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 December 26, 2007
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New Research API for eBay
Get historical pricing data using the API thanks to DataUnison!
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New Tutorials for JavaScript Toolkit!
New basic and advanced tutorials get you up and running fast.
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Lowest Supported Version = 473
Lowest supported version changing in February. Make sure you're ready.
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Technical Alerts and Product News
Trading API: Shipment Tracking Information
More shipment tracking options are now available to both our sellers and our buyers. If a seller prints postage through PayPal, a tracking number is automatically added to the transaction. Other sellers can easily pass along shipment information to buyers by uploading the tracking information to the transaction. The tracking number is returned via the GetSellerTransactions and GetItemTransactions calls. For full details please see the Announcement Board post and the Trading API Release Notes. »
Reminder: UPS rate change takes effect December 31, 2007
Just a reminder that that UPS rates will be changing effective Monday, December 31, 2007. Sellers who are listing items with UPS shipping services that are expected to ship on or after Monday, December 31, 2007 should take the rate change into account at the time of the listing. For more information see http://www.ups.com/rates/.
Early January 2008 Category Changes
Updates to the following eBay Item Specifics are planned for January:
  • Cell Phone Accessories
  • Gift Certificates
  • Men's Casual Shirts
  • Lodging
  • Cruises
  • Vacation Packages
  • Airline
  • BMX Bikes
  • Mountain Bikes
  • Road Bikes

Please see Seller Central for details.
Developer Community
The Future is...Paper?
Just released by our eBay Innovation team, eBay Flyer!

Start with an eBay Item ID, then eBay Flyer does the rest, making an attractive, printable flyer pre-filled with information about your item. Best for large, awkward or locale-specific items, couches, TV's, cars, furniture and anything else you don't want to drag to the post office. Try eBay flyer for yourself. »
The "Art" of Affiliate Marketing
One of our intrepid affiliate developers has truly helped the eBay art community reinvent its online presence by plugging it into the Facebook social graph, effectively leveraging the need for self-representation to virally market beautiful pieces of art available for sale on eBay. Appropriately enough, Tuan Le named his Facebook application "ArtFest." ArtFest has made browsing art listings on eBay  easy, and more intuitive in some cases than eBay's own browsing experience. That plus the vast supply of beautiful paintings for you to showcase and buy surely augments the beauty of one's profile and personal life. Who said "ads" had to be boring and intrusive?
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