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 March 1, 2007
top stories
eBay DevCon - June 11-13 in Boston!
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Feedback 2.0 pilot on global sites
Detailed Seller Ratings add more granular dimension to Feedback system
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ISBN-13 transition update
eBay will recognize both the old 10-digit and new 13-digit ISBNs for now
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technical alerts & product news
Mid-March category changes
Five categories -- Coins & Paper Money, Collectibles, Computers & Networking, Dolls & Bears and Motors -- have brand new category structure and some item specifics changes. check updates >
Reminder: Upcoming changes to UPS calculated shipping requirements
As of early March, eBay will enforce the dimensions requirement on listings in order to guarantee a more accurate shipping cost calculation for buyers. We recommend that you update your application early to be ready for this dimensions requirement. Please see the API documentation for details on how to specify package dimensions when listing an item with calculated shipping. be prepared>
Retrieve customer service messages more easily
As of late February, developers building applications using eBay Web Services should be aware that eBay is making two changes to the GetMemberMessages and GetMyMessages to improve their usability. Prior this to API update, it was cumbersome for developers with customer service functionality in their application to retrieve buyer/eBay messages to display for their users. read alert >
developer community
Developer Forums Thread of Every Other Week
Recently in the Developer Coffee Talk forum, classic ASP developer rasesh_dave asked about what development skills are useful for developing on the eBay platform. Fellow developers joey.yin, miawork and ccgooser all responded with helpful advice. "I dreaded the thought of tackling anything other than classic asp, and at the same time was fairly unfamiliar with the handling of xml too, but opted to stick it out, and its heaps rewarding in the end." Now rasesh_dave is looking for tips on implementing platform notifications. Up your coding karma - post an answer >
the buzz
Geoffrey Moore speaks about innovation
Delyn Simons blogs about Geoffrey Moore's visit last week to eBay. The best selling author of Crossing the Chasm spoke to our Platform & Innovation team about how today's leading companies are able to leverage innovation to compete successfully for revenues and profits in a globalized, commoditized, and deregulated marketplace. read about Geoffrey's talk >
Damon's new book! Pro PayPal E-Commerce
Pro PayPal E-Commerce is a new book published by Apress and authored by Damon Williams, manager of PayPal's developer program. The book takes a comprehensive look at the various options that web developers have when integrating PayPal into a website or application, including detailed information on PayPal's brand new Name-Value Pair API. pick up a copy >
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Most popular developer news
1) Max Mancini joins eBay Developers Program
2) Customized Ask Seller Question Preference APIs
3) Project San Dimas and Adobe Apollo at DEMO 2007
4) Tech Support Alert: Deprecated Calls, Fields, and Types Have Been Deleted
5) Tech Support Alert: Upcoming Required Changes to Ad Format Listings

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