Automated eBay Financial AI Reports
Automatically fetch eBay transaction data, calculate financial KPIs, and send AI-powered daily insights and reports to your Gmail and Notion workspaces.
Tags
eBay Seller Financial Analytics
This workflow pulls detailed financial transaction data from eBay's Seller Finances API, analyzes it to extract key performance indicators, and shares automated daily reports via Gmail and Notion. It helps eBay sellers keep a close eye on their sales, refunds, fees, and payouts all in one place.
Workflow Overview
It performs the following core steps:
- Configures eBay Finances API access including OAuth2 authentication with client credentials and refresh token.
- Retrieves the latest 30 days of financial transaction data from eBay's API.
- Processes and aggregates raw financial data to compute revenue, refunds, fees, and other metrics.
- Generates AI-powered insights and summaries based on the financial analytics using an advanced AI model.
- Formats the data for an MCP server to provide AI agents with standardized data access.
- Sends formatted daily reports automatically to the seller's Gmail inbox and Notion workspace.
Prerequisites
- An eBay Developer account with a Client ID, Client Secret, and Refresh token with seller finances scope.
- A Needle-compatible MCP server endpoint and API key to secure requests.
- A Gmail account linked to Needle for sending emails.
- A Notion account with an active connection to create or update pages.
How It Works
| Step | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Configuration & Auth | Builds a self-contained configuration object and merges it with a freshly requested OAuth2 access token. |
| 2 | Data Retrieval | Calls eBay's finances API to retrieve transaction records for the last 30 days. |
| 3 | Analytics Engine | Computes aggregated financial KPIs (total revenue, refunds, fees, shipping charges, disputes, credits) and groups them by date. |
| 4 | AI Analysis | An AI agent synthesizes the aggregated data to formulate user-friendly summaries and actionable recommendations. |
| 5 | MCP Sync | Formats the KPIs and AI insights into MCP-compliant JSON-RPC payloads and pushes them to your external server. |
| 6 | Distribution | Uses a final AI agent to generate an execution summary report and distributes it to Gmail and Notion. |
Expected Output
At the end of the workflow, the user receives a neatly formatted daily financial report in their Gmail inbox and a corresponding Notion page updated with the latest eBay sales analytics. This report highlights important metrics like total sales, refunds, fees, and insightful commentary helping sellers stay on top of their business finances.
Important Notes
- Make sure to replace placeholder values (client credentials, tokens, server endpoints) with your real data before activating.
- The workflow runs every day at 6:00 AM EST, but you can adjust the scheduled trigger to fit your preference.
- Extensive error handling is built-in to keep the workflow running even if specific API calls temporarily fail.
- This template focuses on US marketplace transactions but can easily be adapted for other regions with appropriate eBay settings.
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