eBay appears to have shut the door on third-party AI agents

eBay appears to have blocked third-party AI shopping agents, including Meta's Muse, from browsing product listings on its platform. While online retailers have increasingly adopted internal AI features, they show mixed approaches to external agents, with companies like Amazon entirely blocking them and Shopify opening its catalog. Representatives for eBay stated that the platform takes a selective approach to third-party access to prevent unauthorized scraping and protect the user experience. Open article →