The Garden is Growing
March 17th, 2010 admin

I wanted to provide an update to what has been happening with The Garden by eBay since I first talked about it last month. You can see my initial video interviews and posts about it HERE and HERE . First of all, the response in the first few weeks has been pretty impressive. Over 8,000 individuals have logged into The Garden over the past month and the team has received over 1,200 pieces of individual feedback. For example: “I LOVE the side by side view…and you were so SMART to set it so that I can watch Newly Listed on the Buy It Now at the same time I’m watching Ending soonest on the Auctions! PERFECT! I also like the Quick View Very much!” “I love the remove/see similar features. …
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