diff --git a/app/platforms/ebay/adapter.py b/app/platforms/ebay/adapter.py
index 2ecb07d..c3ddd18 100644
--- a/app/platforms/ebay/adapter.py
+++ b/app/platforms/ebay/adapter.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ _SHOPPING_API_INTER_REQUEST_DELAY = 0.5   # seconds between successive calls
 _SELLER_ENRICH_TTL_HOURS = 24             # skip re-enrichment within this window
 
 from app.db.models import Listing, MarketComp, Seller
-from app.db.store import Store
+from app.db.protocol import SharedTableProtocol
 from app.platforms import PlatformAdapter, SearchFilters
 from app.platforms.ebay.auth import EbayTokenManager
 from app.platforms.ebay.normaliser import normalise_listing, normalise_seller
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ BROWSE_BASE = {
 
 
 class EbayAdapter(PlatformAdapter):
-    def __init__(self, token_manager: EbayTokenManager, shared_store: Store, env: str = "production"):
+    def __init__(self, token_manager: EbayTokenManager, shared_store: SharedTableProtocol, env: str = "production"):
         self._tokens = token_manager
         self._store = shared_store
         self._env = env
diff --git a/app/platforms/ebay/scraper.py b/app/platforms/ebay/scraper.py
index ca136c2..92393c0 100644
--- a/app/platforms/ebay/scraper.py
+++ b/app/platforms/ebay/scraper.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 from app.db.models import Listing, MarketComp, Seller
-from app.db.store import Store
+from app.db.protocol import SharedTableProtocol
 from app.platforms import PlatformAdapter, SearchFilters
 
 EBAY_SEARCH_URL = "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html"
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class ScrapedEbayAdapter(PlatformAdapter):
     category_history) cause TrustScorer to set score_is_partial=True.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, shared_store: Store, delay: float = 1.0):
+    def __init__(self, shared_store: SharedTableProtocol, delay: float = 1.0):
         self._store = shared_store
         self._delay = delay
 
@@ -374,8 +374,6 @@ class ScrapedEbayAdapter(PlatformAdapter):
         Does not raise — failures per-seller are silently skipped so the main
         search response is never blocked.
         """
-        db_path = self._store._db_path  # capture for thread-local Store creation
-
         def _enrich_one(item: tuple[str, str]) -> None:
             seller_id, listing_id = item
             try:
@@ -388,7 +386,7 @@ class ScrapedEbayAdapter(PlatformAdapter):
                 )
                 if age_days is None and fb_count is None:
                     return   # nothing new to write
-                thread_store = Store(db_path)
+                thread_store = self._store.clone()
                 seller = thread_store.get_seller("ebay", seller_id)
                 if not seller:
                     log.warning("BTF enrich: seller %s not found in DB", seller_id)
diff --git a/tests/db/test_protocol.py b/tests/db/test_protocol.py
index 97349fd..c369b84 100644
--- a/tests/db/test_protocol.py
+++ b/tests/db/test_protocol.py
@@ -14,3 +14,26 @@ def test_store_clone_returns_new_instance(tmp_path):
     assert isinstance(clone, Store)
     assert clone is not s
     assert clone._db_path == db
+
+
+def test_ebay_adapter_accepts_protocol():
+    from app.platforms.ebay.adapter import EbayAdapter
+    import tempfile
+    import pathlib
+    from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+        s = Store(pathlib.Path(tmp) / "t.db")
+        adapter = EbayAdapter(token_manager=MagicMock(), shared_store=s)
+        assert adapter._store is s
+
+
+def test_scraped_adapter_no_db_path_ref():
+    from app.platforms.ebay.scraper import ScrapedEbayAdapter
+    import tempfile
+    import pathlib
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+        s = Store(pathlib.Path(tmp) / "t.db")
+        adapter = ScrapedEbayAdapter(shared_store=s)
+        assert not hasattr(adapter, '_db_path_ref')