Watchlist
We'll show you how to add items on your Watchlist and change the notifications and emails you get about Watchlist.
We'll show you how to add items on your Watchlist and change the notifications and emails you get about Watchlist.
Add to Watchlist
When you bid on an auction, Make an Offer, or email a seller about a listing, it’s automatically added to your Watchlist.
You can add listings to your Watchlist from search results or the listing page.
To add a listing to your Watchlist from search results:
1. Search for the item.
2. Select binoculars-plus on the listing tile to add it to your Watchlist.
To add a listing to your Watchlist from the listing page, select Add to Watchlist under the listing title.
To add a listing to your Watchlist from search results on iOS:
1. Search for the item.
2. From gallery results, select binoculars-plus on the listing tile to add it to your Watchlist.
3. From list results, swipe left on the listing tile to add it to your Watchlist.
To add a listing to your Watchlist from the listing page on iOS, select binoculars-plus in the top right corner or Add to Watchlist under the listing title.
To add a listing to your Watchlist from search results on Android:
1. Search for the item.
2. From gallery results, select binoculars-plus on the listing tile to add it to your Watchlist.
3. From list results, swipe left on the listing tile to add it to your Watchlist.
To add a listing to your Watchlist from the listing page on Android, select binoculars-plus under the listing photo or Add to Watchlist under ‘Other options’.
Set Watchlist reminder emails
Watchlist reminder emails give you a heads up that a listing is closing soon. You can set an email reminder for 1 hour, 12 hours, or 24 hours before an item on your Watchlist closes.
Set a Watchlist reminder email for one item
To set a Watchlist reminder email for one item on your Watchlist:
- Go to the item’s listing page.
- Under Remove from Watchlist, select the menu next to Set email reminder to open ‘Set email reminder’ options.
- Update your preference to either 1 hour, 12 hours, 24 hours or no reminder email.
Select close.
If you select ‘Always use this option’, we will save your Watchlist reminder email preference for all future items you add to your Watchlist.
Update reminder emails for your entire Watchlist
To set Watchlist reminder emails for your entire Watchlist:
1. Go to My Trade Me.
2. From the left menu, select Settings.
3. Select Update email preferences.
4. Under ‘When I add something to my Watchlist email me a reminder’, check or uncheck the boxes to set Watchlist reminder emails.
5. Select Save changes at the bottom of the page to save your preferences.
To set Watchlist reminder emails for your entire Watchlist on iOS:
1. Go to My Trade Me.
2. Select Profile & Account.
3. Under ‘My Account’, select Settings.
4. Select Email preferences.
5. Select Watchlist reminder emails.
6. Update your preferences.
7. Select Back.
To set Watchlist reminder emails for your entire Watchlist on Android:
1. Go to My Trade Me.
2. Select Account.
3. Under ‘My details’, select Settings.
4. Select Email preferences.
5. Select Watchlist reminders.
6. Update your preferences.
7. Select Update.
Update Watchlist push notifications
You’ll automatically get a push notification to let you know an item on your Watchlist is closing in an hour.
To update Watchlist push notifications on iOS:
1. Go to My Trade Me.
2. Select settings from the top right corner.
3. Select Notifications.
4. Turn the notification on or off next to ‘Watchlist reminder’. Blue means you’ll get the notification.
A recent Samsung update disabled notification categories. To allow notification categories:
1. On your Samsung device, go to Settings Notifications Advanced Settings.
2. Scroll to the bottom and turn on 'Manage Notification Categories For Each App'.
To update Watchlist push notifications on Android:
1. Go to My Trade Me.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Notifications.
4. Select Notification categories.
5. Turn the notification on or off next to ‘Watchlist reminder’. Blue means you’ll get the notification.
Delete from Watchlist
After you bid on an item, it stays on your Watchlist and can’t be deleted until the listing closes. That way, you’ll know if you’re the leading bidder or find out if the item is relisted.
Delete one listing from your Watchlist
To delete an item from your Watchlist:
- Go to your Watchlist.
- Select the check in the right corner of the listing tile.
Bulk delete from your Watchlist
To delete multiple listings at once from your Watchlist:
- Go to your Watchlist.
- Select Edit from the top right.
- Select the listings you want to delete from your Watchlist.
- Select Delete.
- Select Delete to confirm.
When a listing on your Watchlist closes
When a listing on your Watchlist closes, the item automatically moves to your Lost items. If the listing is relisted, the new listing is automatically added to your Watchlist.
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