11-10-2005, 11:17 PM
Quote:***RSS Technology Expanded to eBay Stores***
November 10, 2005 | 02:43PM PST/PT
Hi, I'm Arturo Zacarias, a senior product manager for Platform and New Technologies. We understand that members are always looking for ways to stay on top of the information that is most important to them. RSS ( ), which is essentially short for "Really Simple Syndication" (some people prefer to call it "Rich Site Summary"), is a technology that makes it easy to see updated headlines from websites or pages that you like. This year we have been working to incorporate this technology for members to utilize on eBay.
You may have already seen this option on the eBay Discussion Boards, as well as on this Announcement Board, and now we are pleased to announce that we've expanded this RSS technology further on the site. eBay Stores sellers are now able to set up a "feed" that will send out a regularly updated summary of the most recently-listed items in their Store to people who subscribe to it. This can be a great way for your customers to keep informed about your new listings.
If you're a Store owner who is interested in providing listings via RSS feeds, go to "Manage My Store > Listing Feeds (within Store Marketing)". Click on "Distribute your listings via RSS" and click "Apply". The RSS button should appear on the lower left hand side of your Store.
To subscribe to a RSS feed, you'll need an RSS reader or aggregator to gather and view the updates. Several free and commercial RSS readers are available, and some examples can be seen here . Once you have an RSS reader, simply go to the bottom of any RSS-enabled page you are interested in, click on the RSS button, copy the URL from the page that opens, and paste it into your reader to display the content in RSS.
We are working to add RSS to other areas as well in the coming months, so stay tuned.