Trade Me: Property, Jobs, Shop Reviews

Trade Me Reviews

Published by on 2026-03-22

🏷️ About: Trade Me is the must-have app for buying and selling items in New Zealand. With Trade Me, you can easily search, view your Watchlist, bid, and buy items, or sell the things you don't need anymore - all while you’re on the go.


       


Is Trade Me Safe to Use?

We Investigate the app owner's website (Trademe.co.nz), verify their legitimacy, and uncover hidden scams and complaints.


Overall Customer Experience 😎


😎 Positive experience
65.6%

🤬 Negative experience
34.4%

🫥 Neutral
0.0%

~ from Justuseapp.com NLP analysis of 285 combined software reviews.

Is Trade Me Safe?
Trade Me: Property, Jobs, Shop is very safe to use.
65.6/100

  Safety Analysis »»

Is Trade Me Legit?
Trade Me: Property, Jobs, Shop looks authentic and legitimate.
65.6/100



Read 20 Customer Service Reviews 😠💢

4.7 out of 5
SCAM! Collects personal data without allowing access to purchase

Be aware, this company collects personal, sensitive data and doesn’t allow you to purchase. You don’t need an account to just look. Imagine as a seller, not being able to sell to legitimate buyers.

Stick with eBay

Fees are absurd

The maximum success fee for general items is WAY TOO HIGH. If you sell something for $3000 you are losing $240 to trade me

can't register

don't waste your time

Features not working

Doesn't work

Market domination

Trade me knows they’re the only option in New Zealand, well until Facebook marketplace came along. Trade me fees are CRAZY HIGH so I use Facebook marketplace instead.

High School Project?

Have any people at this app tried to use TradeMe? Categories present in full version have gone missing, search function is crap, even the landing page is baffling.

Blunder

The "new" version is pathetic. Don't know why fairfax media allows / funds
this app to upgrade applications that's not fit for purpose. You are better off to stay with the old version ( if you haven't allowed them to "upgrade" on your behalf.

Pretty face, but less functional

Apparently now missing the ability to refine searches by price range. Why is this gone??

High hopes for new app but not there yet ;(

The idea of a this app app was very appealing. Being able to buy and sell on the go via my iPhone sounded perfect. But TradeMe seems to benefit buyers more than sellers. It lacks an editing function for items being sold. Perhaps due to security reason, you also can't modify pricing (e.g. lower the price on something that 's not selling) and I don't see a place where I can make a fixed price offer for unsold items. I'm waiting to see if a relist option comes up for any current items that don't sell. Also, the prompts on the website for sold items (e.g. payment instructions, delivery address, etc.) aren't included (as far as I can tell, and I've searched throughout!). Lastly, current items up for auction, that might be set up as "buyer must pick up" are noted on TradeMe under "shipping" as FREE. I guess this is related to the lack of money changing hands, but I suspect that some people will misunderstand this and think a product will be shipped free. At most, it looks like a useful tool for searching for items, and maybe buying (haven't tried that yet), but not quite so handy for sellers ;( Hopefully the next version might address some of the issues.

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Cant place feedback, cant sort user's listing, cant browse categories, only keyword searches

Message error.

Message feature is not working. It logs out automatically.

Almost!!

I love TradeMe all round...only trouble comes with posting pictures. It automatically cuts off the top and bottom or sides of a pic to make it square. The "scaling" does not actually work at all...it just pops back and will not allow you to set the crop you want. If there's going to be an automatic crop in which the user does not get to choose, it should shrink the picture to fit in the space rather than cut it off. I mean...what's the point of having a picture if people can't even see what you're selling??!

Keep improving Trade Me! Don't stop while you're ahead!

Nice

Works fast and easy

Trademe app

Excellent website, easy to use

Works well

Well integrated with web and iPad.

Trade me is awesome

The this app app is by far the easiest to use I am very satisfied !😁

Great resource

Excellent trading platform

Amazing

TradeMe is great it's like Craigslist but for trading I recommend TradeMe and hope it gets big soon!

Very good

Great app very usefull

Great first version!

Just what I've been hoping for. Great for all trade me users.
Looking forward to future updates. Just keep it simple and easy to use, thanks!



Is Trade Me Safe? 🙏

Trade Me: Property, Jobs, Shop is very safe to use. JustUseApp Safety Score for Trade Me is 65.6/100.
This assessment is based on our NLP analysis of 285 user reviews. Combined with the app store average rating of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

81.5% of users say app is safe 👍
81.5%

15.4% of users have some concerns ⚠️
15.4%

3.1% of users say app is risky 🚨
3.1%


Is Trade Me Legit? 💯

Trade Me: Property, Jobs, Shop looks authentic and legitimate. Our NLP models processed user feedback to estimate legitimacy. JustUseApp Legitimacy Score for Trade Me is 65.6/100 .
This conclusion is based on analysis of 285 user reviews.

🔏 Privacy & Data Safety

Trade Me collected the following data from you:

  • Data Linked to You:
    • Purchases
    • Financial Info
    • Location
    • Contact Info
    • User Content
    • Search History
    • Browsing History
    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data
    • Diagnostics
  • Data Not Linked to You:
    • Diagnostics



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Features

With Trade Me, you can stay up-to-date with your buying and selling, whether you’re at home or out and about, on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch.

With Trade Me, you can easily search, view your Watchlist, bid, and buy items, or sell the things you don't need anymore - all while you’re on the go.

Trade Me is the must-have app for buying and selling items in New Zealand.

If you have specific feedback, please send us a message at [email protected]. We're always working to make Trade Me even better, so stay tuned for more updates.

The Trade Me app is the ultimate tool for buying and selling in Aotearoa.

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Trade Me Limited

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