eBay's "Best in Stores" contest for the Best Store Marketing category was won by Thumbmonkey (http://stores.ebay.com/Thumbmonkey-Video-Games ), Online video game seller. In the contest which drew over 12,000 entrants, only four winners, one in each of 4 different categories, were named.

Thumbmonkey, Internet discount video game retailer, is proud to announce that they are one of four eBay sellers to win eBay's "Best in Stores" contest. Leaving the final determination up to the votes of the eBay community members themselves, 12,000-plus Store entries were initially narrowed down to 16 finalists by eBay staffers. The finalists were segmented into four categories; Best Looking Store, Best Store Marketing, Best Shopping Experience, and Best Simple Store. "Thumbmonkey Video Games excels at featuring their best selling items, staff picks, specials, and more", noted eBay on the Best in Store contest page.

"Everyone here is very proud and excited to see their hard work acknowledged by eBay and our customers. This award is a reflection of the dedication and focused effort of our staff to improving the customer experience", declared Marc Cohen, company President.

Thumbmonkey Video Games excels at featuring their best selling items, specials, staff picks, and more, becoming one of the top video game sellers on eBay in two short years. To their efforts to find alternative sources for product is attributed an important part of this success. "Instead of paying high prices from large game distributors, Thumbmonkey searches far and wide for discounted merchandise which makes gaming affordable for everyone! This merchandise can be close-outs, over-stocks, or merchandise with superficial packaging damage which the large retail stores can't sell", as noted on their website, Thumbmonkey.com

Thumbmonkey is a discount online retailer of new and used video games and accessories. The company also sells merchandise on its website, Thumbmonkey.com, in addition to eBay. Thumbmonkey is an affiliate of Phoenix Trading Co., Inc. established in 2002.