Tradevine has just made its 1,000,000 listing on Trade Me.
We are all really excited on reaching such an epic milestone since coming out of beta 10 months ago.
The auction in question is a classic(!) 1993 movie ‘National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon‘. Check it out.
We’re delighted to announce that Trade Me has entered into an agreement to purchase Tradevine. This will see the Tradevine team join the Trade Me team within the next few weeks, but it won’t spell the end of the Tradevine brand as it will continue to operate under the Trade Me banner.
Most importantly, the heart of the Tradevine operation will not change. We will remain in Christchurch and it is business as usual for us. You will continue to deal with the same team who will provide the same great Tradevine service you enjoy today. Apart from a change in email addresses over the next few weeks, you shouldn’t notice any changes.
We’re excited about the future, and we think the ability to strengthen the integration between Tradevine and Trade Me will be fantastic for our clients.
Peter & The Tradevine team
On Sunday 13th May Xero will be performing system maintenance. It is scheduled to start at 4am and last up to 2 hours. You can read more on the Xero site here.
If your Tradevine account is linked to Xero this may mean that there are delays in processing invoices during this time. Once the Xero update is complete Tradevine will automatically process the delayed invoices.
If you have any more questions please call us on 0800 990 990.
With effect from today Trade Me have changed the Pay Now commission rate for Top Sellers.
Previously the amount was 0.95%, the revised rate is 1.65%.
If you use Tradevine and Xero It is important to change the setting in Tradevine to reflect the new amount.
Go to ‘Settings -> Selling Channels’ and select your Trade Me selling channel. Then open the ‘Payment and Shipping’ section and adjust the Pay Now commission field.
If you have any questions then please contact service@tradevine.co.nz or call us on 0800 990 990
Release Date: 18 April 2012
Tradevine now creates POSTED journals for sales and inventory adjustments.
All of these improvements are based on customer feedback. We are working hard on our Webstore functionality and are still planning to release further improvements on a regular basis. Your feedback is vital to ensuring that we’re working on the most important things first. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to drop us a line at suggestions@tradevine.co.nz.
Today is the first anniversary of the devastating Christchurch earthquake that claimed the lives of 185.
February 22nd 2011 started like any other normal day for us. Our offices were in the old harbourmasters building in Lyttelton. There was nothing out of the ordinary as we worked away, coders coding, BAs BA’ing, testers testing, and bosses drinking coffee.
Then suddenly the earth shook violently. This wasn’t any ordinary aftershock, we had experienced hundreds after the September quake, but this was different, this was massive.
The building moved as it had never before, it heaved under the strain. In the split second as the shaking starts, people catch each others’ eyes, thinking will it stop or do we need to take cover. The ceiling panels started falling, take cover it is. As people dived under desks, aircon units crashed off the wall, computer monitors literally flew sideways from desks. We were right at the epicentre, but we didn’t know that yet. Power was out, alarms were ringing all around us, and the air was thick with settlling dust.
As we ran into the street we could see our building, along with what appeared to be every other building in the street was destroyed or severely damaged. Later, as we struggled over the Port Hills, we looked down on our home city, the collapsed buildings, the streets under water, carnage everywhere. We knew that things would never be the same.
In the weeks that followed the tenacity, ingenuity, resilience and generosity of the people of New Zealand, and the world shone through. First with the rescue and now with the extensive recovery.
Our office was gone, but within a week we were writing code again and offers of help poured in from our friends, customers and strangers throughout the land. Thank you New Zealand.
Despite all of the personal issues, like trashed homes, kids losing schools, not having running water, and constant aftershocks (10,000+ and counting) our staff coped magnificently and Tradevine was launched in November, one month behind schedule.
We are the lucky ones, possessions are replaceable. To all those who lost their lives, we grieve for your untimely loss. For all those who were injured, we hope for a speedy mend, and for all in Christchurch whose lives have changed irrevocably in that instant, we stand together with you, as we rebuild our city and lives, together.
Kia Kaha
Crushed car. Our building in the background.
Directly across the road from the office. (note: the road had to be cleared of rubble, by hand, to allow emergency vehicles through)
Photos courtesy of Phil Styler.
Tradevine will be at this year’s Xerocon being held in Auckland. We’ll be performing live demonstrations and offering Q&A sessions so be sure to come along and check us out.
Release Date: 14 November 2011
Create products in Tradevine from your existing Trade Me listings
Link current listings to products in Tradevine.
Including improving the import product method for creating/updating multiple categories for products
If you ignore a question, it will pop into the ‘All’ tab on the Questions screen instead of remaining in the ‘Unanswered ’ tab. You can still go and answer this question if you want to, at a later stage.
The ability to withdraw listings is now available.
All of these improvements are based on customer feedback. We still have lots of work to do and are planning to release further improvements every fortnight or so. Your feedback is vital to ensuring that we’re working on the most important things first.
At 4pm this afternoon Tradevine will temporarily be off-line whilst we perform system maintenance. This is scheduled to take 1 hour.
We had a great day with champion boxer David Tua here in Christchurch on the 26th October. David had placed his services for auction on Trade Me in order to raise money for the Breast Cancer Cure Research Trust.
David’s mother was a survivor of breast cancer and it is a cause very close to his heart. It is also a cause close to mine. On Christmas Day 2010 we lost a close friend to breast cancer and it was a very sad and difficult time for all involved and especially so for her young children. It was quite simply, heartbreaking.
When I saw the auction for David on Trade Me, I decided that here was a perfect way to make a contribution to this worthy cause and bring David to Christchurch for a day for a tour around schools in the district that had been worst affected by the earthquakes.
We went to three primary schools including Freeville School in Brighton and Aranui Primary School. David is a natural in this environment and is so great with the kids. It was fabulous so see him brighten up the room and the reactions and smiles of the children.
We purchased boxing gloves that David signed and handed out to selected children, many of whom have had to contend with very difficult circumstances in their own lives over the past few months. Case in point, I met 3 children in our travels that had recently lost a parent and we made sure these kids got a special pair of gloves. Perhaps it is only a small gift but we sure knew it made a difference for those kids on that day.
We’d like to thank the schools involved and the many parents present at the assemblies lending their support yet I personally want to thank David here for bringing laughter and happiness to so many children!
For more information on this event, click here.
Peter Montgomery
CEO Tradevine
David Tua and Peter Montgomery
David Tua with the Tradevine Team
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