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@Niall @phil_stevens
There is already #flohmarkt (German for 'flea market'), which is an #ActivityPub based private ads system.https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt
Now ... the problem is to get critical mass. Like the RNZ piece describes, Facebook is already quite embedded in many people's daily lives ...
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They seem to be using a lot more tracking / scripting on their pages these days. I've heard a few people moan about TM being barely usable.
As an example: you want to delete one item from lost auctions. You used to be able to do that with one click on the little X beside the auction. Now it takes four clicks -- enter EDIT mode, tick the box beside the auction, hit delete, confirm delete. I guess TM counts that as increased engagement, or something.
I must've seen twenty or more companies try to set up against TM over the years, but they all failed eventually. Unfortunately they are too dominant to topple.
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CW: NZ - TradeMe - new fee structure
This news will be of interest to anybody in NZ who uses TradeMe auctions. They're changing their fee structure in a major way.
For a start, they're killing their 7.9% success fees for ordinary traders. This is a response to Facebook Marketplace taking a big chunk of TM's bread and butter listings.
But it's not all honey and roses.
All sellers will now be required to accept both Ping and Afterpay. Ping (owned by TM) charges sellers a 2.19% fee. Bank transfers will be forbidden, which seems stupid to me. But then I've accepted over 5,000 of them with no problems.
And they're introducing a new "service Fee" for buyers, on a sliding scale.
$0.00 - $20.00 = Free
$20.01 - $100.00 = $1
$100.01 - $250.00 = $2
$250.01 + = $5(I've rounded TM's annoying 99c increments to the nearest dollar).
Regular sellers confirm that TradeMe is going through a sluggish period during the current cost of living crisis, with listings attracting lots of watchers but few bidders.
TradeMe will have done the sums and must be hoping for increased turnover. But for 27 years, it's been possible to be a TM buyer without ever crediting any money to your TM account. How asking buyers to stump up a credit card and start paying fees will affect sales is anyone's guess.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/588674/trade-me-drops-success-fee-facebook-snapping-at-its-heels
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CW: Weird TradeMe property listings
Today we have a converted Masonic lodge in Lumsden with a GV of $540k. Check out the unique interior styling -- there's 500m of floor space to fill -- then be amazed at the near original Masonic meeting room.
This unusual place is looking for a very special buyer. I'm told it's currently used as a tattoo parlour.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/residential/sale/southland/southland/lumsden/listing/5779997597
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Just TM's latest step in enshittifying what was once a perfectly good trading site.
By mandating this, they guarantee themselves a handy 2.19% commission on all in-trade sales. That's on top of their success fees.
The 2.19% Ping fee applies to the *total payment amount including shipping*. They take a cut of postal fees as well.
If you sell $2 widgets Ping can be handy. But once you're selling items for hundreds of dollars, the ping fees really start to hurt.
Any warm feelings I might have had for TradeMe disappeared a few years ago. And they just keep making the site worse.
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This looks like a step on the road to the #Enshitification of #TradeMe
They're locking you in to their payment system if you're 'in the trade'Also when I copied the text for the alt-text on the photo, the headline image name revealed itself, "Ping mandate"...
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Cannot find my way around #TradeMe—for anything, but especially cars. Auto Trader is still the better site for car shopping.
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Fancy a property with a difference? Well, channel your inner thesbian because the Omakau Community Centre is up for sale... 430 sqm of 1950's public meeting space, complete with a stage.
The GV is $255k and they're asking for offers over $279k.
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Lowered the price and added some photos. iMac 27” 5K l for sale.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/apple-desktops/auction-5360591968.htm
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In NZ media news, TradeMe has agreed to take a 50% stake in Stuff Digital.
"Under the agreement, Stuff's property section will become TradeMe Property branded, with listings, ads and some content shared across both platforms."
Life is one big commercial opportunity, for some.
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You're right about that @kesara. I was a heavy user of the site for years but once Covid hit I took a break that lasted for five years. I've recently returned to selling and can't believe the enshittification that's taken place.
Notifications used to be optional. Now you can't turn them off and they piss me off.
Removing a completed auction from your watchlist used to be easy... just one click of the little X and it disappeared. Now it takes five clicks because you have to go through some script-driven edit mode first.
And their search engine is still crap.
There have been dozens of 'competitors' to TradeMe over the years and not one of them has been a viable alternative. TM own the NZ market, and they really don't give a damn about their customers. But they're it and nobody with brains is going to try to take them on any longer.
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What have I done to upset TradeMe?
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In NZ media news, Stuff reported the other day that NZME had been trying to buy Stuff newspapers but that fell through when right-wing billionaire Jim Grenon made his move to replace NZME's board.
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Today the Herald is claiming that TradeMe is looking at a takeover of Stuff Digital.
(May be paywalled)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-trade-me-could-be-eyeing-potential-acquisition-of-stuff/ZKNODZF2JNE2BDCLA5UFUD63LM/ -
In NZ media news, Stuff reported the other day that NZME had been trying to buy Stuff newspapers but that fell through when right-wing billionaire Jim Grenon made his move to replace NZME's board.
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Today the Herald is claiming that TradeMe is looking at a takeover of Stuff Digital.
(May be paywalled)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-trade-me-could-be-eyeing-potential-acquisition-of-stuff/ZKNODZF2JNE2BDCLA5UFUD63LM/ -
In NZ media news, Stuff reported the other day that NZME had been trying to buy Stuff newspapers but that fell through when right-wing billionaire Jim Grenon made his move to replace NZME's board.
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Today the Herald is claiming that TradeMe is looking at a takeover of Stuff Digital.
(May be paywalled)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-trade-me-could-be-eyeing-potential-acquisition-of-stuff/ZKNODZF2JNE2BDCLA5UFUD63LM/ -
In NZ media news, Stuff reported the other day that NZME had been trying to buy Stuff newspapers but that fell through when right-wing billionaire Jim Grenon made his move to replace NZME's board.
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Today the Herald is claiming that TradeMe is looking at a takeover of Stuff Digital.
(May be paywalled)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-trade-me-could-be-eyeing-potential-acquisition-of-stuff/ZKNODZF2JNE2BDCLA5UFUD63LM/ -
In NZ media news, Stuff reported the other day that NZME had been trying to buy Stuff newspapers but that fell through when right-wing billionaire Jim Grenon made his move to replace NZME's board.
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Today the Herald is claiming that TradeMe is looking at a takeover of Stuff Digital.
(May be paywalled)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-trade-me-could-be-eyeing-potential-acquisition-of-stuff/ZKNODZF2JNE2BDCLA5UFUD63LM/ -
I'd like to nominate Riverton land agents Todd & Co for the worst real estate photos on TradeMe. Ever.
Who uploaded thumbnails and didn't bother to check the listing?
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Over a few years, TM went out of their way to replace the thousands of individual kiwis selling their junk with offshore drop-ship accounts peddling brand new bling.
The early TM experience was like browsing NZ's biggest 2nd-hand store & there were bargains to be had. Nowadays it's the same junk you'll find on AliExpress but at two or three times the price.
In their quest for bigger profits, TradeMe took away the very thing which made the site unique and interesting.
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I concur. I was a top trader for years then gave it a rest four years ago. Since then TM has changed all manner of things, and none of them improve usage. They seem determined to make simple tasks more difficult and force many more clicks on users in the process.
If it's not broke, don't fix it.
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Congratulations to the West Coast real estate agent who wrote this unusually honest TradeMe listing. It's simply titled... "Munted".
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Window shopping trademe I saw this cool gmt watch. I like the green and bronze combination. Green and gold goes well together but I likes how the dark green and more subdued bronze create a look. Bronze would also make for a pretty cool patina on a watch used for daily wear and adventure.
Oh God I'm talking myself in to buying it aren't I?
...but not today. The watch is cool. But not today.
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@BobLefridge #TradeMe sucks in many ways. Sorry they got you @joshua_drummond
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RNZ have a story about TradeMe pulling Josh's enjoyable auction of his Luxon portrait. Naturally there's some weasel words from TM justifying their humourless action.
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I like being nosey at cars on #trademe (esp EVs), but I finally added a rule to my ublock origin config to get rid of that bloody chat bot widget thing that keeps popping up.
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📬 Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM AMG Cabriolet von Kim Dotcom kommt unter dem Hammer
#Sharehoster #CoalanMcAleer #KimDotcom #MercedesBenz #MercedesBenzCLKDTMAMGCabriolet #TradeMe #Webb’sAuktionshaus https://sc.tarnkappe.info/c70ce4 -
Just sold an a reasonably pricey item on Trademe. Jeez, their success fees are something else now. Of course I should have realised what the fees would be, but it has come as a nasty surprise, to be honest. I would never use Facebook Marketplace to sell or buy stuff - and I'm not on FB anyway. Not sure what other platforms are available these days. Looks like Trademe is yet another example of enshittifcation. Sigh.
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Just gone into #TradeMe for the first in ages. What have they done to it? It is rubbish! 💩
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The Clean Slate Act forgives after seven years, but #trademe feedback never forgets.
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Biting my nails, half an hour to go on the #trademe auction for a replacement car and my nemesis is apparently a Very Sweet Old Dear.
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Fancy owning a house with a ballroom? Here's one at Warrington, just north of Dunedin.
You'd probably pick this up for well under $500k including over an acre of land, but be warned, this is not a reno for the faint-hearted. I think the correct term is "handyman's dream".
It's stayed with a single family since it was built in 1920. Therein will lie some stories.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/residential/sale/listing/4011116472
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Hey TradeMe, I just changed the email address associated with my account on your site. I then got an email inviting me to cancel the request or report a dodgy request. I was scratching my head until a few minutes later, when I received a second email, containing the link I could use to confirm my change of address. Maybe just send users one email, with the confirmation link below the cancellation and report links?
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#TradeMe is an auction site used almost exclusively by kiwis, but owned by overseas corporations like Fairfax. Imagine if it was a #PlatformCooperative, owned by it's users.