# The Merchandising API is deprecated

eBay Merchandising API deprecated /MerchandisingService* without giving a shutdown date yet.

All calls in the eBay Merchandising API under /MerchandisingService* were deprecated on July 29, 2024, without a set shutdown date. The provider announced that the entire interface will be decommissioned at a later date. Once decommissioned, affected requests will fail.

## What to use instead

Move item discovery to the Browse API at api.ebay.com/buy/browse/v1. The transition requires more than updating an identifier because eBay names no direct one-to-one replacement for most-watched and similar-items calls, leaving the choice of Browse API search as a product decision.

eBay names no one-to-one replacement for most-watched and similar-items calls: which Browse API search replaces them is a product decision.

- API: eBay Merchandising API (svcs.ebay.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Announced: July 29, 2024
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `/MerchandisingService*`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developer.ebay.com/Devzone/merchandising/docs/CallRef/index.html)
- Verified: October 27, 2026, against eBay Merchandising API's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/ebay-merchandising-api/breaking-changes/the-merchandising-api-is-deprecated/

## eBay Merchandising API's words

> All calls in the Merchandising API have been deprecated as of July 29, 2024 and will be decommissioned at a later date.

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