Posted on January 16, 2008 by Michael Carney
What was everyone looking for on Trade Me in the lead-up to Christmas (and in the post-Christmas crush)?
All kinds of everything, but the Top 15 most-searched-for items in Trade Me for December 2007 were:
15 Harley
14 $1 reserve (new)
13 Kayak
12 Trampolines
11 Puppies
10 Louis Vuitton (new)
9 Wedding
8 PSP
7 Transformers
6 PS3
5 Billabong
4 Unwanted (new)
3 Tents
2 Playboy clothing
1 iPod
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Posted on January 2, 2008 by Michael Carney
We’ve already waxed semi-lyrical about the regifting of Christmas unwanteds on Trade Me, but we just came across some fascinating new stats and couldn’t resist doing some regifting of our own.
Firstly, some fast factoids courtesy Trade Me’s head of commercial, Mike O’Donnell:
“Last year we saw regifting start to take off around 28 December, this year it was [...]
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Posted on December 27, 2007 by Michael Carney
The reindeer were barely back in their stables, enjoying a well-deserved munch of frosted hay, when the first listings for “unwanted gift” began appearing on Trade Me. Two days after Christmas, the count – at least of those items actually labelled as unwanted gifts — currently stands at 766. Tip of the iceberg?
Probably. But, at the risk [...]
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