Wikibuy was already acquired by Capital One.

Hydraulix989 · on Nov 21, 2019

What about Wikibuy is a wiki?

joncrane · on Nov 21, 2019

Wiki means fast in Hawaiian.

It came to be synonymous with online community editable websites for information.

But it's original meaning is from the Hawaiian phrase "wiki wiki" which means quickly.

So it makes sense. Quickbuy.

_bz2r · on Nov 23, 2019

that's the origin, but not exactly what the contemporary computer meaning is (which is more like "crowd-sourced")

liveoneggs · on Nov 21, 2019

wikipedia has tons of goodwill so calling yourself "wiki"-something is excellent free marketing

maerF0x0 · on Nov 21, 2019

you're right! I never realized