We talked about this last month.. Something about 15 million users * 20 times the 10$ they worth = 1 billion on stock paper worth.. then blahblah..
Its all stock , and stock = scam in m h o. At least at that scale. So basically giving away service makes them worth more then not to. 10$ *15 mill = 150 mill$ * 20 time the value on paper . = lots of cash. So your now worth that.. on the biz markets.. Who wants to by skype now !!.. P;) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory Andrews Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 10:14 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Skype Free International Calls They are integrating Skype calling into Ebay listings. I'd imagine some type of fee structure for Ebay sellers to add a "Skype Me" button to their auction listings, similar to how they market Gallery Images, Secondary Titles and other add-ons, would be quite lucrative as well. Cory J Andrews ++++++++++++ VOIPSupply.com 454 Sonwil Drive Buffalo, NY 14225 ++++++++++++++ voice - 716.630.1555 X22 email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM - B2CORY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Skype Free International Calls > On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 05:31:35AM -0700, trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > >> On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 21:57 +1000, Craig Lawrence wrote: >> > Can anyone make sense of Skype's business model? See this... >> > http://www.amperordirect.com/pc/r-skype-news/z-news-062106a.html >> > I assume I'm missing something. >> Near as I can tell they are doing this as a loss leader to build a brand >> name and market acceptance. IE build their user base so it can become >> profitable. > > In order for Skype to make money they need people to use their value add > services. While everyone just uses Skype for PC to PC calls, they're just > another IM client. > > If Skype can promote SkypeOut/SkypeIn, Voicemail etc and get people > using them, then users are likely to continue to use those services and > pay for them. > > They have a huge installed base, but currently poor revenues (the > current revenues and expected revenues were published as part of the > Ebay purchase). If they can accelerate the up take of paid for services > then Ebay will be happy (and Skype shareholders who get a 2nd round of > payments if Skype meet various targets). > > ISPs are used to buying customers, Skype are just buying long term value > add usage. > > > Steve > > > > > -- > NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 > UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 > Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
