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In today\u2019s episode Arion, Rebecca and Olly look into the founding of the massive multinational e-commerce company eBay.\n\nOn the day it went live it was named AuctionWeb, and was just one project among many being built by its creator, Pierre Omidyar. In fact, a significant part of the site was dedicated to information about Ebola, which happened to be a pet interest of Omidyar.\n\nIn this episode, The Retrospectors put to bed the myth that eBay was short for \u201cEbolaBay\u201d; list all the things that you cannot sell on the site; and reveal Olly\u2019s first ever eBay purchase\u2026 \n\nFurther Reading:\n\u2018The Small-Scale Story Behind eBay's Big Bucks\u2019 (Time magazine, 2015): https://time.com/4013672/ebay-founded-story/ \n\u201825 years on since the birth of eBay, a true giant of modern computing\u2019 (The National, 2020): https://www.thenational.scot/news/18693304.25-years-since-birth-ebay-true-giant-modern-computing/ \n\u2018eBay - How It Started\u2019 (Company Man; 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkEorxAxFXo \n\nThis episode first premiered in 2023, for members of \U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\U0001f334 - where you can also DITCH THE ADS and get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 100 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast. Join now via Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Thanks!\n\xa0\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/retrospectors\n\xa0\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Ollie Peart.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2024.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices