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Introducing eBay's Automated Promoted Listings Campaigns

Sellers can now use rule-based technologies to both automate how they promote new listings and adjust their ad rates to stay competitive.

By: Courtney Mayeda

Developer Tools in Engineering

eBay Launches Targeted Auto Retry

eBay’s open source Swift package provides powerful resilience against flaky test steps.

By: Evan Pierce

Cloud in Engineering

How eBay Leverages Kubernetes, Helm Charts and Jenkins Pipelines to Deliver High-Quality Software

Learn how eBay has fully automated our software quality certification to enhance efficiency, minimize manual intervention, and scale for increasingly complex requests and combinations.

By: Zhong Shen, Rocky Shang and Ramit Bedi

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Coding Practices in Engineering

eBay Motors & State Management

Learn how we avoided the state management debate when building the eBay Motors app.

By: Larry McKenzie, Corey Sprague and Maksim Zadorskii

User Experience in Product

eBay Introduces Its New Seamless Unified Listing Experience

The new unified listing experience offers an intuitive and cohesive design across all platforms, simplifying the listing flow and enhancing seller benefits.

By: Harry Temkin and Vivian Gledhill

Platforms and Frameworks in Engineering

How Creating an Agile Code Base Helped eBay Pivot for Apple Silicon

eBay’s native code base has grown and evolved for over 13 years, but is still nimble enough to quickly incorporate the latest features into the app.

By: Wyatt Webb

Distributed Systems in Engineering

How eBay’s Distributed Architecture Surfaces More Item Listings for Buyers

With Buyer Demand Data, eBay sellers can access information on the item specifics buyers are using in their search queries. This insight increases sellers’ completion of item specifics, which in turn further enhances listings’ quality, visibility and sales.

By: Vikas Singh

Automation in Engineering

How eBay’s Buy APIs Hit $5 Billion in Gross Merchandise Bought

eBay’s Buy APIs enable third-party developers to surface eBay inventory in their shopping experience, allowing consumers to purchase items without visiting an eBay site.

By: Tanya Vlahovic