What is the difference between The Marketplace and Trade Me?

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#303580 20-Feb-2023 14:26

Sometime ago, someone casually said they sold goods in The Marketplace.

I am now interested. I have never used Trade Me (for selling nor purchasing), but all my internet searches come back to Trade Me.

I want to sell something for a fixed price. The item is too bulky to be shipped, so the buyer would have to pick up.

I cannot find a site which tells me what the difference is between Trade Me and The Marketplace.

So, is there a difference?

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#3039427 20-Feb-2023 14:36

When people say marketplace they generally mean facebook marketplace. The cesspool of ripoff artists and junk listings since it is free.

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#3039428 20-Feb-2023 14:37

did you mean facebook marketplace? or something else entirely?

if it's fbm, the lack of security measures is the difference. not that tm is foolproof, but at least there's some mechanism there.

i've bought and sold on tm with no issues. i've also bought a few times off fbm, no issues either, but they were local pickup items.

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#3039431 20-Feb-2023 14:38

the marketplace is a general term for a company/website that combines different stores/shops, or sells directly as dropship model. think amazon, onceit, aliexpress, themarket. it's not for an average Joe to sell his used items.

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#3039433 20-Feb-2023 14:39

Not sure what you are talking about when it comes to "The Marketplace"?

You have "The Market" which is a shopping site that is more like an online shopping centre, owned by The Warehouse Group. Pretty sure you would have to ship the products to the customers to sell there, and you would have to have a registered business.

Are you referring to "Facebook Marketplace"?

For things that the customer have to pick up, I would guess that Trade Me is going to be the best place to sell it, possibly also Facebook Marketplace. Although I am personally very sceptical of buying things through Facebook Marketplace, too many scammers there.

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#3039438 20-Feb-2023 14:54

Trade Me seem to have replaced the word 'auctions' with 'marketplace'

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#3039442 20-Feb-2023 14:59

When I lived in Auckland until three years ago, I exclusively used trademe for this kind of thing. Since moving down to small town NZ TradeMe is non-existent here and everyone uses facebook marketplace. I would just use facebook marketplace, especially if the item is pickup only, cash on pickup.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/

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#3039446 20-Feb-2023 15:18

I've only once used Facebook Marketplace and that was to hopefully quickly sell a number of household items (pick-up only) from my deceased parents house once the house was sold. Honestly it was like herding cats, with people saying they would buy and never turning up, people not reading the details properly and offering to buy when they were in a completely different part of the country and in one case paying on the first day the items were listed for a cabinet that they never picked up and after being chased multiple times, finally on settlement day for the house, admitting that they didn't have anything to transport it with - we gave it to the Sallies in the end.

So if you feel like causing yourself untold stress, by all means use FB Marketplace, otherwise use TradeMe.

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#3039449 20-Feb-2023 15:27

Yeah, FB Marketplace can be great, but you've got to be prepared to deal with muppets & get mucked around. If you can handle that, it can be very handy. TM's fees are getting a bit out of control.

I'd never pay for something from a random seller on FB marketplace without actually being there to pick it up at the time.

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#3039502 20-Feb-2023 16:17

Trademe now use "Marketplace" so they show up when people Google for Facebook Marketplace.

So Marketplace on TradeMe is just normal Trademe with a diff name.

Facebook Marketplace is a different beast altogether.

Both have their +/-, I sell on both.

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#3039506 20-Feb-2023 16:24

I buy off TradeMe. My wife buys of Facebook marketplace. Each to our own preference.

I get what I paid for without any problems e.g. I can check out seller feedback which reduces the risks. She gets better bargains on Facebook but has a lot more problems including slow delivery.

Overall, the financial cost seems to work out much the same i.e. she gets cheaper items on Facebook marketplace but a quarter of trades are real problems (lies, deception, hidden damage) without any easy recourse to get money back from the seller.

Overall, TradeMe is much better at reducing the time cost although Facebook can be very quick because we aren’t waiting for an auction to end. With Facebook we often start searching, buy and pickup on the same day.

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#3039518 20-Feb-2023 16:52

As a seller, Trademe is not as appealing as it used to be for expensive items because of the increase on the success fees, unless you manage to list in a "no success fee day". Also there seem to be increasingly less active users, probably because they moved to Facebook Marketplace. Still you'll get lowballers on TM, but not as many scammers as in FB.

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#3039874 21-Feb-2023 08:29

nitro:

did you mean facebook marketplace? or something else entirely?

For clarity.

When I made my post I had no idea whether I was looking for:

'The Marketplace'

or the 'Marketplace'

The subject of my post was: 'What is the difference between The Marketplace and Trade Me ?'.

In hindsight, the Trade Me web site just refers to 'Marketplace'. So, I was referring to Trade Me (but inaccurately).

Thanks for all your posts.

At this stage I have no idea what I am going to do. Perhaps neither Trade Me or Facebook. It would be easier to donate the item to the local Hospice Shop (as it is not a rubbish item but may not be to the younger generations taste). That is my own preference, but not everyone agrees.

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#3039877 21-Feb-2023 08:39

marketplace == facebook

trademe == trademe.co.nz

Trademe has fees, but at least its more trust worthy, with authenticated users, some buyer protection if using Ping etc. people in trade tend to care about their ratings so do offer refunds etc.

Marketplace.... well its a cesspool as others have said. You may have success there, but the audience is a lot smaller.

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#3039927 21-Feb-2023 10:05

If you live in a smaller community (ie., not a major city), Facebook Marketplace is pretty good. Generally there will be a trading page for your community and in our case (Waiheke Island) it is moderated (mods must approve posts). Generally pretty good. We still get muppets saying they will buy then ghosting you, but it's reasonably rare.

I've bought a lot of decent stuff on Facebook Marketplace too.

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#3039973 21-Feb-2023 11:25

alisam:

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At this stage I have no idea what I am going to do. Perhaps neither Trade Me or Facebook. It would be easier to donate the item to the local Hospice Shop (as it is not a rubbish item but may not be to the younger generations taste). ...

You could always try to sell it here first. Smaller audience than the big alternatives already discussed, but much better behaved and grown-up. Costs nothing.

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