Type to contain the data for one eBay user. Depending on the context, the user might be the seller or the buyer in a transaction, or the bidder or winning bidder in a listing. An object of this type is returned by a number of calls, including the GetUser call.
Contains information about the user as a bidder on a certain item. Returned for GetAllBidders if IncludeBiddingSummary = true is included in the request.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use BiddingSummary.
Contains information about the seller's charity affliations. Returned if the user is affiliated with one or more charities. Seller must be registered with the eBay Giving Works provider to be affiliated with a charity non-profit organization.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use CharityAffiliations.
Indicates whether a user has read-only access to the eBay Wiki (true) or whether the user is able contribute or edit articles on the eBay Wiki (false). By default, all registered eBay users have access to contribute and edit articles on the eBay Wiki. All content contributed to the eBay Wiki is subject to the Community Content Policy.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use eBayWikiReadOnly.
Unique identifier for the user that does not change when the eBay user name is changed. Use when an application needs to associate a new eBay user name with the corresponding eBay user.
Since a bidder's user info is anonymous, this tag will be returned only to that bidder, and to the seller of an item that the user is bidding on.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use EIASToken.
Email address for the user. You cannot retrieve an email address for any user with whom you do not have a transactional relationship, regardless of site. Email is only returned for applicable calls when you are retrieving your own user data OR when you and the other user are in a transactional relationship and the call is being executed within a certain amount of time after the transaction is created. Based on Trust and Safety policies, the time is unspecified and can vary by site.
Since a bidder's user info is anonymous, this tag will be returned only to that bidder, and to the seller of an item that the user is bidding on.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use Email.
Indicates whether the user has chosen to make their feedback score and feedback details private (hidden from other users). Note that the percentage of positive feedback can still be returned, even if other feedback details are private. In GetSearchResults and GetCategoryListings, feedback information is only returned if IncludeFeedback = true in the request.
Since a bidder's user info is anonymous, this tag will be returned only to that bidder, and to the seller of an item that the user is bidding on.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use FeedbackPrivate.
The aggregate feedback score for a user. A user's feedback score is the net positive feedback minus the net negative feedback left for the user. Feedback scores are a quantitative expression of the desirability of dealing with a user as a buyer or a seller in transactions. Each transaction can result in one feedback entry for a given user (the buyer can leave feedback for the seller, and the seller can leave feedback for the buyer.). That one feedback can be positive, negative, or neutral. The aggregated feedback counts for a particular user represent that user's overall feedback score (referred to as a "feedback rating" on the eBay site). If the user has chosen to make their feedback private and that user is not the user identified in the request's authentication token, FeedbackScore is not returned and FeedbackPrivate is returned with a value of true.
In GetSearchResults and GetCategoryListings, feedback information is only returned if IncludeFeedback = true in the request. In GetMyeBayBuying and GetMyeBaySelling, feedback information (FeedbackScore and FeedbackRatingStar) is returned in BidList.ItemArray.Item.Seller. For GetMyeBayBuying, the feedback score of each seller with an item having received a bid from the buyer is returned. For GetMyeBaySelling, the feedback score of the seller is returned.
GetMyeBayBuying and GetMyeBaySelling also return feedback information (FeedbackScore and FeedbackRatingStar) in BidList.ItemArray.Item.SellingStatus.HighBidder. GetMyeBayBuying returns feedback information on the high bidder of each item the buyer is bidding on. GetMyeBaySelling returns feedback information on the high bidder of each item the seller is selling.
Since a bidder's user info is anonymous, the real feedback score will be returned only to that bidder, and to the seller of an item that the user is bidding on. For all other users, the value -99 is returned.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use FeedbackScore.
Indicates whether the user has been verified. For more information about the ID Verify program, see: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/identity-idverify.html
See the Field Index to learn which calls use IDVerified.
If true, identifies a new user who has been a registered eBay user for 30 days or less. Always false after the user has been registered for more than 30 days. Does not indicate an ID change (see UserIdChanged).
See the Field Index to learn which calls use NewUser.
The user's PayPal account level. Only returned for the user identified in eBayAuthToken. That is, you cannot see someone else's PayPal account level. Use this information to check whether a seller is eligible to list digital downloadable items. See the eBay Web site online help for current PayPal requirements for listing digital items.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use PayPalAccountLevel.
The user's PayPal account status. Only returned for the user identified in eBayAuthToken. That is, you cannot see someone else's PayPal account status. Use this information to check whether a seller is eligible to list digital downloadable items. See the eBay Web site online help for current PayPal requirements for listing digital items.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use PayPalAccountStatus.
The user's PayPal account type. Only returned for the user identified in eBayAuthToken. That is, you cannot see someone else's PayPal account type. Use this information to check whether a seller is likely to be eligible to list digital downloadable items. See the eBay Web site online help for current PayPal requirements for listing digital items.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use PayPalAccountType.
Percent of total feedback that is positive. For example, if the member has 50 feedbacks, where 49 are positive and 1 is neutral or negative, the positive feedback percent could be 98.0. The value uses a max precision of 4 and a scale of 1. If the user has feedback, this value can be returned regardless of whether the member has chosen to make their feedback private. Not returned if the user has no feedback. In GetSearchResults and GetCategoryListings, feedback information is only returned if IncludeFeedback = true in the request.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use PositiveFeedbackPercent.
GetUser: eBay returns complete RegistrationAddress details (including Phone), as applicable to the registration site, when you retrieve your own user data.
GetItem: RegistrationAddress for another user (except for Phone) is only returned if you have a transactional relationship with that user AND that user is registered on DE/AT/CH, regardless of your registration site and the site to which you send the request. For example, the seller can see the buyer's registration address if the buyer is registered on DE/AT/CH, or the buyer can see the seller's registration address if the seller is registered on DE/AT/CH. (The buyer and seller won't see their own registration addresses in GetItem.)
See the Field Index to learn which calls use RegistrationAddress.
Contains information about the user as a seller, such as whether the seller is authorized to list Live Auction items or opts to have items cross-promoted.
This field is replaced by the SellerBusinessType field if the user is a business seller with a site ID of 77 (Germany), 3 (UK), 205 (Ireland) or 100 (Motors).
See SellerType or SellerBusinessCodeType for the child elements.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use SellerInfo.
Indicates the method the seller selected to pay eBay with for the account. The payment methods vary from one eBay site to the next. Payment methods are enumerated in the SellerPaymentMethodCodeType code list.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use SellerPaymentMethod.
TUV level is a number allocated to a user based on various characteristics such as buyer, seller, new buyer, new seller, high risk, or bid limit. Applies to eBay Motors Pro applications only.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use TUVLevel.
Total count of positive Feedback entries received by the user, including weekly repeats. Contains the aggregate feedback score for a user. A member's feedback score is the net positive feedback minus the net negative feedback left for the member. Feedback scores are a quantitative expression of the desirability of dealing with that person as a Buyer or a Seller in auction transactions. Each auction transaction can result in one feedback entry for a given user (the buyer can leave feedback for the seller, and the seller can leave feedback for the buyer.). That one feedback can be positive, negative, or neutral. The aggregated feedback counts for a particular user represent that user's overall feedback score (referred to as a "feedback rating" on the eBay site). This rating is commonly expressed as the eBay Feedback score for the user.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use UniquePositiveFeedbackCount.
Indicates whether or not the User container has been made anonymous. If true, some elements in the User container have either been removed, or had their values changed to remove identifying characteristics. If false, all expected elements are returned, and no values are changed.
Since a bidder's user info is anonymous, this tag is returned as false only to the bidder, and to the seller of an item that the user is bidding on. For all other users, this tag is returned as true.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use UserAnonymized.
Since a bidder's user info is anonymous, this tag contains the actual value of an ID only for that bidder, and for the seller of an item that the user is bidding on. For other users, the actual value is replaced by an anonymous value, according to these rules:
When bidding on items listed on the US site: UserID is replaced with the value "a****b" where a and b are random characters from the UserID. For example, if the UserID = IBidALot, it might be displayed as, "I****A".
Note that in this format, the anonymous bidder ID stays the same for every auction.
For GetMyeBayBuying only, when bidding on items listed on the US site: UserID is replaced with the value "a****b" where a and b are random characters from the UserID.
When bidding on items listed on the the UK and AU sites: UserID is replaced with the value "Bidder X" where X is a number indicating the order of that user's first bid. For example, if the user was the third bidder, UserID = Bidder 3.
Note that in this format, the anonymous bidder ID stays the same for a given auction, but is different for different auctions. For example, a bidder who is the third and then the seventh bidder in an auction will be listed for both bids as "Bidder 3". However, if that same bidder is the first bidder on a different auction, the bidder will be listed for that auction as "Bidder 1", not "Bidder 3".
For GetMyeBayBuying only, when bidding on items listed on the UK and AU sites: UserID is replaced with the string "High Bidder".
Note that when IncludeFeedback is true in a GetSearchResults request, the response contains the seller's User ID. Please note that a seller's UserID is not anonymized.
For PlaceOffer, see also SellingStatus.HighBidder.
See the Field Index to learn which calls use UserID.
Indicates whether or not the user is subject to VAT. Users who have registered with eBay as VAT-exempt are not subject to VAT. See documentation on Value-Added Tax (VAT).
See the Field Index to learn which calls use VATStatus.
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