Trademe is an online trading e-commerce market born in New Zealand, with millions of members. Trademe was originally a second-hand auction market, similar to the business model of eBay. Trademe has a very high market position, customer base and reputation. Trademe has a wide range of businesses, similar to China’s Taobao, including ordinary clothing, electronic accessories, furniture, daily necessities, etc. Its online car sales, real estate classified information and online dating business rank first in New Zealand. So how to open a store on Trademe?
First of all, you must have relevant information in New Zealand or Australia to register. On the registration form, you can see that the address bar only has New Zealand and Australia, and Australian sellers need to have a New Zealand bank account.
On the Trademe platform, the most popular categories include toys, furniture products, electronic products, especially mobile phones, branded clothing, cars, motorcycles and marine accessories. In the toy category, Lego toys are very popular in New Zealand. The Trademe platform prohibits the sale of Australian auto parts and real estate.
Secondly, Trademe requires companies that operate electronic products to have certification, but the actual situation is that the certification only recognizes local New Zealand companies, that is, only local New Zealand companies are allowed to do so. Therefore, Chinese companies should check whether the products they sell are eligible to be listed on Trademe.
Trademe’s payment methods are PayPal and Paynow. The settlement cycle is the first Friday of each month, and the settlement is settled once a month. The currency of payment is New Zealand dollars, so companies need to check the exchange rate in advance and prepare enough budget to convert it into local currency.
In terms of logistics, the Trademe platform does not have overseas warehouses, so sellers can choose domestic delivery channels. The Trademe platform stipulates that sellers must upload the order number within 48 hours, ship within 10 working days, and handle after-sales service within 30 days.
The grammar of the product name description must be accurate, simple, and easy to understand. It cannot exceed 48 characters. Products can be uploaded through API or CSV forms.
Registration qualifications: business license, company account, and cross-border e-commerce industry experience on other platforms (store links such as e-bay, Amazon, express, wish, etc. must be provided for review).