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Skype Adds Premium Call Feature |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
The latest Skype Beta introduces a new feature that allows service providers to charge either a flat rate fee or high per minute charges which are deposited to their PayPal account.
The service will work for video calls as well as voice calls expanding
the type of services that could be offered using the feature. This
integeration between PayPal and Skype is one of the few we have seen
come out of the eBay acquisition of the peer to peer voice provider.
The feature is not backwards-compatible and both callers must be using the latest Skype (3.1.0.134 beta for
Windows or newer), bvut the company has committed toroll-out the feature to the other platofrms.
Once charged, the fees for service can be withdrawn from the service
provideer's PayPal account., So while the system offers a significant
advbantage over traditional fixed line and mobile Permium services
which are country dependent, the Skype Prime is a global system but you
must reside in ta country where you are able to withdraw funds from
PayPal.
To become a Skype Prime call provider you simply open the “Tools”
menu and click “Earn money with Skype Prime”, and follow the on-screen
instructions.
There's also a Skype Prime FAQ .
When you call someone who is a Skype Prime call provider, the provider can initiate a
“payment request”, so that the call start as free, but is then switched to the paid calling, charging either by the minute or a one-off
fixed fee.
The call then proceeds as a paid Skype Prime call and your
Skype Credit is deducted by the appropriate amount that then goes to
the receiver’s account. The provider does not get the call fees
directly as Skype Credit — rather, they go into a special holding
“box”. The provider then receives the revenue via PayPal.
Skype keeps a 30 per cent fee from thje total call revenue for providing the service.
Skype will not permit you to use the Skype Prime service to provide any of the following services:
• Content or Service, which is adult, sexual , pornographic or paedophiliac;
• Content or Service which is offensive or promotes or legitimates racism, revisionism, or any other form of discrimination;
• Content or Service relating to the offering of gaming, betting and lotteries;
• Content or Service provoking violence
• Content or Service provoking or encouraging reprehensible or illegal actions.
• Content or Service relating to health and therapy
• Content or Service relating to legal or tax advice
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