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Name Game

Question:

I’ve often wondered what the hell eBay means,….Baywatch, Bay of Pigs, SanFrancisco Bay, eB from Green Acres, beats the hell out of me

Response:

Judging on name alone, what connotations do you derive from the following auction sites? 1. BidVille

Breasts 2. eBay

Breasts 3. Overstock

Breasts 4. LiveDeal

Big Breasts 5. UBid

Breasts 6. ePier

Fried Liver Loren

Response:

I’ve often wondered what the hell eBay means, …

The official story is: <http://www.fool.com/foolaudio/transcripts/1999/stocktalk990330_ebay.htm "Westly: Well, the company was founded by Pierre   Omidyar three and a half years ago, and the name   is in some ways short for electronic bay, and we   like to think of this as a safe harbor for   trading. So that’s how the name came to be." Another take is: <http://www.question.com/content/ebay.html "… Pierre Omidyar, founded eBay in September, 1995   under the name AuctionWeb, ostensibly as a move to   help grow his fianc

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