How Do I Grant Access to eBay's API On my Store?

Grant Access to eBay's API On My Store

Granting API Access

The integration between your Shift4Shop store and your eBay account is possible through a special API app created for Shift4Shop users. The first step in integrating your Shift4Shop store is to grant the necessary API access to your eBay account.

To begin, please make sure you have the following:

A Shift4Shop Professional+ (or higher) account
If you are on a lower account, you will need to upgrade to Professional+
An eBay Sandbox Developer Account
(Optional but HIGHLY Recommended)
An eBay Seller Account

This article will assume you are already on the Shift4Shop Professional+ plan and have an eBay Seller Account.

Setting up your Sandbox Account

It should be noted that eBay charges certain fees for item listings. Therefore, you may want to first register and sign up for an eBay "SandBox" account for your initial setup of the integration. The reason for this is that the sandbox environment will not incur fees.

Register for an eBay Developer Account

The following steps should help you with the sandbox user creation process:

Go to eBay's Developers Program Page located here.
Click on the Join Now button located to the right of the page.
Complete the registration to create your Sandbox environment account.

After creating the Developer Account, you will now be able to create test user accounts that will use eBay's sandbox environment. To continue, proceed with the following steps:

4. Once again, go to eBay's Developers Program Page located here.

5. Log in with your Developer credentials (created in the previous steps).

At the very bottom of the page, you will see a "Tools" section:

6. Click on the link labeled "Sandbox User Registration."

7. Create your Sandbox user account.

8. Save your sandbox user login(s) in a safe place to refer to them later. Note that the username(s) will be created with a "TESTUSER_" prefix.

Your Sandbox credentials are now in place, and you may proceed to the next steps.

Granting API Access to your Shift4Shop Store

Regardless of whether you are using eBay's Production or Sandbox environments for your Shift4Shop/eBay integration, the next step in the process will be to grant access to your Shift4Shop store so that it uses the eBay API.

To begin, follow these steps:

Log into your Shift4Shop Online Store Manager.
Using the left navigation menu, go to Modules.
Use the search bar at the top and search for eBay to view the module.

You will see three links listed. Clicking on either of these links will take you to a page with a button labeled Grant Access.

4. At the top left of the page, select the eBay environment you want to use. (*See Additional Information below)

5. Click on the Grant Access button.

You will now be redirected to the eBay login page.

Additional Information: In the "Grant Access" page, you will also see a dropdown menu labeled "Select the environment." This menu will allow you to configure your store's integration while using either:

eBay's sandbox environment API
useful for placing inital tests before going live with the full integration as no fees are involved.
Production environment
The live eBay API which connects to your live eBay account.
Be aware that while using this envorinment, your listings may incur charges from eBay.

This is optional, but we recommend first creating a sandbox account for yourself and then having this selected while setting up your store for the eBay integration for the first time (while following this article) as it will not incur any charges to you as a buyer or seller. After your initial set up, you can uncheck the box and re-grant access; this time to eBay's production API; when you're ready to go live with the integration.

If you are interested in creating an eBay sandbox login, you will first need to register for their developer program (it's free!) and use that registration to create your sandbox users. We recommend creating at least two separate sandbox users so that you have one that will act as the seller and the other login to act as the buyer.

6. Log into your (sandbox or production) eBay account.

You will see a page on the eBay interface allowing you to grant access.

7. Click Agree to continue.

The system will take you back to your Shift4Shop Store Admin. You have successfully granted access to eBay's API from your store.

In our next guide, we will discuss the configuration settings available to you with your Shift4Shop/eBay integration.

Then, we'll have further articles on topics such as: setting up the eBay Listing Templates, Listing your Products on eBay, and Processing your eBay-generated orders.