As of July 27, 2010, several categories are requiring that you specify the new, more granular Item Condition values using the new ConditionID field. This is a mandatory code change for developers. We suggest: Call GetCategoryFeatures for your category and site to determine if the new Item Condition ...

All, We’ve been working on a program behind the scenes here at eBay that I’m hoping will help promote all of the great online sellers that are embracing social media tools as a way to augment their presence online, ultimately promoting their stores and sales. It’s something that we...

I sat down with Todd Lutwak, VP of Seller Experience for eBay earlier today to talk about the initial feedback we’ve been hearing coming out of the third and final Seller Release of 2010. Here you go… Cheers, RBH VIDEO interview with eBay’s Todd Lutwak regarding today’s #eBaySR ann...

Today, Dinesh Lathi posted an important announcement about the Fall 2010 Seller Update (SR10.3). Here is the developer impact for those features. More details will follow in the documentation as each feature is released. Most Fall 2010 changes will go live the week of September 7, 2010. New shoppin...

Marshall Smith is a Sr. Software Engineer with ChannelAdvisor Corporation. He has years of experience in reacting to changes from eBay and easing transition for customers. He passed on valuable insights via many examples. So, you know that eBay is going to introduce change. What's the best exper...

The Platform Feedback Forum is an annual DevCon tradition. Senior platform managers take questions from the developer community. This year it was moderated by Sri Shivananda (Sr. Director, Platform Product & Developers Program). Panelists were Shankar Ramaswamy (Director of Application Pl...

This year's panelists: An older woman whose eBay business is run by just her and her husband. She is an eBay education specialist. They set a goal which is daunting for them: to list 100 items per week. A younger woman who is new to selling on eBay and is concentrating on the fashion segment. S...

When done well, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) results in: More visitors! More downloads! More transactions! More success! But no one will want to link to you, visit your site, or install your App if your product is not worth talking about. In the session titled SEO 101: Trips and Tricks for ...

The Best Match – What’s Coming? session, delivered by Mike Mathieson, was a look at both the recent changes and also areas of focus this year. This session was packed, with many audience members even sitting on the floor. That's a pretty good indicator that there’s a lot of interest from ...

We are releasing a new way of specifying Item Condition with the API. Previously you had to use attributes or custom item specifics to specify the condition of an item. Now you can use a first class data element. This new element will replace the old ways of specifying item condition. Apple M...