Trade Me daily deals to be powered by 1-day

Media Release from Trade Me & 1-day

Trade Me daily deals to be powered by 1-day

Trade Me announced today that the daily deals on its homepage will be powered by 1-day, New Zealand's largest daily deals site, from Tuesday 1 November. There will be three deals every day, running from 10am for 24 hours, or until sold out.

Craig Jordan, Trade Me's head of marketplace, said the arrangement was good news for Trade Me members and anyone who likes a great deal.

"This new and improved daily deals channel will offer our members a selection of the big brands, deep discounts and quality products that 1-day customers have come to know and love," he said. "The 1-day team are experts in this area and we know they will do an awesome job."

Race Louden, 1-day's sales and marketing manager said it was a great move for 1-day's fast-growing business.

"Since we launched back in 2007, we've become the largest daily deals provider in New Zealand. Selling deals via Trade Me's homepage is the next step in developing and building on that success," he said. "We're looking forward to getting it all up and running next month with some special launch deals."

The deals offered by 1-day from 1 November will be tailored for the online marketplace's community. "They will be totally different from the deals appearing on 1-day, as we will source products specifically for Trade Me members," Mr Louden said. "But Trade Me members can expect to see the same levels of great brands, cool stuff, and massive discounts."

1-day will be responsible for sourcing the deals, customer service, and delivery of all products available through the Trade Me daily deals channel.

Trade Me's main contribution is its audience, with more than 700,000 people visiting its homepage each day, and a membership base of more than 2.8 million members. It also has an existing daily deals subscriber base built up since it launched the daily deals channel back in June 2010.

Mr Jordan said Trade Me's existing daily deals subscribers did not need to do anything as they would receive the new deals from 1-day in their inboxes from 1 November. Anyone interested in signing up to receive the daily deals email can do so at trademe.co.nz/daily-deals.

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