eBay APIs support a large number of applications and serve billions of API calls every month. To maintain a high level of availability and provide superior quality of service, eBay limits the API call usage. The limits on the total calls and the rate at which the calls can be made depend on the API.

Our default API call limits are designed for individuals and smaller businesses. If your volume increases, you can get higher limits after completing our Application Growth Check.

After you join the eBay Developers Program and get your application keyset, you can start using eBay APIs immediately. The default call limits on the eBay APIs allow you to test and explore the API capabilities. Many applications are able to perform all capabilities using the default limits. If you need higher call limits, you can complete our Application Growth Check, to verify that your application is adhering to eBay's API License Agreement, and that you've made the most efficient use of the APIs you've implemented.

The following table provides the default API call limit rates for individuals and smaller businesses.

Functional Group	API Name	Default Call Limits
Account Management	Account API	25,000 API calls per day
Account Management	Finances API	15,000 API calls per day
Analytics and Reporting	Analytics API	customer_service_metric resource: 400 API calls per day
Analytics and Reporting	Analytics API	seller_standards_profile resource, traffic_report resource: 100 API calls per day
App Settings & Insight	Analytics APIs	5,000 API calls per day
Communication	Notification	10,000 API calls per day
Listing Management	Feed API	100,000 API calls per day
Listing Management	Inventory API	2 Million API calls per day
Listing Management	Inventory Mapping API	20 API calls per day
Listing Management	Media	image resource: 1,000,000 API calls per day POST rate user level limit: 50 requests per 5 seconds
		video resource: 5,000 API calls per day POST rate user level limit: 50 requests per 5 seconds
		document resource: 1,000,000 API calls per day POST rate user level limit: 50 requests per 5 seconds
Listing Metadata	Catalog†	10,000 API calls per day
Listing Metadata	Charity	5,000 API calls per day
Listing Metadata	Metadata API	5,000 API calls per day
Listing Metadata	Taxonomy	5,000 API calls per day
Marketing and Discounts	Merchandising API	5,000 API calls per day
Marketing and Promotions	Marketing API	Marketing Promotion API: 100,000 API calls per day
		Marketing Ads API: 10,000 API calls per day
Marketing and Promotions	Recommendation API	5,000 API calls per day
Offers and Leads	Negotiation API	1 Million API calls per day
Order Management	Fulfillment API	Order resource (all methods): 100,000 API calls per day
		getPaymentDispute method: 250,000 API calls per day
		getPaymentDisputeSummaries method: 250,000 API calls per day
		Payment_dispute resource (all other methods): 250,000 API calls per day (combined limit for all methods)
Order Management	Logistics API	2.5 Million API calls per day
Order Management	Post-Order API	Each resource within the Post-Order API has its own separate call limit: Cancellation: 5,000 API calls per day Case Management: 5,000 API calls per day Inquiry: 5,000 API calls per day Return: 5,000 API calls per day
Other APIs	Business Policies API (deprecated)	5,000 API calls per day
Other APIs	Compliance API	5,000 API calls per day
Other APIs	Identity†	5,000 API calls per day
Other APIs	Product API	5,000 API calls per day
Other APIs	Product Metadata API	5,000 API calls per day
Other APIs	Trading API	5,000 API calls per day
Other APIs	Translation (beta)	5,000 API calls per day

* Buy APIs require an additional license. See the API documentation for details.

^† Additional user restrictions apply. See the API documentation for details.

For OAuth token call limit details, see Access token rate limits and best practices.

GraphQL API Rate Limits

Unlike REST APIs, which apply call limits at the API level, Public GraphQL rate limits are applied to individual root operation fields. Each root operation field (query or mutation) has its own default call limit, independent of other fields in the same operation.

The following table lists the default rate limits for Public GraphQL root operation fields.

Functional Group	API Name	Root Operation Field	Default Call Limits
Listing Management	Inventory Mapping	query.listingPreviewsCreationTaskById	20 API calls per day
Listing Management	Inventory Mapping	mutation.startListingPreviewsCreation	20 API calls per day

When a call exceeds its root-operation-field rate limit, the API returns HTTP 200 with a GraphQL execution-time error: extensions.errorCode = RATE_LIMITED. See the RATE_LIMITED error code in Response Status and Error Codes → GraphQL API Errors for details.