Product Updates

product updates we're continuously updating countdown api to add features and functionality, most of which are a direct result of requests from customers see the latest updates below within the countdown api dashboard https //app countdownapi com/product updates you can subscribe to be alerted via email when new updates are released may 2025 update type save more & stay covered with two new billing features enhancement we’ve launched two new features to help you save money and reduce billing related disruptions 1 switch to an annual plan & save up to 20% you can now upgrade to an annual plan and enjoy up to 20% in savings over monthly billing it’s the same api you rely on, just with more value and fewer invoices many customers are switching to annual to simplify billing and lock in long term savings how to switch to an annual plan 1 log in to your account 2 navigate to account in the left hand navigation 3 go to plan & payment 4 click choose a plan , then select your preferred annual plan log in to your account to get started and switch to an annual plan today! 2 add a backup credit card to acvoid disruptions you can now add a secondary credit card to your account if your primary card fails (due to expiration, fraud blocks, or insufficient funds), we’ll automatically attempt to charge your backup — helping you avoid account suspension and api service interruptions how to add a backup card 1 log in to your account 2 navigate to account in the left hand navigation 3 go to plan & payment 4 click manage payment method 5 click add a new card and enter your backup credit card details 6 you can set it as default at any time with the set as default option log in to your account to manage your payment methods for questions or help getting started with this update, please reach out to your customer success manager or to our support team https //trajectdata com/contact us/ april 2025 update type detail enhancement identify top rated sellers in countdown api results you can now easily identify whether a seller is designated as top rated in your countdown api responses—giving you more control over seller level insights and filtering what’s new we’ve added a new boolean flag to the seller profile object that indicates whether a seller is marked as top rated on their platform how to use it the api now includes a top rated seller field in the seller profile response object this flag is automatically populated by scraping the seller’s profile page if the seller carries the “top rated seller” badge on their platform, the field returns true otherwise, it returns false example response { "seller profile" { "top rated seller" true } } what this means for you this enhancement makes it easier to filter, prioritize, or tag results based on seller reputation—helping you surface higher quality listings or benchmark by seller trustworthiness for questions or help getting started with this update, please reach out to your customer success manager or to our support team https //trajectdata com/contact us/ july 2023 update type detail meet our newest api! 🎉 meet our newest api! 🎉 we’ve just launched backyard api https //www backyardapi com/ , our real time lowe’s product data api and companion to bigbox api for home improvement data let us know what you think of our newest addition or if you need any help as always, you can try it out free! june 2023 update type detail enhancement seller information is now returned for searches seller information is now returned for searches a new property for countdown search parsing has been added the property returns the name , review count , and positive feedback percent for sellers read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/results/search april 2023 update type detail business update business update as a result of significant growth, our infrastructure — namely the dynamic routing of traffic to accommodate high volume customers — has recently required updates reworking architecture patterns and proxy configurations has taken us a fair amount of time, which in turn has led to some slower customer issue resolution we'd like to assure you that we’ve identified and corrected the infrastructural shortcomings, and the outcome is a 50% increase in infrastructure and proxy capacity we apologize for the potential business interruptions you may have experienced over the last couple months our aim is to earn your trust back and continue to support the realization of your business goals please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you require further information feburary 2023 update type detail new feature help us choose our next api! help us choose our next api! what should we build next? our product team values your feedback if you'd like to, let us know your thoughts on which apis to include on our roadmap survey https //forms gle/gdbq3qftn3gitbe96 august 2022 update type detail new feature ebay deals pages returned by countdown ebay deals pages returned by countdown a new response type has been added to countdown to parse ebay deals pages read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/parameters/deals july 2022 update type detail enhancement "make offer" added to product response "make offer" added to product response a new boolean make offer has been added to the type=product response this will be set to true when the make offer button is visible on the product listing page read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/results/product june 2022 update type detail new feature support for custom s3 compatible object stores in destinations support for custom s3 compatible object stores in destinations it's now possible to specify a custom s3 endpoint to have destinations upload result sets to any s3 compatible object store read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/destinations api/overview april 2022 update type detail new feature support for ebay be netherlands and france added support for ebay be netherlands and france added support has been added for the bennl ebay be (netherlands) and befr ebay be (france) domains read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/reference/ebay domains feburary 2022 update type detail new feature ebay autocomplete results ebay autocomplete results countdown can now return autocomplete results using the new type=autocomplete request read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/parameters/autocomplete january 2022 update type detail new feature parts compatibility when "type=product" parts compatibility when "type=product" countdown can now return "parts compatibility" data when the include parts compatability=true request parameter is set the parts compatibility properties are typically shown in the descriptive section of the ebay product listing page for example, a compatibility table showing the vehicle a particular part is compatible with (screenshot shown below) read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/parameters/product enhancement master product pages currently sold out indicator master product pages currently sold out indicator when parsing type=product requests countdown now returns a sold out=true boolean when parsing a master product page that is "currently unavailable" on all selling channels (instead of the previous behaviour of returning an error) read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/results/product november 2021 update type detail enhancement select all csv fields select all csv fields we have added select all / select none options to quickly select all csv fields in the collection editor and api playground to make choosing csv fields much quicker read more https //app countdownapi com/ september 2021 update type detail enhancement filter collections by last run date filter collections by last run date the collections list api has been updated to allow sorting collections by last run date you can also now filter the collections by date using the last run before and last run after request parameters the collections dashboard has also been updated to show the last run date for each collection read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/collections api/collections/list new feature filter search requests using facets filter search requests using facets a new facets parameter has been added to the type=search request facets allow you to specify search facets to limit your search requests by specific ebay filters read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/parameters/search august 2021 update type detail enhancement per minute collection scheduling improvements per minute collection scheduling improvements the per x minutes collection scheduling options have been extended to allow you to run collections on a "per x minute" schedule restricted to specific hours of the day and days of the week or month the schedule hours , schedule days of week and schedule days of month can now be used with schedule type=minutes collections for additional flexibility this allows for scenarios such as "run this collection every 5 minutes, between 9am and 5pm, on weekdays only" read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/collections api/collections/create new feature run collections on a per minute schedule run collections on a per minute schedule collections can now be scheduled on a per minute basis, in addition to the existing hourly, daily, weekly and monthly schedules set schedule type=minutes when creating your collection and specify the per minute schedule using the schedule minutes parameter per minute schedules of every minute up to every hour are supported read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/collections api/collections/create new feature variants added to product/listing page response variants added to product/listing page response a new variants array has been added to the product/listing page response showing the variants of the current product complete with price and stock status for each variant read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/results/product new feature account balance added to account api account balance added to account api the account api has been updated to include your current account balance in the account balance usd property your account balance is used to settle any overage charges (to avoid multiple small overage charges being made to your payment card) you can top up your account balance at any time on the account page of the dashboard read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/account api new feature ended type (ended naturally or sold) and ended date added to search results ended type (ended naturally or sold) and ended date added to search results a new object " ended " has been added to the type=search results to show whether a listing ended naturally or was sold the date (if shown) that the listed ended naturally or was sold is shown also read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/results/search enhancement best offer accepted flag added to search results best offer accepted flag added to search results a new boolean property best offer accepted=true has been added to the type=search results schema this property is set to true when the "best offer accepted" text is shown alongside the search result read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/results/search enhancement new parameter to exclude "results matching fewer words" in search results new parameter to exclude "results matching fewer words" in search results a new allow rewritten results parameter (true/false) has been added to type=search requests set to true to exclude search results that appear beneath the "results matching fewer words" banner (meaning the search result doesn't exactly match the search term and has been suggested as an alternative) read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/parameters/search enhancement best offer accepted flag added to listing page results best offer accepted flag added to listing page results a new boolean property has been added to the type=product (individual listing page) response to identify when a listing has had a best offer accepted read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/ebay product data api/results/product new feature new collections api endpoint to stop all queued and running collections new collections api endpoint to stop all queued and running collections the new stop all collections api https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/collections api/collections/stop all endpoint allows you to stop all running and queued collections on your account in one api call useful if you have accidentally started a large number of collections and need a quick way to set them all back to idle read more https //docs trajectdata com/countdownapi/collections api/collections/stop all we started publishing product updates in june 2021, please refer to update emails for updates before this date