Talk:Trade Me

message: I did not feel like this section was badmouthing TradeMe, as mentioned by 222.153.181.219. 
It is reasonably well known that TradeMe's public stance is "no automated software". (However, this rule strangely doesn't seem to apply to sellers software -- see 'Auctionitis' and 'TradeTool'). TradeMe have indeed requested the immediate shutdown of several services released (e.g., 'TradeMe Sniper', 'HotBid', 'AuctionBar' and 'TraderContact') and have threatened legal action if this did not happen. I have personally seen two such letters, and have been at the receiving end of two phone-calls from TradeMe regarding such software.
I feel that, as the number of services being released is increasing quite rapidly, this issue is very pertinent and should be mentioned.
I've tried my best to add a little balance to this, although I think it would be good to add something about AuctionItis.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.188.148 (talk) 00:55, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section about Clashes with Software Developers 

message: Trademe runs a messageboard which is amongst the busiest in New Zealand. However over time it has become abit of a haven for racists. Would a section about that be prudent here?
:Perhaps a small section, though making a claim that it's a haven for racists is probably not going to be NPOV/verifiable. Richard001 04:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Edit: Moved to 'community and related sites' Richard001 06:03, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Messageboards 

message: We need an updated screenshot of the site to show the newer links to smaps and stuff.co.nz. The main concern with the current one is that it's in a very lossy jpg format, a png would be much better. Richard001 07:52, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've uploaded one tonight, that's that taken care of. Richard001 08:27, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Images

message: I notice that one or two people (maybe it's just one person, I don't know) have been trying to add material on Tradefree to the article. This will of course be reverted as spam unless citations are provided. It is not that we are trying to keep information on competitors or alternatives out of the article, of course. A mention of Zillion is already provided, in fact. But for such material to be included some indication of the notability of the site is needed. If there was an article in major newspaper or something similar discussing an alternative website, it could certainly be added - and would improve the article. However despite searching for any such material on the web, I haven't been able to locate anything appropriate. If anyone can do so, please go ahead, but unsourced material will continue to be deleted on sight and stern warnings given. Richard001 07:05, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: TradeMe alternatives

message: At the moment the article has is Morgan's comment:
"...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."
I'm slightly sceptical that it was simply "cultural issues" that did for eBay, considering that their UK site is extremely successful, and we don't have zip codes or buy in US$ either! Surely there was more to it than "cultural issues"? 86.136.251.18 11:03, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My theory is that auction sites are a variation of a natural monopoly - once one player gets a decent turnover they have too much inertia for anyone else to get a look-in in that geomarket. You need a large audience before people will bother listing, and you don't get an audience if there aren't enough listings. EBay was simply too late at attempting anything New-Zealand specific, and international shipping costs are a big disincentive to New Zealanders using the US and Australian versions of ebay that were around when trademe started. However, I'm not a notable source so we'd need to find someone citable saying much the same thing.dramatic 20:26, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The quote mentions they got in a bit late too. Richard001 22:31, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Note that the UK site I'm pretty sure was launched a long while ago and didn't I presume ask for zip codes and did accept listings in GBP. This compares to eBay which for very long (still?) didn't accept listing in NZD. While not directly addressed by the quote and therefore OR and not suitable for inclusion int he article, NZ's population demographics means that a fair number of items are sold locally with cash on pickup as the payment and 'delivery' method, something which eBay isn't really well set up for and even less so without a NZ site. In fact TradeMe partially fills the role Craigslist does in the US IMHO Nil Einne (talk) 07:44, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs slightly more explanation of why TradeMe beat off eBay 

message: When providing a reference for web traffic, the claim has changed from "Web traffic originating in New Zealand" to "60% of New Zealand's web traffic". The second claim is clearly nonsensical given that Trademe is the number 2 site in NZ and given the substantial percentage of NZ "web traffic" which originates overseas. I suspect this is a typical press release from a PR person short on details. My original reference was a job ad (hence now untraceable  from trademe seeking a senior systems engineer - it was clearly written by someone with technical knowledge of their operation. On that basis, I shall re-insert the NZ-based part of the claim. dramatic (talk) 22:07, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Web Traffic 

message: Lixtor reference was there because their case is presented on **notable** newspaper National Business Review. It is not spam. Attempt to remove the Lixtor reference considered vandalism as the text was there with proper references. Nma wiki (talk) 01:22, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits by 165.228.152.25 (possible vandalism)

message: Someone (or maybe TradeMe itself) keep on trying to remove the section "Clashes with Rivals" without giving any academic reasons. Could someone keep an eye on this vandalism issue please? Nma wiki (talk) 20:03, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits by 121.90.205.3 (possible vandalism)

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