Category Archives: Trade Me

Trade Me trounces eBay, and eBay is in real trouble

Posted on November 23, 2008 by

The evidence mounts against eBay, as they continue to cast away their franchise. It’s really sad to see this happen as they naturally own their space and should be unassailable if they were playing it right. They are not. Over … Continue reading →

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LanceWiggs marketing effectiveness is 97.9th percentile

Posted on November 10, 2008 by

Well apparently that’s an indication of the marketing effectiveness of LanceWiggs.com versus the “hundreds of thousands” of other ranked websites on Hubspot’s website grader. It’s a pretty lousy measure, truth be told, as Trade Me scores lower at 96.3% and … Continue reading →

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Paul Reynolds on Ferrit

Posted on November 3, 2008 by

The nationwide embarrassment. The site we love to, err, dislike. Ferrit. Paul Reynolds answered two questions on Ferrit (they were not mine but from BarnacleBarnes). How did he do? Ferrit Q. One word: Ferrit. With an investment north of $30 … Continue reading →

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Leading the design process

Posted on August 15, 2008 by

We are going through the Lingopal design process at the moment for various products (J2ME, Website etc.). It’s all heating up as launch approaches. This is the worst nightmare result – design by committee: (via Slashdot’s new idle.slashdot.org) Above all … Continue reading →

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Trade Me lite is here – for your phone

Posted on June 18, 2008 by

Go to m.trademe.co.nz – even from your mac (or PC if you really must) browser. It’s simple, stark even and light. A staggering 6.9k home page, versus 292kb for the www home page. Forget about browsing any way but by … Continue reading →

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Where in the blogosphere is Michael Carney?

Posted on May 3, 2008 by

Michael has seemingly abandoned the Trade Me success Secrets blog, which was looking to be a really promising place to discuss and see all things Trade Me. He also seems to have left the Grey Group – where he was … Continue reading →

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Real Estate is falling – what happens next?

Posted on March 7, 2008 by

The housing crash is cascading around the world, and the dire predictions are coming true. Here’s the latest chart from The Economist – check out Ireland on the bottom. That’s a crash, not a “balanced slump”. Meanwhile Trade Me just … Continue reading →

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eBay makes fundamental changes – enough?

Posted on February 1, 2008 by

Massive changes today announced for eBay’s economic model, in response, I take, to the increasing power of Amazon and Google. Listing fees down 25 to 50%, especially for bigger sellers Gallery is free final value fees (commissions) are up – … Continue reading →

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Was Bookabach a bargain?

Posted on December 21, 2007 by

AA bought into Bookabach – so what are they getting and how much is it worth? I’m arguing they got a bargain, even though I don’t know how much they paid for what % or even how much bookabach makes. … Continue reading →

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New Trade Me blog

Posted on December 18, 2007 by

Michael Carney launches a pretty decent looking blog to coincide with the re-release of his book Trade Me Success Secrets. Check it out.

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eBay abandoning insertion (listing) fees?

Posted on December 16, 2007 by

The murmurs are that eBay is going to be dramatically lowering listing fees and increasing final value (success) fees accordingly. Bear Stearns was the first to come up with this, and others have said that apparently this will differ by … Continue reading →

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Trade Me 1, old time Auctioneers 0

Posted on November 29, 2007 by

Way to go – accuse Trade Me of not following good business practise, then be forced to cringingly back down in the face of overwhelming evidence. I’m not sure how this one played out, but is sure is amusing reading … Continue reading →

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The mysterious disappearance of Michael Carney

Posted on November 14, 2007 by

Michael Carney is a marketer that sends out an occasional newsletter to the community. It’s quite good (the last one even quoted my father :-).  Michael is a influential guy on the NZ scene – he even wrote an excellent … Continue reading →

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Know all of Trade Me’s secrets – and get paid for it

Posted on October 20, 2007 by

Want to get deep inside Trade Me’s engine to understand how it works? Then apply for Trade Me’s Manager – Strategy and Analytics role, and you will know all. Well – you’ll be exposed to the data fire hose anyway, … Continue reading →

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eBay results – up and down

Posted on October 18, 2007 by

eBay reported a loss of a huge $936m – due to the recent huge write-down of Skype value. However otherwise theu showed some good signs, and some not so good signs. Good – PayPal made $470m of revenue – up … Continue reading →

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