i heard ebay stands for " Earnest Bearnest Arn Yarn" is this true?
2006-12-19 12:53:34 · 12 answers · asked by bboy23 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
"The online auction web site was founded in San Jose, California on September 3, 1995 by computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb,[1] part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar's own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus."
2006-12-19 12:55:56 · answer #1 · answered by Tommy H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The online auction web site was founded in San Jose, California on September 3, 1995 by computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb,[1] part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar's own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus."
LOL i lyk ur try with ur idea up there. it took me forever to find but there it is great question.
2006-12-19 12:57:48 · answer #2 · answered by .. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The company officially changed the name of its service from AuctionWeb 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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebay#Origins_and_early_history
2006-12-19 12:58:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Electronic Bay (like a safe harbor for trading things electronically)
2006-12-19 12:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was originally going to be called echobay.com but that name was already taken by Echo Bay Mines, so Omidyar's second choice was eBay.com
2006-12-19 13:07:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think ebuy.com was already taken at the time, so they registered ebay instead
2006-12-19 12:56:06 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. Ebay is like E-mail.
Ebay is an "electronic bay" or port for items to come in and be sold.
Just like E-mail is "electronic mail"
Ebay is a virtual "bay"
2006-12-19 12:56:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
echo bay technology
2006-12-19 13:02:34 · answer #8 · answered by cas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question, but which one of these answers is correct?
2006-12-19 13:02:15 · answer #9 · answered by Coltsgal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not think so
2016-08-08 21:59:06 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋