Registration- Trading Post Help

Help: Registration

Register to become a Trading Post member

If you’ve registered with Trading Post® but forgotten your sign in details, you can easily retrieve your username and password.

Why register as a member?

There are plenty of great reasons to become a member of Trading Post.

Sell easily

In just 3 easy steps you can publish your ad online
Supply your details once – no need to re-enter them every time you place an ad.
Be notified when your online Classified ad is about to expire and renew it online FREE!
Make changes to your ad to add extra details or photos.
Check a buyer’s rating and feedback to help ensure they’re trustworthy to sell to.

Buy conveniently

Browse ads online and save items that you’re interested in buying.
Save your favourite searches.
Purchase Buy Now items straightaway.
Bid on Auctions and wait to see if you've won!
Ask sellers questions anonymously about their items in Buy Now ads or Auctions.
Check a seller’s rating and feedback to help ensure sure they’re trustworthy to buy from.

Register as a Verified Trader™!

When you join our Verified Trader™ program your identity is checked and verified by Australia Post to help validate your status as a trustworthy member.

We’ve introduced Verified Trader™ to help our members feel confident when selling or buying on Trading Post®.

Register to participate in our Community

Our Community pages bring together people with a common interest and a passion to share, learn and discuss ideas about their favourite topics. By registering with Trading Post®, you're registering to participate in our Community!

Check out our three Community sites – Pets, Outdoors and Auto Cult

Why register as a Community member?

Registering as a member lets you share your interests and ideas with others. Once you sign up you can start to:

contribute to discussions and reply to member queries
view photos and videos
post photos to share with other members
read feature articles on Community topics
keep across our current online trading tips and announcements

Some important things about registering

When you register with Trading Post® you are automatically registered to use the Pets and Outdoors communities
If you want to join the Auto Cult community, you'll need to register for that separately

Where can members contribute?

Trading Post® members can post questions and responses on Members helping Members, and contribute to discussions and upload photos on Pets and Outdoors
Auto Cult members can contribute to discussions and upload photos on Auto Cult

Once you’ve registered, you’re ready to start uploading content and contributing to the Community!

Common questions

What details can I change after I register?
See changing my details to find what details you can change and how to change them.

Can I register more than once with Trading Post®?
No. If you have previously registered with Trading Post® you must use this account. You must re-register for a new account. If you’ve forgotten your sign in details, you can retrieve your username and password.