eBay catalog workflow

What we ship

1. Every category page — “Shop on eBay” button (live search, HO category 19132).
2. Curated product pages under product/ — multi-path assignment + Find on eBay.
3. Seed source of truth — data/products-seed.json (edit this, don’t hand-edit dozens of md files).

Commands

cd 11ty
npm run catalog    # seed products + patch category ebay_query
npm run build
npm run deploy

Add products

Edit data/products-seed.json, then:

npm run seed-products && npm run build && npm run deploy

ePN tracking

When you have a campaign ID for hoscalerail.com:

1. Open _data/site.json
2. Set both:
   • "ebayCampaignId": "YOUR_10_DIGIT_ID"
   • "ebay": { "campaignId": "YOUR_10_DIGIT_ID", ... }
3. Rebuild + deploy. Links switch to rover.ebay.com automatically.

Notes

• Searches exclude N/Z where helpful (-N -Z) but eBay syntax is imperfect — buyers should still confirm HO.
• We do not scrape listing IDs (they expire). Stable search queries keep the site evergreen.
• Images are placeholders until you add licensed/local assets or PA-API later.