Another clever person out there, check it out
www.wanttobuy.co.nz
Hardcore Biker
Another clever person out there, check it out
www.wanttobuy.co.nz
Kiwi back at home!
Scotsman on a German
An interesting little spin on the whole online trading thing.
I was surprised at the reaction (or lack of it) in New Zealand to ebay. It was immediately perceived by kiwis as being solely American - back home we have ebay.co.uk so all listings are in the UK and you don't have to muck about with exchange rates (I bought a car for 700 quid and sold it 2 years later for 1000, great website) - I just wonder what will happen to trademe when ebay decides to enter the market with ebay.co.nz - will it still be worth $900M?
How long before this site takes business away from Trademe?
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Hardcore Biker
Originally Posted by Big McJim
What I love about it, is it was built by motorcyclists
Scotsman on a German
What can I say? Very discerning and intelligent people motorcyclists - I'm sure you'll agree.
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The desert creature
ebay is badly overpriced. Combined eBay + paypal fees are just horrible.
The problem of trademe vs. eBay are a reflection of problems of US vs. NZ markets - NZ population is just to damn small.
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There is a http://www.ebay.co.nz . Few use it. Why? Ebay's software is a dog compared to trademe's. People have voted with their feet, see how few vehicles there are on ebay.co.nz compared to trademe, for example.
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ebay.co.nz vs trademe.co.nz will be played out again in australia, there was no way that (APN?) was going to make back their $700mil in NZ. They bought it to take to aussie where ebay is the market leader.
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Fairfax bought Trademe because the actual and projected cash flows in New Zealand alone made it a good investment. Nowhere in the world has an up-and-coming trading site toppled the incumbent. This is why Fairfax won't go head-to-head with ebay in Australia.
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Interesting. The thing that Trademe doesn't have is a wanted to buy section. In case you ask - Yes, I have suggested it.
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Yep, I've considered writing my own before... it would be pretty easily, it's the business model that's harder.
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They used to have them, they took it away because people were abusing it, instead of starting (and paying for) a new classified style wanted to buy (was $2.50) each time they wanted something new they just relisted there old ad with modified details.
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now where's some dirt!
There already is. Trademe is already way way ahead of ebay in nz, too far for it to claw back. NZ is too small a market for ebay compared to asia, us, uk etc. I buy quite a bit of stuff off ebay in the states, get quite good prices on most things and more and more people are shipping internationally.
Forum whore
E bay over here in Oz, but its crap compared to Tardme! Dont like it at all, TM is a lot easier to navigate.
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Wanted to buy: try the new look T&E online.
Ebay was in NZ before TradeMe started. Better product won though (for a change).
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