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If you're an aspiring developer and have
an idea for an ecommerce widget or application that you feel will
change the face of distributed commerce be using eBay and PayPal
APIs this is your chance to turn a good concept into reality and
possibly cash. More importantly, if your idea takes flight you could
potentially be looking at the start of a viable business opportunity.
| How Does This Work? |
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Sign up for an eBay
and/or PayPal
developer account. |
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Register for the contest and submit your
concepts here by the 23rd of August. |
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10 concepts will be selected by a panel of
judges and each of the submitting teams will receive 2 hours
of eBay development support. |
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Developers will have 4 weeks to create working
proof of concepts and submit their final entries by the 20th of September |
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Judging will begin on the 23rd of September |
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Winners will be announced on the 26th of September.
*Open to legal residents of Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines
& Thailand only. All concepts and code generated as a result
of this competition will remain the intellectual property of
the submitting party |
| Submission
Guidelines |
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Applications are to use the following technologies, platforms
& languages: |
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- JavaScript (JavaScript, JSON, AJAX)
- Flash (ActionScript, Flex)
- PHP (PHP, Perl, Python)
- Windows (.NET, C#, ASP, VB)
- Java (Java, JSP)
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Final submissions need to be available for download
via a url and need to include the following: |
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- Article explaining the code not exceeding
1000 words (Must describe what your application does, how
it is used, and provide a brief (or not so brief) overview
of how you implemented the application)
- 3 small screenshots (GIF/JPEG/PNG only,
maximum width 600 pixels)
- ZIP file containing the full source
files
- Instructions on how to access/deploy
the application
- For Web based applications or an Internet
web site:
Submit the URL of their application through email
- For desktop applications/clients:
- Send by email (the total size of
the zip files in attachment does not exceed 10 MB)
- Provides http address from which
the application could be downloaded,
- Send by mail (DVD)
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What is the judging criteria?
All submitted final entries will be reviewed by the judging
committee based on the following criteria:
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30% - Innovation
using eBay and/or PayPal Web Services – the uniqueness
of the idea and how it integrates with the eBay and/or PayPal
Web Services unified schema |
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30% - Value as determined by
the ability of the application to solve existing problems, add
new features which can be used by the community, or even become
a future eBay and/or PayPal project |
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20% - Concept implementation:
Quality (look and feel, stability) of submitted implementation
vs. the project proposal. |
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20% - Code quality –
documentation, extensibility, maintainability, reliability,
scalability, etc |
Terms
and Conditions
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1st
prize: SGD $10,000 |
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2nd prize:
SGD $8,000 |
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3rd prize:
SGD $5,000 |
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| Merit Prizes: |
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Best Community
/ Viral Application : $1,000 |
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Best Interactive / Visual Design
: $500 |
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Most Fun Application: $500 |
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Facts about the eBay
Developers Program
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- Founded in November 2000,
the eBay Developers Program enables third-party developers
to gain access to the eBay marketplace through Web
services to create a wide variety of solutions that
meet the diverse needs of buyers and sellers on eBay
both on and off eBay
- As of Q1 2008, the eBay
Developers Programme has nearly 70,000 members who
have created over 12,000 live applications.
- 60% of all eBay listings
generated via API, of which about half come though
3rd parties
- Over 5.7 billion API calls
are made every month
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Must use Buy It Now and PayPal.
