf">"Complaint to ASA (.rtf)"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://203.152.114.11/decisions/06/06332.rtf">the original</a> on 17 February 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Complaint+to+ASA+%28.rtf%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F203.152.114.11%2Fdecisions%2F06%2F06332.rtf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TradeMe-bullies-Lixtor-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TradeMe-bullies-Lixtor_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKloeten,_Niko2008" class="citation news cs1">Kloeten, Niko (6 November 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110927054245/http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/trademe-trying-intimidate-says-auction-rival-37428">"Trade Me trying to 'intimidate', says auction rival"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/National_Business_Review" title="National Business Review">National Business Review</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/trademe-trying-intimidate-says-auction-rival-37428">the original</a> on 27 September 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=National+Business+Review&rft.atitle=Trade+Me+trying+to+%27intimidate%27%2C+says+auction+rival&rft.date=2008-11-06&rft.au=Kloeten%2C+Niko&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbr.co.nz%2Farticle%2Ftrademe-trying-intimidate-says-auction-rival-37428&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Newbie-takes-on-TradeMe-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Newbie-takes-on-TradeMe_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://presspix.nzherald.co.nz/presspix/control/detail?productId=201108AKLSWlixtor4.JPG">The Aucklander</a> - <i>Newbie takes on Trade Me</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110724200254/http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=78">"Guilt Upon Accusation: New Zealand Businesses"</a>. Creative Freedom NZ. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=78">the original</a> on 24 July 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Guilt+Upon+Accusation%3A+New+Zealand+Businesses&rft.pub=Creative+Freedom+NZ&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativefreedom.org.nz%2Fstory.html%3Fid%3D78&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-listener-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-listener_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://listener.co.nz/issue/3458/features/6821/bidding_war.html"><i>The New Zealand Listener</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060928200400/http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3458/features/6821/bidding_war.html">Archived</a> 28 September 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> - <i>Bidding War</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Illegitimate_bids_removed-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Illegitimate_bids_removed_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Illegitimate_bids_removed_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/regch/349193640-illegitimate-bids-removed-from-demolition-auction">"Illegitimate bids removed from demolition auction"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Newstalk_ZB" title="Newstalk ZB">Newstalk ZB</a></i>. 1 August 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 August</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newstalk+ZB&rft.atitle=Illegitimate+bids+removed+from+demolition+auction&rft.date=2012-08-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newstalkzb.co.nz%2Fauckland%2Fnews%2Fregch%2F349193640-illegitimate-bids-removed-from-demolition-auction&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Auction_58555525-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Auction_58555525_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Sports-memorabilia/Rugby/Other/auction-58555525.htm">"Trade Me Auction 58555525"</a>. Trademe.co.nz. 3 June 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Trade+Me+Auction+58555525&rft.pub=Trademe.co.nz&rft.date=2006-06-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2FSports%2FSports-memorabilia%2FRugby%2FOther%2Fauction-58555525.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Auction_611109951-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Auction_611109951_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=611109951">"Trade Me Auction 611109951"</a>. Trademe.co.nz. 10 July 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 July</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Trade+Me+Auction+611109951&rft.pub=Trademe.co.nz&rft.date=2013-07-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2FBrowse%2FListing.aspx%3Fid%3D611109951&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=223309871">"Scary washing machine. No really, its terrifying!"</a>. Trade Me. 18 June 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Scary+washing+machine.+No+really%2C+its+terrifying%21&rft.pub=Trade+Me&rft.date=2009-06-18&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2FBrowse%2FListing.aspx%3Fid%3D223309871&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3_Aug_-_boy_to_push_button-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3_Aug_-_boy_to_push_button_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMathewson2012" class="citation news cs1">Mathewson, Nicole (3 August 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/7399820/Boy-to-push-button-for-implosion">"Boy to push button for implosion"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Press" title="The Press">The Press</a></i>. Christchurch. p. A3<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 August</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Press&rft.atitle=Boy+to+push+button+for+implosion&rft.pages=A3&rft.date=2012-08-03&rft.aulast=Mathewson&rft.aufirst=Nicole&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fthe-press%2Fnews%2Fchristchurch-earthquake-2011%2F7399820%2FBoy-to-push-button-for-implosion&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Auction_25682983-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Auction_25682983_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Lifestyle/Other/auction-25682983.htm">"Trade Me Auction 25682983"</a>. Trademe.co.nz. 22 April 2005<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Trade+Me+Auction+25682983&rft.pub=Trademe.co.nz&rft.date=2005-04-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2FHome-living%2FLifestyle%2FOther%2Fauction-25682983.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111223000819/http://www.auckland-life.com/news/newsfrontpage.php">"Hug beats slap with bidders"</a>. Auckland-life.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.auckland-life.com/news/newsfrontpage.php">the original</a> on 23 December 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hug+beats+slap+with+bidders&rft.pub=Auckland-life.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.auckland-life.com%2Fnews%2Fnewsfrontpage.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Auction_36725938-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Auction_36725938_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">But on 24 May 2009, Allan and Shelly Holland from Gore, New Zealand smashed it. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=218710429">http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=218710429</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/Other/auction-36725938.htm">Trade Me Auction 36725938</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Auction_52360702-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Auction_52360702_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060629111053/http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/TVs-projectors/Other/auction-52360702.htm">"Trade Me Auction 52360702"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/TVs-projectors/Other/auction-52360702.htm">the original</a> on 29 June 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 April</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Trade+Me+Auction+52360702&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2FElectronics-photography%2FTVs-projectors%2FOther%2Fauction-52360702.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Auction_55824140-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Auction_55824140_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235226/http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=55824140">"Trade Me Auction 55824140"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=55824140">the original</a> on 27 September 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 September</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Trade+Me+Auction+55824140&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2FBrowse%2FListing.aspx%3Fid%3D55824140&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Auction_57001645-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Auction_57001645_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Antiques-collectables/Other/auction-57001645.htm">Trade Me Auction 57001645</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Help/RestrictedItems.aspx">"Banned & Restricted Items"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Banned+%26+Restricted+Items&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2FHelp%2FRestrictedItems.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Auction_59664487-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Auction_59664487_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Other/auction-59664487.htm">"Trade Me Auction 59664487"</a>. Trademe.co.nz. 16 June 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Trade+Me+Auction+59664487&rft.pub=Trademe.co.nz&rft.date=2006-06-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2FSports%2FOther%2Fauction-59664487.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lisa_Lewis_winning_bid-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lisa_Lewis_winning_bid_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bikini-bid-a-hoax/2006/06/20/1150701524860.html">"Bikini bid 'a hoax'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald" title="The Sydney Morning Herald">The Sydney Morning Herald</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/NZPA" class="mw-redirect" title="NZPA">NZPA</a>. 20 June 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sydney+Morning+Herald&rft.atitle=Bikini+bid+%27a+hoax%27&rft.date=2006-06-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fbikini-bid-a-hoax%2F2006%2F06%2F20%2F1150701524860.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=124098849">"virgin mary image on pebble for sale - TradeMe.co.nz - New Zealand"</a>. TradeMe.co.nz. 31 October 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=virgin+mary+image+on+pebble+for+sale+-+TradeMe.co.nz+-+New+Zealand&rft.pub=TradeMe.co.nz&rft.date=2007-10-31&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2FBrowse%2FListing.aspx%3Fid%3D124098849&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lixtor-Listing-on-TradeMe-1-GoogleCache-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lixtor-Listing-on-TradeMe-1-GoogleCache_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-farming-industry/Businesses-for-sale/Internet-technology/auction-188370102.htm"><i>Trade Me - "Lixtor.co.nz FOR SALE starting bid $100,000,000 (Google Cache)" </i></a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged December 2011">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Scoop-Lixtor-Sale-on-TradeMe-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Scoop-Lixtor-Sale-on-TradeMe_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Scoop-Lixtor-Sale-on-TradeMe_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120216130928/http://www.scoopit.co.nz/story.php?title=Lixtor_is_FOR_SALE_for_100000000_on_TradeMe-1">"Scoop - "Lixtor is FOR SALE for $100,000,000 on TradeMe"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. Scoopit.co.nz. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scoopit.co.nz/story.php?title=Lixtor_is_FOR_SALE_for_100000000_on_TradeMe-1">the original</a> on 16 February 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Scoop+-+%22Lixtor+is+FOR+SALE+for+%24100%2C000%2C000+on+TradeMe%22&rft.pub=Scoopit.co.nz&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoopit.co.nz%2Fstory.php%3Ftitle%3DLixtor_is_FOR_SALE_for_100000000_on_TradeMe-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Auction_188408719-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Auction_188408719_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=188408719">Lixtor.co.nz FOR SALE starting bid $100,000,000</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged July 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Stuff.co.nz_3366412-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Stuff.co.nz_3366412_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSachdeva,_Sam2010" class="citation news cs1">Sachdeva, Sam (24 February 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/3366412/Bitter-humour-over-Telecoms-XT-woes">"Bitter humour over Telecom's XT woes"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Press" title="The Press">The Press</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Press&rft.atitle=Bitter+humour+over+Telecom%27s+XT+woes&rft.date=2010-02-24&rft.au=Sachdeva%2C+Sam&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Foddstuff%2F3366412%2FBitter-humour-over-Telecoms-XT-woes&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TVNZ_3379649-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TVNZ_3379649_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/concern-xt-outages-putting-lives-risk-3379649">"Concern XT outages putting lives at risk"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/One_News_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="One News (New Zealand)">One News</a></i>. 23 February 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=One+News&rft.atitle=Concern+XT+outages+putting+lives+at+risk&rft.date=2010-02-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftvnz.co.nz%2Fnational-news%2Fconcern-xt-outages-putting-lives-risk-3379649&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Mobile-phones/Telecom-XT/auction-273606747.htm">"XT Network For Sale"</a>. Trade Me. 1 March 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=XT+Network+For+Sale&rft.pub=Trade+Me&rft.date=2010-03-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trademe.co.nz%2FMobile-phones%2FTelecom-XT%2Fauction-273606747.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/6426149/Mallard-sells-festival-tickets-online-at-profit">"Trevor Mallard sells festival tickets online at a profit"</a>. <i>The Dominion Post</i>. 16 February 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 March</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Dominion+Post&rft.atitle=Trevor+Mallard+sells+festival+tickets+online+at+a+profit&rft.date=2012-02-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fdominion-post%2Fcapital-life%2F6426149%2FMallard-sells-festival-tickets-online-at-profit&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrade+Me" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two how-to books about Trade Me have been published: </p> <ul><li><i>Trade Me Success Secrets : How To Buy Better & Sell More Profitably on New Zealand's Most Popular Auction Site</i> by Michael Carney, Activity Press, 2005, 294 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9582634-1-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-9582634-1-8">0-9582634-1-8</a></li> <li><i>Trade Me : your ultimate guide</i> by Juha Saarinen (foreword by Sam Morgan), Penguin 2005, 179 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-302044-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-14-302044-7">0-14-302044-7</a></li></ul> <p>Insider Michael (MOD) O'Donnell has published a comprehensive book on the rise of Trade Me: </p> <ul><li>"Trade Me: The inside Story" by Michael O'Donnell, Phantom House Books, 2010 220 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9864571-1-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-9864571-1-6">0-9864571-1-6</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trade_Me&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img 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title="InvoCare">InvoCare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JB_Hi-Fi" title="JB Hi-Fi">JB Hi-Fi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kogan.com" title="Kogan.com">Kogan.com</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/News_Corp_Australia" title="News Corp Australia">News Corp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Entertainment" title="Nine Entertainment">Nine Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pointsbet_Holdings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pointsbet Holdings (page does not exist)">Pointsbet Holdings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_Investments" class="mw-redirect" title="Premier Investments">Premier Investments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redbubble" title="Redbubble">Redbubble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SkyCity_Entertainment_Group" title="SkyCity Entertainment Group">SkyCity Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Entertainment_Group" title="Star Entertainment Group">Star Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Retail_Group" title="Super Retail Group">Super Retail 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