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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