Product Overview

The eBay Developers Program enables third-party developers to create innovative solutions that tap into the power of eBay, The World's Online Marketplace®.

Many users buy and sell items using the eBay Web site, interacting with eBay directly through our standard user interface. As a member of the eBay Developers Program, you have access to eBay's platform and technical resources. eBay Web Services offers application developers the power to create a wide variety of solutions to meet the diverse needs of the more than 135 million buyers and sellers on eBay. By leveraging the resources offered by the eBay Developers Program, you can create your own applications that communicate directly with the eBay business logic and database. Your applications can provide a custom interface, functionality, and specialized operations that are not available in the eBay Web site user interface.

This chapter covers:

eBay Trading Web Services

eBay SDKs

Supported Use Cases

Types of Applications You Can Build

API License Agreement and Usage

User-Contributed Notes