Introducing the WithWaves eBayBot – a Google Wave robot and gadget – which enable social product research, auctions and shopping on ebay.com. Wave participants can share auctions & information with contacts in real-time thanks to automatic queries by the ebayBot against conversation keywords. The eBayBot gadget can detect products and return inline auction and product links or a custom full auction browser.

Install the ebayBot robot & gadget

Installing both the eBayBot robot & gadget is a one-step process. Simply add a new Wave participant and enter the following contact:

ebay-withwaves-com@appspot.com

Once added as a conversation participant, the eBayBot robot will listen for identifiable product names and insert an eBay auction browser or product links.

How-to search eBay

To initiate a specific auction query, simply type the following at any time into your Wave conversation:

ebay: keywords

ebayBot will reply and insert a auction browsing gadget which will be shared amongst all conversation members.

Install eBayBot Gadget only

In order to install the eBayBot Gadget (sans robot and auto links for auctions), create a new message and select the Insert Gadget feature. Enter the following URL for “Enter the URL for a gadget you want to add” in the “Add by XML” field:

http://gadgets.withwaves.com/ebay

The gadget is also available as an extension installer so people can use it in other Waves. We encourage you to offer this option to audiences that may benefit from eBay auction searches. Simply add this extension installer into Waves where there may be an audience interested in searching eBay for great deals.

http://gadgets.withwaves.com/installer/ebay/manifest.xml

Each participant will then be able to add the eBay gadget to any other waves of their own using a handy shortcut next to the Insert Gadget feature.