Testing Live Auctions

Important: Live Auctions have been retired by eBay. This did not affect auction-style listings on eBay.

The Sandbox does not support eBay Live Auctions. To create a test catalog on the eBay Live Auctions Web site and to add lot items to it, use the Production site. Contact Live Auctions Customer Support at lasupport@ebay.com for more information.

Typically, you need to create an event schedule for your auction at least 48 hours in the future. It is a good idea to consider this when you are creating your test plan. You can add lot items to the schedule immediately after you create it, but you will need to wait at least 48 hours after creating the schedule to bid on the item and test end-of-auction processing.

To test your application's ability to list lot items:

If you haven't already created an auction house, login to the eBay Live Auctions production Website, and then use the Web site's online help to learn how to create an auction house:

http://www.ebayliveauctions.com

Please note that you need to be a registered eBay Live Auctions seller to access Live Auctions selling tools and instructions. See the public section of the eBay Live Auctions online help for more information.

http://pages.ebay.com/liveauctions/help/forsellers/forsellers.html

Using the Live Auctions Web site, create a test catalog in your auction house. Be sure to make it clear to potential bidders that they should not bid on these items.
Within the test catalog, schedule an auction event (a sales date) to occur at least 48 hours in the future.
Use GetLiveAuctionCatalogDetails to retrieve the catalog and schedule IDs. (You can only execute this call against the Production site. The Sandbox does not support live auctions.)
Use GetCategories to determine the categories to associate with the lot. Choose a Live Auction Seller category ID to pass in PrimaryCategory.CategoryID and (optionally) an eBay category ID to pass in SecondaryCategory.CategoryID.
(Optional) Use the Attributes API to select Item Specifics that are valid for the secondary category, if specified. See Specifying eBay Live Auctions Categories.
(Optional) Use the Attributes API to specify return policy details for the lot item. See Describing Currency, Payment, Shipping, and Other Details.
Use AddLiveAuctionItem to add a lot to the schedule. (Execute this call against the Production site. The Sandbox does not support live auctions.)
Use GetItem to confirm the item data that was listed with the lot.

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