Data sources
A source is listed as active only when it is actually connected. Planned is not live. Source (where data came from) is not always the same as retailer (where the product is sold).
When connected, eBay Browse API can provide offers and prices. Amazon Creators API can provide ranks and, where the API returns them, offers. Google Trends provides search interest only — never prices.
| Source | Provides | Status | Update interval | Last success | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eBay Browse API | affiliate_feed | AUTH_REQUIRED | 360 min | Never | eBay Browse API provides catalog, offer, price, and identity data. Search result order is not a bestseller rank and is never stored as ranking_observations. |
| Amazon Creators API | retailer_rank | PLANNED | 360 min | Never | Amazon Creators API provides catalog, offers, and browse-node sales ranks. Sales rank is category-specific and is not unit sales. Search result order is never treated as a bestseller rank. WebsiteSalesRank is a separate root-node context, not a global flatten. |
| Approved affiliate / retailer feeds | affiliate_feed | PLANNED | — | Never | Not connected in Step 1. |
| Google Trends | search_trend | PLANNED | — | Never | GOOGLE TRENDS API ACCESS REQUIRED. Official alpha API only. Relative search interest, not unit sales, not retailer rank, not absolute search counts. Independently scaled website 0–100 series are not comparable across queries. US geography unless configured otherwise. Celebrity/news/politics queries are excluded from the product dashboard. |