Draft status available for Create Product API

Draft products are products listed in Seller Center that can not be seen by customers. For sellers who don't have required product information, such as size charts or certifications, developers can use this feature to help sellers upload products as drafts first. Once uploaded, sellers can add the required information directly into Seller Center when they have it. Developers on the legacy version (v202212) can use Create Draft Product (V1) API to upload products as draft. Developers on the new version (v202309) don't have access to the above API, but instead can use Create Product API and pass AS_DRAFT to save_mode parameter in the request body.

This change is applicable to all markets.

All sellers can take advantage of this new feature.

This change is applicable to v202309.

We recommend updating the logic when calling Create Product listing to allow creating a product as draft.

Parameters

New parameter save_mode is available for developers. It is used to specify the mode in which the product is saved, and supports the following values:

• AS_DRAFT
• LISTING

**Note:**If you omit providing save_mode, the default value is "LISTING".

Responses

• When save_mode is LISTING, the API will behave the same as before, listing the products.
• When save_mode is empty, the default value is LISTING.
• When save_mode is AS_DRAFT, the API will save the product information as draft in the Seller Center without listing.

Error codes and messages

No changes to error codes or error messages.