eBay category IDs

What is an eBay category ID?

Every eBay category has a numeric ID. eBay uses it in search URLs as the _sacat parameter, so a search limited to one category looks like this:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=charizard&_sacat=183454

The same ID goes into the categoryId input of theeBay Sold Listings APIto restrict sold-price results to a category:

{
  "keywords": ["charizard"],
  "categoryId": "183454"
}

In this example, 183454 is CCG Individual Cards. Use 0 (or leave the field empty) to search all categories.

Category trees differ between eBay sites, so an ID from ebay.com is not guaranteed to match the same category on ebay.co.uk or ebay.de. Pick the site you are searching below.