What is an eBay© token?
An eBay token is a piece of data that is created by eBay and passed to third party applications. eBay created tokens so applications, such as MyStoreRewards, do not have to ask for eBay User IDs and eBay passwords. This is for security reasons as it helps to prevent the spoofing of eBay accounts. This is why we suggest that sellers do not use their eBay password when signing up for a MyStoreRewards account, but instead choose another one. Towards the end of the MyStoreRewards sign up process, we redirect eBay sellers to the eBay web site where they have to enter their eBay User ID and password (for the account they are signing up with MyStoreRewards). At that point, eBay sends us a token for that particular seller account. Tokens can expire if there are any changes done to your eBay account such as email address or changing your eBay password. We will notify you if you need to refresh your token for any reason. It is important that we always have an active token in order to process sel
