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 August 29 , 2007
Top Stories
Shopping API: New Call for Half Info
Use the new call FindHalfProducts to retrieve product info from Half.com.
Find out more >
Winners of the eBay Widget Contest
Four innovative widgets won
fame and
fabulous prizes.
Get inspired >
All September: Free Listing with Gallery
Buy Gallery and get free insertion fees on items $9.99 or less.
Find out more >
Technical Alerts and Product News
Trading API: Changes to Shipping Services
As of 527, the "Local Delivery/Pickup" shipping service has been deprecated. Two new shipping services have been created as a replacement: "Local Pickup" and "Local Delivery". Any use of the old shipping service named "Local Delivery/Pickup" will be replaced with "Local Pickup" and a warning will be issued. See which sites support the new options >
Upcoming changes to Coins Item Specifics
In mid September we will be replacing the "Certified" Item Specific selection with selections for six grading organizations: ANACS, ICG, NCS, NGC, PCGS, PMG. Sellers will also be able to enter Grade and Certification Number. See Seller Central for details.
Developer Community
iWasCoding Launches GarageBuy With Bidding Capability
iWasCoding has just made another addition to its family of Mac OS X tools, GarageBuy. GarageBuy offers its users a feeling of personal attention through its ergonomic design. The intuitive user interface combined with very efficient use of screen real estate notably simplifies the browsing experience. Learn more about GarageBuy >
Widget Lessons from Facebook Pros
We sent the esteemed developers of the eBay Marketplace Facebook app, Jimmy Ho and Choon Chong, to the Facebook Developer Garage event last Saturday, and here's one thing they heard:
"Build first, build fast, scale later. You just need to get your app out there as quickly as possible." Get more tips from the widget masters >
Developer Forums Thread of Every Other Week
Recently in the Shopping Web Services forum, developer intelligroup_ltd (2nd place winner in the recent eBay Widget Contest) asked whether we could make it possible to distinguish between a Chinese-style auction item with no BuyItNow and a FixedPrice item with no sales using the new Shopping API.

rekha.developersupport reported back the good news -- that this Shopping API wish was able to be granted as of late August: "Our product management team has responded by making ListingType available with version 527"

Learn the latest information and share your knowledge of eBay Web Services in the Developer Forums.
The Buzz
eBay Launches Official Facebook App
"[Building in the ability to choose what you share] was a necessity for eBay, which is an established company with a high trust score for consumers, and creating an application for Facebook, where some things are broadcast out to friends via the newsfeeds function or on profiles means that eBay has taken extra steps to make sure each user is comfortable with what and how things are shared."

Kristen Nicole from Mashable wrote this thoughtful post on the eBay Marketplace Facebook app we just launched. Read more >
eBay San Dimas Marks A New Era For RIAs
"Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR, formerly known as Apollo) applications like eBay San Dimas take RIAs out of the browser and put them on the desktop. These desktop applications enable occasionally connected use, customized content views, and a branded experience that can act as a platform for closer relationships with customers."

Ron Rogowski, Harley Manning, and Steven Geller from Forrester recently created this report on how rich Internet apps are moving to the desktop, and why this might be the right move for you. Brought to you by our friends at EffectiveUI. Check it out >
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product updates
Shopping API:527
Trading API: 527
FindHalfProducts call
Your API Wish Granted
events

Sept 10-13: Storage Dev Con
Sept 13: Emerce e.day
Developer Pulse
Top 5 Developer Forum threads from the last 2 weeks:
  1. About Authentication
  2. Picture Url not coming in GetSearchResults
  3. Half.com additem broken? Item.PrimaryCategory. CategoryID Required???
  4. Item.ListingDesigner.LayoutID
  5. Cars catalog enabled but unable to search
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