eBay Developers Program
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The
eBay Developers Program
offers resources that help developers create solutions to make buying and selling on eBay faster and easier.
If you're looking for links to existing applications, visit the
eBay Solutions Directory for tools and solutions that have been developed by eBay or eBay developers.
About the eBay Developers Program
eBay provides a wide range of seller tools, including the eBay Toolkit, to make selling faster and easier. However, if you're interested in developing your own eBay solutions, the eBay Developers Program makes the eBay Application Program Interface (API) available.
The eBay API is a language and message format that an application uses to communicate with the eBay platform. Using eBay's API, you can build the following kinds of tools and services:
Selling and buying – manage listing, bidding, checkout and shipping tasks
Searching – customized interfaces for searching eBay
Affiliate – tools to drive buyers to eBay
Customer service functionality – Feedback and customer communications
Merchandising - content and listing design
Wireless – mobile applications for searching and bidding on eBay
Who should use the eBay API?
You should consider using the eBay API if you: | Are a high-volume seller with significant eBay experience. |
| Have reviewed third party solutions in the eBay Solutions Directory, but find that they don't meet your needs. |
| Need a customized integration that a third party cannot offer. |
| Have the economic resources and technical expertise to not only build the application, but to maintain your application to incorporate eBay updates. |
Visit the
eBay Developers Program
for more information.
