Last year, Etsy implemented a policy that states that listings should no longer have an independent quantity or price and instead use the newer and more robust inventory handling system. We will be releasing an update to the Open API V3 to ensure the standards of the system are kept and reduce potential inconsistencies in the listing data.
Changes to expect
- The create Draft Listing endpoint will shift from storing the quantity and price in the listing record to automatically creating the inventory record. This is not a breaking change and you will not have to make any changes to your current processes for calling this endpoint.
- The update Listing endpoint will no longer update quantity or price on listings that were never converted to inventory records. For the time being, the endpoint will not return with an error if you pass in quantity and price. It will simply ignore those parameters to ensure that we are not breaking your existing process. However, after this update you will have to call update Listing Inventory in order to update the price or quantity. It is likely that you are already utilizing this endpoint and therefore will not be affected by this change, but please verify to eliminate any issues.