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    Hi, im not sure if tyhis is possible already but it would be good if ebay would auto sync with ebid say every hour so that items are not double sold and qtys would change accordingly as at the moment i have listings on both.

    is this something that can be done?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MustBeNice View Post
    Hi, im not sure if tyhis is possible already but it would be good if ebay would auto sync with ebid say every hour so that items are not double sold and qtys would change accordingly as at the moment i have listings on both.

    is this something that can be done?
    AS the two sites are completely separate I think this is highly unlikely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MustBeNice View Post
    Hi, im not sure if tyhis is possible already but it would be good if ebay would auto sync with ebid say every hour so that items are not double sold and qtys would change accordingly as at the moment i have listings on both.

    is this something that can be done?
    Nothing to stop somebody setting up a website into which you'd put your moniker for both sites and it would then do that for you.
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    If the URL of the eBay item is known, it would be fairly easy to check it every once in a while to see what the available quantity is. But such a program would probably best be independent of eBid, since eBay wouldn't like to have thousands of page accesses every hour from eBid.

    Someone could make a utility that you run on your computer that checks your email for "your item sold" emails, and then checks the quantity on eBay. It would then have to interface eBid to change the quantity. As far as I know eBid doesn't have an API to allow utilities to edit listings, it would have access both sites through the browser interface. Without an API, each time eBay or eBid changes its user interface, the utility would have to be modified to work with it again.

    edit: I was wrong. eBid has added an API somewhat recently. It's here: https://ebid.3scale.net/ EBay has an API, but I'm not completely sure how available it is to something like this, as at least a developer account and/or an AppID is needed. They could potentially turn off access to service like this if it encourages competition.
    Last edited by stopusingebay; 5th October 2018 at 06:25 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stopusingebay View Post
    If the URL of the eBay item is known, it would be fairly easy to check it every once in a while to see what the available quantity is. But such a program would probably best be independent of eBid, since eBay wouldn't like to have thousands of page accesses every hour from eBid.

    Someone could make a utility that you run on your computer that checks your email for "your item sold" emails, and then checks the quantity on eBay. It would then have to interface eBid to change the quantity. As far as I know eBid doesn't have an API to allow utilities to edit listings, it would have access both sites through the browser interface. Without an API, each time eBay or eBid changes its user interface, the utility would have to be modified to work with it again.

    I thought eBid did have an API ... eBid API Notifications

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    Default Re: Auto ebay sync

    I think it's highly unlikely. Delcampe tried synchronising listings with Ebay using Easystore. They had so many problems that they gave up the idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tony41 View Post
    as the two sites are completely separate i think this is highly unlikely.
    this is not true, ebay offer an api were this can be done as there is othewr sites already offer a similar thing

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    Quote Originally Posted by MustBeNice View Post
    this is not true, ebay offer an api were this can be done as there is othewr sites already offer a similar thing
    The two sites are completely different!!!
    Ebay offer an API which does what?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tony41 View Post
    The two sites are completely different!!!
    Ebay offer an API which does what?
    Thought eBid also offered an API. See post #6 for link.

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