Terapeak has officially launched a research API that allows approved third-party users to implement eBay statistics and research into their websites and software applications. Terapeak has been analyzing eBay data for their eBay research tool on www.terapeak.com for over two years. The new API can be used to analyze over 300 million closed listings on the eBay.com platform.

Terapeak's Research API provides access to a variety of Terapeak research on eBay sales statistics including total sales, listings and bids; Average selling prices; sell-through rates (success rates); and listing feature breakdown and efficiency.

API users are able to search 33 of the main categories on eBay, as well as all of the sub-categories contained within. This gives users access to every sale and listing on eBay over the past three months (excluding eBay Motors and Real Estate). The data is provided in a standard xml (extensible markup language) format, which allows developers to interact easily with the API.

Listing management company Mpire is using the Terapeak API in its new Researcher tool. Mpire CEO Dave Cotter said, "With Terapeak's rich research and analytics, we were able to focus on delivering a breakthrough new service to our customers instead of worrying about the data itself."

http://www.terapeak.com/ebay_research/api.php