66
/100
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Benchmarked Aug 15, 2026

eBay

Sell and Buy on eBay

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Score Breakdown

Latency 8/10
Parseability 8/10
Consistency 7/10
Documentation 7/10
Token Efficiency 7/10
Error Clarity 6/10
Auth Simplicity 6/10
First-Try Success 5/10

Benchmark Analysis Log

Full LLM thinking from the 4-phase benchmark pipeline.

Analyze
{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://developer.ebay.com",
  "auth_method": "oauth2",
  "auth_config": {
    "oauth2": {
      "token_url": "https://api.ebay.com/identity/v1/oauth2/token",
      "authorization_url": "https://auth.ebay.com/oauth2/authorize",
      "scopes": ["sell.inventory", "sell.fulfillment", "buy.browse", "buy.search", "commerce.catalog.read", "commerce.identity.read", "sell.account", "sell.marketing", "sell.analytics"]
    }
  },
  "endpoints": [],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "freemium",
    "details": {
      "tier": "tiered",
      "free": "Basic access to APIs with limited call limits and sandbox environment.",
      "paid": "Tiered subscription plans for higher rate limits and access to premium APIs. Fees also apply for seller final value fees and listing fees on eBay transactions."
    }
  },
  "rate_limits": {
    "general": "API call limits vary by endpoint and application tier. For example, the Browse API has a limit of 500 calls per day for basic apps, up to 5,000 for higher tiers.",
    "sandbox": "Separate rate limits for testing."
  },
  "capabilities": ["Buy and sell integration", "Inventory management", "Order fulfillment", "Catalog and product data access", "Search and browse APIs", "Shipping and fulfillment APIs", "Analytics and reporting", "Marketing and promotion APIs", "Account management", "Identity and OAuth integration", "Sandbox testing environment", "Webhooks and notifications", "Fulfillment by eBay (FBE) integration"],
  "raw_analysis": "eBay is a well-established global e-commerce marketplace founded in 1995. The eBay Developer Program provides a comprehensive set of RESTful APIs for buying and selling, inventory, order management, catalog, search, analytics, and marketing. It is aimed at third-party developers, e-commerce platforms, and large sellers building integrations or applications that interact with eBay listings, orders, and pricing. The platform is mature, with a large ecosystem, extensive documentation, and a robust sandbox environment for testing. Authentication is OAuth 2.0 (both client credentials and authorization code flows), which is industry-standard. The developer platform offers 'EBay Digital Signatures' for API security in some endpoints. It also supports webhooks for real-time notifications. Pricing is freemium: the developer tier provides free access with per-endpoint rate limits, while higher tiers (Enterprise, Partner) are subscription-based with premium support and higher limits. Transactions on eBay carry seller fees (listing, final value), but those are separate from API usage. The platform integrates with many third-party e-commerce tools (e.g., Shopify, Magento, ERP systems) via APIs or connectors, and there are SDKs in several languages (Java, Python, Node.js, PHP, .NET). Overall, it's a powerful and feature-rich platform for commerce integration."
}
Execute

0/3 tests passed

TestEndpointStatusLatency
website_uptimeGET /403126ms
robots_txtGET /robots.txt404889ms
llms_txtGET /llms.txt404807ms
Interpret
```json
{
  "overall": 62,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 7.0,
    "first_try_success": 5.0,
    "response_parseability": 8.0,
    "error_clarity": 6.0,
    "doc_quality": 7.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 6.0,
    "latency": 8.0,
    "consistency": 7.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "free_tier": "Basic API access with limited calls and sandbox",
    "paid_tier": "Tiered subscriptions for higher limits and premium APIs",
    "transaction_fees": "Final value and listing fees apply",
    "model": "Freemium with transaction-based costs"
  },
  "issues": [
    "Website returns 403 on main page scan - maybe bot detection, but suggests access friction",
    "No robots.txt or llms.txt found (404) - limited machine-readable guidance",
    "Onboarding requires eBay seller account setup, which is non-trivial for agents",
    "Complex fee structure (final value fees, listing fees) adds hidden cost complexity",
    "OAuth flow for eBay is multi-step and seller-centric, not agent-friendly"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Provide a dedicated agent onboarding path with pre-created sandbox accounts",
    "Add llms.txt with API documentation links and getting-started guide",
    "Simplify fee calculator for API users to estimate total costs upfront",
    "Offer read-only API tokens that don't require full seller verification for basic catalog access",
    "Publish clearer rate limits and tier comparison in machine-readable format"
  ]
}
```

Agent Readiness

x402 Payments
Not supported
Streaming
No
Sandbox
Available
Agent Auth
Unknown
SDKs
None listed
MCP Support
No

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