e bay business policy integration
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Integrate eBay Business Policies Management Service API for a Leading Multi-Marketplace Listing Service Provider
www.sigmainfo.net
Client provides one stop solution for leading online merchants to easily
manage inventory, orders, and fulfillment for selling more products on
different marketplaces and efficiently manage merchants' own settings and
create default policies which can be selected when adding a new listing. This
helps merchants efficiently expand selection through owned and 3rd-party
online marketplaces. The Client is based out of North America.
The Client
ChallengesSigma's .Net team started development with beta version of eBay Business
Policy Services API as it was only available in the sandbox environment, the
feature and corresponding services were new and changing constantly. The
API calls were non-reliable and message response was not consistent for all
the messages. There used to be major changes in service contract too. The
access to beta version of eBay Trading APIs was limited to 5,000 requests per
Application per day. There were similar challenges with application runtime
environments for other marketplaces realizing frequent service updates.
(API). “40% cost savings on functionality development
Executive Summary
It's important for any company providing
end-to-end solut ion for mult i -
marketplace l isting services to
merchants to stand-out amongst other
products in the Marketplace. Client has
one among the best product for
Marketplace and listing services. It's
always been a challenge on upgrading the
existing product to support new business
pol icies functional it ies. After
integrating Business Policies Management
API to Clients' existing listing tool,
merchants can apply shipping, return and
payment policies to their listings with
just a few clicks and streamline new
listing creation and updates to existing
listings. Merchants can manage their own
custom settings for shipping, returns and
payment information from one central
location, rather than specifying the
information separately on each of your
listings.
SuccessesHaving Microsoft Certified Developers, Sigma Infosolutions' .Net team
created mock and live test cases using Rhino and NUnit to make sure that new
change in service does not break the existing logic. These test cases where
part of the daily build so any break in service contract would be caught when
build is run. This ensured data integrity, data security and full utilization of
API services in listing solutions and eliminating performance bottlenecks.
This extended the base features of listing solution as well as for custom
attributes for listing data input structures.
Business CaseClient provides listing solutions to its global customers. Client wanted to
integrate the eBay Business Policy into its existing line of products. The
Business Policies Management API allows sellers to create and manage
payment, shipping, and return policy profiles. Sellers can easily create these
Business Policies profiles and associate them to an eBay category group.
Since every listing on eBay is linked to a category, these APIs will allow
merchants to create a policy and immediately apply it to all listings for a
group of categories. By using the Business Policies Management API, sellers
will no longer have to recreate, reassign, and update the same payment,
shipping, and return policy settings/values for each individual listing. This
API will help sellers save significant time in creating and updating their
listings. Sigma Infosolutions proposed to use .net platform to build the
connector from scratch.
Technology
C#
eBay Web Service
Nunit
Rhino Mocks
Business Benefits
Monthly technical availability is
more than 99%
An empowered solution to optimize
processes across the eRetail
40% cost savings on functionality
development
Complete set of data, functioning
alarms in real-time
Ongoing operating costs at or better
than budget
Low system overhead and lower
support costs
SolutionSigma Infosolutions’ .Net team successfully integrated Clients’ existing application
with new eBay Business Policies Management API. .Net team followed best product
development practices such as agile development, TDD and Pair Programming to
develop the custom solutions for the Client.
Key Modules Developed
o eBay Policy Proxy - eBay uses an automatic bidding system to enable bidding on
auctions more convenient. The system also controls the pre-allocated budget for an
item. The automated engine is capable of a bid increment and reverse price bid for an
auction. There is nothing a bidder has to set up in order to bid in this way. When you bid
on an auction style listing you will be placing bids using this method.
o eBay Policy Management - The Business Policies API is used by merchants/ sellers
who are interested in creating and managing payment, shipping, and return policies to
use with their eBay listings.
Next Phase
The next phase includes creating few
enhancements in admin module to add
more functionalities which can be
powerful decision making tool for
merchants. Support any listing services
API update scenarios and integrate them
to Clients’ existing product.
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Use custom business policies and efficiently expand selection through owned and 3rd-party online marketplaces
About Sigma Infosolutions
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Sigma Group, an Indian conglomerate has more than 4 decades of experience in Mining, Chemicals Manufacturing & Export,
Handicrafts Manufacturing & Exports, and Software Development
Sigma Infosolutions is a TUV certified ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2005 company
Headquartered in US with development center in India
Some of our esteemed customers include Airtel, Zyme Solutions, Yodlee, Celerity Consulting, Resolution Economics, Birla
Global Asset Finance, Fosroc Chemicals, Surgery Planet etc.
Sigma Infosolutions’ services comprises of application development, application management, IT Consulting, Offshore testing,
and Website and Portal Development
Sigma Infosolutions, Sigma Towers, #66/A, 13th Cross
6th Main, JP Nagar, 3rd Phase, Bangalore- 560078
Telephone: +91-80-40865100
Sigma Infosolutions, 2082 Michelson Dr.
Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92612
Telephone: +1-714-717-1826
Fax: +1-866-405-6750, Toll Free: 1-888-861-7360
Website: www.sigmainfo.net
E-mail: [email protected]
Toll Free: 1-888-861-7360