generated: '2026-08-02'
method: searched
source: https://api.backmarket.dev/ (API Guidelines — Getting Started / Account)
description: >-
  Back Market operates a full preproduction mirror of each of its three regional seller
  platforms. A seller creates a separate Back Office account on the preprod platform, issues
  a separate API token there, and points the same OpenAPI operations at the preprod host —
  there is no key-prefix scheme and no in-band test mode. Back Market publishes no magic
  test identifiers, test cards, fixtures, or time-simulation tooling; the sandbox is a
  parallel environment, not a synthetic-data harness.
model: separate preproduction environment per region (no test/live key prefixes)
environments:
- name: Preprod — EU
  base_url: https://preprod.backmarket.fr
  console: https://preprod.backmarket.fr/bo-seller
  region: EU
- name: Preprod — North America
  base_url: https://preprod.backmarket.com
  console: https://preprod.backmarket.com/bo-seller
  region: NA
- name: Preprod — Asia-Pacific
  base_url: https://preprod.backmarket.co.jp
  console: https://preprod.backmarket.co.jp/bo-seller
  region: AP
- name: Production — EU
  base_url: https://www.backmarket.fr
  console: https://www.backmarket.fr/bo-seller
  region: EU
  live: true
- name: Production — North America
  base_url: https://www.backmarket.com
  console: https://www.backmarket.com/bo-seller
  region: NA
  live: true
- name: Production — Asia-Pacific
  base_url: https://www.backmarket.co.jp
  console: https://www.backmarket.co.jp/bo-seller
  region: AP
  live: true
credentials:
  issuance: >-
    Tokens are generated per environment in the seller Back Office under the Integrations
    option page. A preprod account must be created separately from the production account;
    a production token is not valid on preprod.
  format: 'opaque token sent as `Authorization: Basic <token>`'
  prefixes: none published
  rotation: >-
    Sellers report that changing the Back Office password invalidates the token and a new
    one must be requested (third-party integrator documentation; not stated in the API
    Guidelines).
test_values:
  published: false
  note: >-
    Back Market publishes no test card numbers, magic identifiers, sandbox SKUs, or seeded
    fixture data. Preprod catalogs are populated by the seller. NEVER invent test values
    for this provider.
tooling:
  test_clocks: none
  fixtures: none
  triggers: none
  cli: none
  cookbooks:
  - name: Winning the BackBox based on small price efforts
    url: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/12jHZ3AQG8mQjjAvulG9zVvfC_psEOKjh?usp=sharing
    kind: Google Colab notebook published in the API Guidelines
onboarding:
  signup: https://www.backmarket.com/en-us/seller/home
  approval_required: true
  note: >-
    Accounts are granted only after validation by the Back Market team; company information
    must be supplied before either the production or preprod Back Office is opened.