 In 2008, Real Goods positioned itself for aggressive growth by separating its mail order division from Gaiam, re-launching the Real Goods website as a stand-alone e-commerce channel, expanding its solar division, and going public.On May 8, 2008, Real Goods completed an initial public offering as Real Goods Solar and raised $55 million.Real Goods Solar began trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol RSOL.