Move over Lowes and Home Depot. Amazon.com has launched a new Lawn & Patio
store, featuring thousands of products.
The new store features outdoor
grills, patio furniture, birdfeeders, lawn mowers, garden tools and
decorative ornaments from more than 50 brands, including Weber, Fiskars,
Rubbermaid, Rain Bird, Melnor/Gardena, Gilmour, Ryobi, Echo, Weed Eater,
Corona and Miracle-Gro.
Shopping categories include: birds and wildlife, clothing and gear, decoration
and lighting, furniture, outdoor cooking, ponds and structures, pots and
planters, power equipment, seeds and fertilizer, storage and cleanup, tools,
watering, and weed and pest control.
The Lawn & Patio store offers product buying guides, candid testimonials and
ratings from customers who have bought and used the products, and expert
reviews.
Links placed
strategically on product pages help customers discover related merchandise
such as books, videos, software or accessories. Shipping is $4.95 per order,
regardless of size. (Yes, that applies to the 500-pound lawn tractors, too.)