Guide

How trading works

Six steps from “I don't need this” to “great deal”. Everything is free.

  1. 1

    Register

    Create a free account with your e-mail or Google. No fees — now or later.

    Create account →
  2. 2

    Fill in your profile

    A photo, your city and a few words about you. People trade more with people they can see.

    Open settings →
  3. 3

    Add your items

    Photos (up to 10), a short description and what you would like in return. Choose how you want to deal: ⇄ trade, 💶 money offers or a 🏷 fixed price — or give it away for free. Items stay active for 90 days and renew for free.

    Add an item →
  4. 4

    Find what you need

    Search, browse categories, or check “Mutual matches” — people who want what you have and have what you want. Save favourites to your wishlist.

    Browse items →
  5. 5

    Make an offer

    On the trading floor pick their items and yours — several on each side if you like. You can add money or ask for a top-up, or simply buy at the fixed price. They have 72 hours to accept, decline or make a counter-offer.

  6. 6

    Meet, trade, leave feedback

    Agree on the hand-over in messages, swap the goods, then leave feedback. Good feedback raises your rating and gets you better deals.

    My offers →

Ways to deal

⇄

Trade

Items for items. The classic Arambla way.

💶

Money offers

Buyers offer an amount; you choose the best one. A guide price helps.

🏷

Fixed price

Buy now at the price you set — you confirm the request.

🎁

Free

Give it to someone who needs it. Nothing in return.

Arambla never handles payments — when money is part of a deal, you pay each other directly. Read our safety tips.

Regions

Local, EU or the whole world

Arambla has a site for every country, one for the whole European Union and one for the whole world. The flag in the header always shows which region you are in.

1 · New Zealand

Your country

Things near you, in your language and currency. Easy to meet and hand over in person.

nzl.arambla.com You are here
2 · European Union

European Union

All 27 EU countries together. Things you can get by post — within the EU there are no customs.

eu.arambla.com Open →
Global 3 · Global

Whole world

Everything from every region. Between countries outside the EU, customs and import rules may apply.

arambla.com Open →

Where does my listing appear?

  1. 1 🗺️

    Choose the countries

    Your own country is ticked for you. You can add more countries — or the whole EU.

  2. 2 📮

    Say how far you send it

    Handed over in person, or by post: within your country, across the EU or worldwide.

  3. 3 👀

    Buyers find it

    It appears in the countries you chose — and, for EU countries, in the European Union too. If you send across the EU, people on the other EU country sites also see it under “From across the EU”.

Your country has no site of its own yet?

Choose your country when you sign up — your items appear in the European Union. When your country gets its own site, they move there automatically.

🛃

Outside the EU

The United Kingdom, Switzerland and other countries are not in the EU: when you send items across their border, customs duties and import rules may apply. Agree on them before you send.

Market

Buying & selling for money

Trading comes first — but you can also sell for a price, take money offers or post what you are looking for. Items with a price are collected in the Market, requests in Explore under “Wanted”.

🏷 Fixed price

Buy now

  1. 1 Tap “Buy for 50 €” on the item
  2. 2 The seller confirms your request
  3. 3 Agree on payment and hand-over in messages
💶 Open to offers

Money offer

  1. 1 Offer an amount — for example 40 €
  2. 2 The seller accepts, or counters with 45 €
  3. 3 Agreed — pay when you get the item
🔎 Explore · Wanted

Wanted request

  1. 1 Post what you are looking for, with a budget if you like
  2. 2 People who have it write to you
  3. 3 Agree and meet — or pay with a trade
🔒

Paying safely

You pay each other directly — Arambla never takes payments and never asks you to pay through a link. Safest is to pay when you get the item. Never send money in advance to someone you do not know. Safety tips →

🏢

Buying from a business

Items from business sellers are marked “Business seller”. EU consumer rights apply to them — for example the 14-day right of withdrawal. Between private persons these rules generally do not apply.

🛒 Open Market + Sell something 💡 Questions about buying & selling

Good to know

Items in an offer are locked

While an offer is open you cannot edit or delete the items in it — so nobody gets a surprise.

72 hours to decide

An offer that gets no answer in time is declined automatically and the items are free again.

Counter-offers

Not quite right? Change the items or the money and send it back. The full history stays visible.

Looking for something?

Post a request — “Wanted” or “Service wanted” — and people will message you. Requests are in Explore under “Wanted”.