Update: Why Did eBay Buy Skype?

December 2nd, 2005 • Related • Filed Under

In one of my most popular posts I speculated why eBay bought Skype for such an outlandish amount. One of the reasons I came up with was to help allow buyers to talk to sellers.

However Techdirt have just reported that the executive director of the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance, a group that apparently represents the top sellers on the site, says that most of the group’s members have no interest in Skype, and prefer to discuss auction results via email as they’ve always done. I have to admit that as a buyer this is how I would prefer to talk to a seller as well.

It’s been 2 months now and yet a good reason for eBay’s purchase still hasn’t materialised.

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.

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