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Archive for July, 2008

Our New Link Validator Tool is Here!

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

You spoke, we listened. With our new Tool Validator, we’ve created an easy way to make sure that the code generated by eBay Partner Network’s tools are working correctly on your website by looking for potential link errors.

Tool Validator Screenshot

So how does it work? Well, the Tool Validator searches a given web page, and finds URLs created by our tools. The validation checks to make sure that the tool’s variables are in the correct format so that they are working as expected

Currently, the tools that can be verified are the Link Generator, Creatives Generator, Editor Kit and the RSS Feed Generator. (more…)

Makegood for ACRU tracking issue

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Hi all,

As we mentioned on the discussion boards, we’ve identified an issue affecting the way ACRUs were being attributed to affiliates. When we switched to the eBay Partner Network a small issue was introduced where in certain circumstances ACRUs were not credited to the right affiliate.  Many but not all of our affiliates were affected.  This issue happened only when the user confirmed registration on one day, but did not activate via a bid or BIN until the next day or later.  Please note that this affected ACRU counts on the eBay Partner Network from launch until a fix was put in place on June 15th.  (more…)