How do I list an item in the EBAY_CA market place?

[kcastizo]

I tried making an offer in the EBAY_CA market place, but I keep getting the error: "12345 could not be found or is not available in the system for the marketplace EBAY_CA."

Call to createOrReplaceInventoryItem

URI

https://api.ebay.com/sell/inventory/v1/inventory_item/12345?&GLOBAL-ID=EBAY-CA

and

https://api.ebay.com/sell/inventory/v1/inventory_item/12345?&GLOBAL-ID=EBAY-ENCA

and

https://api.ebay.com/sell/inventory/v1/inventory_item/12345

Request Body

{
    "availability": {
        "shipToLocationAvailability": {
            "availabilityDistributions": [
                {
                    "fulfillmentTime": {
                        "unit": "DAY",
                        "value": 1
                    },
                    "merchantLocationKey": "warehouse1",
                    "quantity": 1
                }
            ],
            "quantity": 1
        }
    },
    "condition": "NEW",
    "product": {
        "epid": "3096452",
        "title": "TEST LISTING DO NOT BUY - The Graduate DVD"
    }
}

 Call to createOffer (for EBAY_CA)

URI

https://api.ebay.com/sell/inventory/v1/offer

Request Body

{
    "sku": "12345",
    "marketplaceId": "EBAY_CA",
    "format": "FIXED_PRICE",
    "listingDescription": "<ul><li><font face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"><p class=\"p1\">Test listing - do not bid or buy&nbsp;<\/p><\/span><\/font><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Built-in GPS.&nbsp;<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Water resistance to 50 meters.<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">&nbsp;A new lightning-fast dual-core processor.&nbsp;<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">And a display that\u2019s two times brighter than before.&nbsp;<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Full of features that help you stay active, motivated, and connected, Apple Watch Series 2 is designed for all the ways you move<\/p><\/li><\/ul>",
    "availableQuantity": 1,
    "quantityLimitPerBuyer": 1,
    "pricingSummary": {
        "price": {
            "value": 999.99,
            "currency": "CAD"
        }
    },
    "listingPolicies": {
        "fulfillmentPolicyId": "338460050022",
        "paymentPolicyId": "338331111022",
        "returnPolicyId": "338331130022"
    },
    "categoryId": "617",
    "merchantLocationKey": "warehouse1"
}

Response body

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "errorId": 25751,
      "domain": "API_INVENTORY",
      "subdomain": "Selling",
      "category": "REQUEST",
      "message": "12345 could not be found or is not available in the system for the marketplace EBAY_CA.",
      "parameters": [
        {
          "name": "text1",
          "value": "12345"
        },
        {
          "name": "text2",
          "value": "EBAY_CA"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Call to createOffer (for EBAY_US)

URI

https://api.ebay.com/sell/inventory/v1/offer

Request Body

{
    "sku": "12345",
    "marketplaceId": "EBAY_US",
    "format": "FIXED_PRICE",
    "listingDescription": "<ul><li><font face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"><p class=\"p1\">Test listing - do not bid or buy&nbsp;<\/p><\/span><\/font><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Built-in GPS.&nbsp;<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Water resistance to 50 meters.<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">&nbsp;A new lightning-fast dual-core processor.&nbsp;<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">And a display that\u2019s two times brighter than before.&nbsp;<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Full of features that help you stay active, motivated, and connected, Apple Watch Series 2 is designed for all the ways you move<\/p><\/li><\/ul>",
    "availableQuantity": 1,
    "quantityLimitPerBuyer": 1,
    "pricingSummary": {
        "price": {
            "value": 999.99,
            "currency": "USD"
        }
    },
    "listingPolicies": {
        "fulfillmentPolicyId": "338460050022",
        "paymentPolicyId": "338331111022",
        "returnPolicyId": "338331130022"
    },
    "categoryId": "617",
    "merchantLocationKey": "warehouse1"
}

Response body

{
  "offerId": "342246458016"
}

So createOffer works fine when marketplaceId is EBAY_US, but not EBAY_CA.

[whattheactualfox]

You are using EBAY_CA instead of EBAY-ENCA

eBay Site ID to Global ID Mapping

https://developer.ebay.com/devzone/merchandising/docs/concepts/siteidtoglobalid.html

[kcastizo]

For the URIs? 

For the createOrReplaceProductCompatibility call request I tried:

https://api.ebay.com/sell/inventory/v1/offer?GLOBAL-ID=EBAY-ENCA

For the createOffer call request I tried:

https://api.ebay.com/sell/inventory/v1/offer

and

https://api.ebay.com/sell/inventory/v1/offer?GLOBAL-ID=EBAY-ENCA

And for the marketplaceId field in the createOffer call request I kept it at EBAY_CA:

{
    "sku": "12345",
    "marketplaceId": "EBAY_CA",
    "format": "FIXED_PRICE",
    "listingDescription": "<ul><li><font face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"><p class=\"p1\">Test listing - do not bid or buy&nbsp;<\/p><\/span><\/font><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Built-in GPS.&nbsp;<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Water resistance to 50 meters.<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">&nbsp;A new lightning-fast dual-core processor.&nbsp;<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">And a display that\u2019s two times brighter than before.&nbsp;<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Full of features that help you stay active, motivated, and connected, Apple Watch Series 2 is designed for all the ways you move<\/p><\/li><\/ul>",
    "availableQuantity": 1,
    "quantityLimitPerBuyer": 1,
    "pricingSummary": {
        "price": {
            "value": 999.99,
            "currency": "CAD"
        }
    },
    "listingPolicies": {
        "fulfillmentPolicyId": "338460050022",
        "paymentPolicyId": "338331111022",
        "returnPolicyId": "338331130022"
    },
    "categoryId": "617",
    "merchantLocationKey": "warehouse1"
}

[whattheactualfox]

It would be for the

marketplaceId

 attribute only. Everything else looks okay to me for now

[kcastizo]

Okay thank you. Must be something wrong with my inventory location, policies, or the item I created then.

I'll start from the beginning and see if I can find out whats going on.

[kcastizo]

I ended up just using the Trading API after messing around with the Inventory API for 3 days. What a nightmare.

I didn't know any XML and yet I still got an item listed after an hour of reading 😂

[whattheactualfox]

No worries! I didn't know about the trading API until I read the messages. And yes XML can be a tad confusing

Im glad you got your issue resolved. I'm always on here if you ever need a hand (Software Engineering Student)

[uk7-zbdeju]

Hello, have you been able to figure out the problem?

I too am facing the same issue where the

/inventory_item 

API is giving me 0 results in spite of having several items listed.