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Notes from building it.

Mostly about the unglamorous parts - why stock counts drift, why we keep ended listings, and where we decided the software should stop and a person should start.

Product decisionsJul 28, 20263 min read
Why we keep ended listings for ninety days
It is not nostalgia and it is not analytics. It is long enough to cover eBay returns and most payment disputes, and the day you need the record is the day you are being asked to prove something.
Product decisionsJul 19, 20264 min read
The agent drafts. It does not decide.
Why every listing waits for a person, and why that constraint is a feature rather than a limitation we have not gotten around to removing.

Notes from building it.

Why we keep ended listings for ninety days

The agent drafts. It does not decide.