Reminder: Start Using Simplified Returns
As announced in the 2018 Spring and Summer Seller Updates, eBay is simplifying and streamlining returns on eBay. To help developers verify that you’re ready for these changes, we have summarized the API changes, timelines, and best practices in our API docs and developer news.
Watermarks Policy Changes
Per the recent Watermark Removal Policy Enforcement Update, eBay has decided that we will not enforce the removal of watermarks by March 2018 as originally planned. Thank you for taking the time contact us to explain the challenges you and/or your customers faced with the original timing. We know that the holidays are a crucial time of year, and we want you to be able to focus completely on selling right now.
Guaranteed Delivery and Global Shipping in the Fulfillment API
The Fulfillment API now supports eBay Guaranteed Delivery and the eBay Global Shipping Program, plus OpenAPI specs.
eBay's OpenAPI 3.0 Contracts Now Available
In August 2017, we officially became a part of the Open API Initiative (OAI). We continue on the path of progress by being one of the first in the industry to publish contracts based on OpenAPI 3.0 specification. They are available now for all our RESTful APIs under the Buy and Commerce umbrella while Sell APIs are coming soon.
Similar and Related Products in the Buy Marketing API
As we continue to invest in our eBay developer community and in making our API offerings richer, we are excited to announce the launch of two new methods in the Buy Marketing API suite:
- getAlsoViewedByProduct
- getAlsoBoughtByProduct
Withdraw Offers and Manage Variation Groups in the Inventory API
eBay's Inventory API now enables sellers to publish offers with variations, determine which offers are part of a variation group, and unpublish or withdraw product offers (to end listings).