New Feature: The Inventory Mapping API helps you turn your existing product data into high-quality listings with AI-powered recommendations. Learn more here.
Important Update: eBay's API integrations will be modified to address data handling requirements for select developers. Usernames will be replaced with immutable user IDs, and financial data will be protected for certain users. Learn more here.
Action required: From early May, API users must include standardized condition details when creating or updating listings. Update your integration to stay compliant. Learn more here.
Catalog API resources
v1_beta.5.3
The Catalog API allows users to search for and locate an eBay catalog product that is a direct match for the product that they wish to sell. Listing against an eBay catalog product helps insure that all listings (based off of that catalog product) have complete and accurate information. In addition to helping to create high-quality listings, another benefit to the seller of using catalog information to create listings is that much of the details of the listing will be prefilled, including the listing title, the listing description, the item specifics, and a stock image for the product (if available). Sellers will not have to enter item specifics themselves, and the overall listing process is a lot faster and easier.