Contribute 3 is a special version of Macromedia's Contribute Web publishing desktop application and is designed to automate and simplify the creation and modification of eBay stores. It will allow eBay store owners to create, update, and customize their stores' content and design through a visual editing interface designed for nontechnical users.

Contribute 3 for eBay requires no programming skills and leads users through step-by-step wizards for designing an eBay store's logos, images, product categories, and product search, among other things. The product features about 800 templates for eBay store pages.

eBay, like Amazon, Google and other big-money sites has its own API (Application Programming Interface) program. Macromedia designers used the eBay API to create this special version of Contribute. The program lets developers link applications directly with the eBay database through XML. With the eBay API, developers can create eBay applications that feature a custom interface, special functions, and operations beyond the regular eBay interface.

Contribute 3 costs $149 but is currently available for $99.

http://www.macromedia.com/software/contribute/special/ct3_ebay/?prid=AJQJ

They just keep making it easier and easier, don't they? Golly, Mr. Dillon, what'll they think of next?