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2006-06-07 04:35:31 · 20 answers · asked by toontaxidriver 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Founded in San Jose on September 4, 1995 by computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as Auctionweb, part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar's own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus.
The first item ever sold on eBay was Omidyar's broken laser pointer for $13.83. Astonished, he contacted the winning bidder and asked if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. In his responding email, the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers." The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to help Omidyar's fiancée trade PEZ Candy dispensers was fabricated by a public relations manager in 1997 to interest the media. This was revealed in Adam Cohen's 2002 book and confirmed by eBay.
Jeff Skoll was hired as the company's first president and full-time employee in 1996. The company officially changed its name to eBay in September 1997. Originally, the site belonged to Echo Bay Technology Group, Omidyar's consulting firm. Omidyar had tried to register the domain name EchoBay.com but found it already taken by the Echo Bay Mines, a gold mining company, so he shortened it to his second choice, eBay.com.
2006-06-07 04:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
E In Ebay
2016-12-15 19:09:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Electronic
2006-06-07 05:52:08 · answer #3 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Electronic?
2006-06-07 04:36:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
eBay is a combined name of the city in which the creator of eBay lived in..... the e stands for Echo and the Bay stands for bay.........the creator lived in Echo Bay..............the first thing ever sold was the creator's broken laser pointer for 14$ and the millionth item sold was a Big Bird doll
2006-06-07 04:39:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Electronic Bidding All Year hope that helps
2006-06-07 05:01:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ethernet
2006-06-07 07:31:41 · answer #7 · answered by ¸.•*´`*♥Shooting Star♥*´`*•.¸ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Echo
2006-06-07 05:59:13 · answer #8 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the creators are bad at spelling and they thought auction began with an "e". The bay part is something to do with electronic ****
2006-06-11 13:55:23 · answer #9 · answered by Jammy Dodgers 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's part of a satanic symbol that means all one the site will be cast in fire for their sin.
2006-06-09 08:00:02 · answer #10 · answered by taogent 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋