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eBay Platform Roadmap
Anand Gangadharan
Platform Product Manager
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eBay Platform Roadmap
• Finding Service
• Multi-Variation Fixed-Price Listings
• Selling Manager Applications (f.k.a. Echo)
• Large Merchant Services
• Feedback Service
• Spring 2009 Release
• The road ahead
PlatformStrength in Numbers
Developer Program Members
Monthly API Call Volume
Percentage of Listings via API
A vibrant Platform, thanks to you!
92,000 Members, 32% YoY growth
13,000 Live Applications
8 Billion API calls per month
Over 60% listings via API
Finding Service
Finding Service
• eBay’s next generation of Finding technology
• Provides parity with ebay.com features
• Keyword searches yield more relevantsearch results
• Powerful search queries
• Advanced refinement options
Just
Launched
developer.ebay.com/products/finding
Finding Service
Build Compelling Applications Usingthe New eBay Services
3:30 pm
Ganga Muthyala, eBay
Multi-VariationFixed-Price Listings
Multi-Variation Fixed-Price Listings
Multi-Variation Fixed-Price Listings
Supporting Multi-Variation Fixed-PriceListings in Your Application
1:30 pm
Grant King, ChannelAdvisor
Keith Wescourt, eBay
Selling ManagerApplications (f.k.a. Echo)
Selling Manager Applications
• Selling Manager Free subscription
• Get in front of millions of eBay Sellers
• Be seen on ebay.com
• You get paid when Sellers subscribe to, orpurchase your Application
• We welcome your innovation!
Beta
developer.ebay.com/products/ selling-manager-applications
Selling Manager Applications
The Project Echo Opportunity
Deploying your First Project Echo Application
1:30 pm
2:30 pm
Neil Mansilla, Mansilla Dev
Mike Maffeo, eBay
Large MerchantServices (LMS)
Large Merchant Services
• Asynchronous processing using file baseddata, transaction exchange
• Designed for high volume, robust integrationat key touch points between Seller and eBay
developer.ebay.com/products/ large-merchant-services
1:30 pm
Large Merchant Services
Larger Merchant Services
Joel Mosby, Mercent
Mohan Kumaresh, eBay
Feedback Service
Feedback Service
• DSR computation for a subset oftransactions, with a minimum of 10
• Enables Sellers to fine tune their businesswhile protecting individual buyer ratings
• Compare domestic vs international,free vs paid shipping, weekend vs weekday,and so on
developer.ebay.com/products/feedback
Spring 2009 Release
We value your feedback, and acted on it.
• Advance notice of changes
• Early Sandbox availability
• API behavior for policy changes
• Graceful degradation when possible
• Enhance structured information usage toimprove seller efficiency
Make eBay Easy
• Next gen View Item (NGVI)
• Require Handling time, Return Policy
• Custom Item Specifics in more categories
• Shipping Tracking info
• Multi-Variation Fixed-Price Listings
Make eBay Safe
• Authentication enhancements
• Jewelry policy changes
Seller Profitability
• Paperless payment methods only
• Smart FAQ
• Free pictures in more categories
Tools/Data for Seller Success
• Product Identifiers in more categories
• Ad Commerce API released
• Givingworks: WoG API enabled
• ePN introduces variable compensation scale
Improving Seller Efficiencies on eBay
Spring 2009 Release
Kristina Klausen, eBay
Mike Maffeo, eBay
Just
Launched
12:30 pm
A Peek at Fall 2009 Release
• Granular Ship-to locations
• Allow sellers to explicitly call out countries theydo not want to ship to
• Block buyers whose primary shipping orregistered location is excluded by seller
• Edit Live Items for Fixed-Price and SIF
• Allow sellers to make changes to multi-quantityfixed price listings after there has been a sale
Subject to
change
The Road Ahead
Coordinated Releases are Here to Stay
• Started with Spring 2009 Release for Selleroriented features
Move Towards More Services
• Trading API circa 2001
• Shopping API launched in 2007
• Then came Merchandising, Feedback, LargeMerchant Services, and so on
General Service Composition Principles
• Provide isolation from:
• Changes in unrelated functional areas
• Include functional areas with:
• High cohesion
• Similar interface rate-of-change
• Optimize response time
• e.g. Distinct calls for authorized and public data
• Clear version management
We Want to Hear From You
• Speak to us
• Feedback Forums
• Grab an employee
• Thank you again for your investment on theeBay Platform to service our mutualcustomers
Questions?
To learn more, visitwww.ebay.com/devcon
Thank you!
