eBay Developer Newsletter


October 24 , 2007



	Top Stories



	33% Off Insertion Fees Until Nov 5 Big savings for Auction and Fixed Price listings on US, CA, and Motors. Learn more >



	Trading API: New GetExpressWishlist Retrieve eBay Express wish lists; view them, or share them with friends. Call details >



	Item Specifics Now For All Categories Now Custom Item Specifics for all categories with no other item specifics. Check it out >



	Technical Alerts and Product News

Shopping API: GetSingleItem Now Returns Minimum Bid, Charity Info
New fields have been added to the GetSingleItem response. Specifically, the call now returns information about the minimum amount required to bid on the item, a product ID for the item, and details about any nonprofit charity that the seller may have selected to benefit from the sale. To return these new fields, specify IncludeSelector = Details in the request.

For more information see the Release Notes and the GetSingleItem Call Reference >.

Early November 2007 Category Changes
The category structure will be updated in early November based on feedback received from the eBay Community and from experts in the affected fields. You can provide category structure feedback at any time by clicking here.

Updated Categories:

A complete list of the new category structure can be found on Seller Central here.




	The Buzz

Wired: "eBay's Flashy New Desktop App Is an Animated Delight"
Michael Calore of Wired took a look at eBay Desktop, and here's what he had to say:

EBay's slick new app does more than simply recreate the auction site on the desktop -- it makes the whole experience thoroughly interactive and much more engaging.

Read the article here, and check out eBay Desktop for some inspiration. >

InformationWeek: "eBay's Max Mancini Turns Threats Into Opportunities"
Mitch Wagner of InformationWeek met with our very own Max Mancini at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. They covered a number of topics. Here's Max's thoughts on Social Networks:

Socnets [Social Networks] will accelerate the Internet's abilities to connect communities of interest. With social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, you can not only find people with common interests to yours, you can find out what they're interested in. The challenge for businesses is figuring out ways to sell in those communities. "People who are heavy participants in social networks don't want to be marketed to," Mancini said. EBay has an advantage there -- it's a social network built on commerce; people go to eBay expecting to buy and sell.

Read the full article here >

product updates

Shopping API: 535
Trading API: 535
eBay Express Wish Lists
TransactionID in PlaceOffer
Paid/Shipped Times in Orders
Schema Version for Notifications

events

Oct 21-26: Software Summit 2007
Nov 8: QCon San Francisco 2007
Dec 3-7: Keynote at WISE 2007

developer pulse

Top 5 Developer blog/news posts in the last 2 weeks:

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