Before You Set Up Omnivore

Account Requirements

You must have a Trade Me account with a username and password.
You must have both:
- Trade Me Ping (for receiving payments), and Afterpay. These must be set up before you can start selling through Omnivore.
Your Trade Me account must be set to In Trade before listing items. Instructions are available on Trade Me.
A Trade Me Store is optional but offers benefits such as Was/Now pricing and increased brand visibility.
If migrating from Tradevine or My Products, read the migration article first.
During setup, you’ll need to authorise Omnivore to access your Trade Me account. If not completed, Omnivore will prompt you in the Dashboard.
Sellers in Australia must have a New Zealand bank account or be approved by Trade Me as an international seller.
Your listing allowance determines how many products you can sell. Multi‑variant items count as one listing (e.g., one shirt with four colours = one listing).

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Key Omnivore Settings

Navigate to Settings > Trade Me > General & Shipping. Common configuration items include:

Trade Me Connection

Click Authorise Now to connect Omnivore to Trade Me.
Log in to your Trade Me account when prompted.

Product Description Template

Customise your product description layout as needed.

Tax Settings

Configure how tax is handled between Omnivore and your eCommerce store. See the tax article for details.

Exclude Products

Exclude products based on brand, title, keywords, or store categories.

Orders

Use the Do not import orders before this date field to prevent older Trade Me orders from importing.

Shipping Templates

All Trade Me shipping configurations must be created within Omnivore.
At least one shipping template is required before you go live.

Remember to click Update to save changes.

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Check Your Trade Me Settings

Selling Account

Review the Trade Me requirements for existing listings and store accounts.

Listing Products

Assign a Trade Me category to each product you want to list.
Products without a mapped category will not list.
Exclude unwanted products individually or with rules.
Trade Me restricts some product types. Check their list of banned and restricted items.

Product Pricing

Use promotions to adjust pricing across selected products.

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International Sellers

If your store currency is not NZD:

How pricing works:

Omnivore takes your store’s base‑currency product price.
Local taxes are removed.
The tax‑exclusive amount is converted into NZD.
Orders on Trade Me are converted back into your store’s currency.

You can:

Set custom exchange rates under Settings > Currencies

Add a mandatory offshore‑seller disclaimer to each listing:

Go to Settings > Trade Me > General and add to the Description Template:

$detailed_description 
This item is sold by <your store name>, an offshore business located in <your location>, and may incur NZ customs duty or tax. Find out more at http://trade.me/whatsmyduty

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