The eBay Certified Provider Program was established to recognize select third-party eBay solutions. All Certified Providers are carefully screened by eBay. Among other criteria, participants must have extensive experience with eBay, pass a strict certification exam, and provide a number of proven customer references.

There are two types of Certified Providers:

• Certified Service Providers - non-technical providers who offer services such as auction strategy and Web site template design
• Certified Solution Providers - technical providers who offer services that include integration with the eBay platform and custom software development

Requirements
Expertise
50%+ applicable services staff have become eBay Certified Consultants
50%+ applicable technical staff have become eBay Certified Engineers
Offer a commercial- tier certified software application
Experience
Satisfied customers checked by eBay
Offer eBay-related services to eBay users
Provided business overview to eBay

Glossary

Applicable Services Staff

Anyone who makes recommendations on behalf of their company to its customers with respect to their eBay transactions in the form of an actual recommendation or a transaction utilizing such recommendation.

Applicable Technical Staff

Anyone who writes, specifies, or directs the development of software code for the purpose of building an application that interfaces with the eBay site.

eBay Certified Consultant

Anyone on the applicable services staff who has passed eBay feature, policy and best practice exams.

eBay Certified Engineer

Anyone on the applicable technical staff who has passed eBay technology exams.

To learn more about the Certified Provider Program, visit developer.ebay.com/certifiedprovider