At first, the site was auctioning some of Omidyar’s personal stuff, but in a short time, other goods started to appear as well; the first auction took place on September 4. Shortly thereafter, Omidyar changed the site’s name to EBay.com, abbreviating his consultancy company’s name, Echo Bay. Omidyar chose EBay.com, because EchoBay.com was already taken.
Seriously... eBay sounds a lot better than EchoBay
Currently, whois records for echobay.com shows:
Registrant:
Echo Bay Mines
6400 S Fiddler's Green Circle, Ste 540
Englewood, CO 80111-4957
US
Record expires on 26-Oct-2006
Record created on 27-Oct-1994
Database last updated on 23-Sep-2005
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