eBay’s Developer’s Conference kicks off today and right from the start they are announcing a lot of great products. First, the company announced a more developer friendly shopping web service, that provides an API for bidding and a way to notify users about an auction via automated alerts.

Probably the most highly anticipated announcement of the conference is the eBay San Dimas project - eBay’s desktop application. The application is built on Adobe’s AIR platform and will provide a more fluid interface for interacting with auctions. I’m not sure if this application will make it’s home on a large share of the eBay user base - but I can definitely see it becoming a welcome tool in the power-seller’s toolbox.

Alan Lewis, the program manager for Sam Dimas at eBay, announced during the morning keynote that the beta program is open. People who attend the developer conference will get preferred access to the program, Lewis said.