Deleting Shipping Discount Profile

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Published: April 25 2007, 4:30:00 PMUpdated: November 28 2020, 3:39:14 PM

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How to delete a shipping discount profile ?

Summary

By setting ModifyActionCode to Delete, you can delete saved Shipping Discount rule/s from your Shipping Discount Preferences.

The deletion only affect to the active item in which no bid is placed.
If MappedDiscountProfileID is specified, the active listing that associated with the profile being deleted will use the discount profile identified by MappedDiscountProfileID property

Note. --- After the deletion, GetItem API returns the ShippingProfileID defined in MappedDiscountProfileID property for any active or sold items associated with the shipping profile being deleted.
--- After the deletion, the Shipping Discount remains unchanged for any transactions whose item is linked to the shipping profile being deleted

If MappedDiscountProfileID is not specified, the Shipping Discount Profile being deleted will be removed from any items that associated with the Profile in question

Note. --- After the deletion, GetItem API returns no ShippingDicountProfile container
--- After the deletion, the Shipping Discount remains unchanged for any transaction whose item is linked to the shipping profile being deleted

Detailed Description

The samples below illustrates the steps of createing and deleting Flat Shipping Profiles using SetShippingDiscountProfile API

1. SetShippingDiscount with <ModifyActionCode>Add</ModifyActionCode>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SetShippingDiscountProfilesRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
<RequesterCredentials>
       <eBayAuthToken>Token</eBayAuthToken>
      </RequesterCredentials>
</RequesterCredentials>
<CurrencyID>USD</CurrencyID>
<ModifyActionCode>Add</ModifyActionCode>
<FlatShippingDiscount>
    <DiscountName>EachAdditionalPercentOff</DiscountName>
      <DiscountProfileName>FlatShipping1</DiscountProfileName>
      <EachAdditionalPercentOff>5.0</EachAdditionalPercentOff>
    </DiscountProfile>
    <DiscountProfile>
      <DiscountProfileName>FlatShipping4</DiscountProfileName>
      <EachAdditionalPercentOff>10.0</EachAdditionalPercentOff>
    </DiscountProfile>
</FlatShippingDiscount>
<CombinedDuration>Days_3</CombinedDuration>
</SetShippingDiscountProfilesRequest>

2. Make GetShippingDiscountProfile call to get DiscountProfileIDs

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <GetShippingDiscountProfilesRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
    <RequesterCredentials><eBayAuthToken>TOKEN</eBayAuthToken>
    </RequesterCredentials>
</GetShippingDiscountProfilesRequest>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GetShippingDiscountProfilesResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
<Timestamp>2007-04-27T06:48:00.881Z</Timestamp>
<Ack>Success</Ack>
<Version>509</Version>
<Build>e509_core_Bundled_4546875_R1</Build>
<CurrencyID>USD</CurrencyID>
<FlatShippingDiscount>
    <DiscountName>EachAdditionalPercentOff</DiscountName>
    <DiscountProfile>
      <DiscountProfileID>1326000</DiscountProfileID>
      <DiscountProfileName>FlatShipping2</DiscountProfileName>
      <EachAdditionalPercentOff>2.0</EachAdditionalPercentOff>
    </DiscountProfile>
    <DiscountProfile>
      <DiscountProfileID>1330000</DiscountProfileID>
      <DiscountProfileName>FlatShipping1</DiscountProfileName>
      <EachAdditionalPercentOff>5.0</EachAdditionalPercentOff>
    </DiscountProfile>
</FlatShippingDiscount>
    ---
</GetShippingDiscountProfileResponse>

3. Delete a FlatShippingDiscount property with <ModifyActiveCode>Delete</ModifyActiveCode> and <MappedDicountProfileID>

Additional Resources

Documentation: Miscellaneous Shipping Topics

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