Trade Me open for 200 essentials; everyone else can window-shop

Trade Me open for 200 essentials; everyone else can window-shop
Dan Brunskill
Trade Me is working to identify essential services operating through its platform, while putting all other purchases on hold during the national lockdown.  Approximately 200 sellers have been approved and will be allowed to keep selling and distributing products through the platform.All other sellers are open for window-shopping only as the company limits completing purchases until the alert level 4 is lifted.“We’re taking these steps because we don’t want to encourage any non-essential travel, face-to-face contact or courier bookings,” th...

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