What should ebay do with skype

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If you don't already have an account, create a Skype name. Link your Skype name to your eBay account in your eBay preferences. How can Buyers use Skype in item listings? Business Insider says the exact opposite:.

Either way, tech writers seem pretty united around the idea that the deal is good for Skype. EBay clearly had little reason to be in the telecommunications business, and Skype's new owners are finally their own bosses, with every incentive to drive the company's valuation through the roof before an inevitable IPO or new sale. Now that Skype is once again an independent company, we should probably expect an IPO when the market turns up.

One big challenge for eBay will be adequately juggling its acquisitions as it tries to maintain growth. It has purchased nine companies in the last 18 months. Indeed, eBay bought Shopping. Werbach acknowledges the challenges. For instance, Skype is a small international company that will be combined with a relatively established eBay. Although it had a number of suitors, Skype chose eBay for the deal because of assurances that eBay would basically leave the company alone.

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