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EcommerceBytes-NewsFlash, Number 1424 - December 04, 2006 - ISSN 1539-5065    
eBay UK Expands Skype Integration
By Ina Steiner
EcommerceBytes.com
December 04, 2006




eBay UK has expanded the number of categories in which sellers can insert Skype buttons. eBay acquired Skype last year, and the Skype program lets users make voice and video calls over the Internet to other Skype users anywhere in the world for free.

eBay rolled out a test of Skype integration into the UK eBay site in July and announced the expansion of Skype-allowed categories on December 1st. Sellers can add either a chat or call button (or both) to listings (Skype names and eBay accounts must be linked).

The Skype button is now available in the following categories on the UK site:

  • Antiques
  • Baby
  • Business, Office & Industrial: Commercial Property
  • Cars, Parts & Vehicles: Other Vehicles
  • Coins
  • Consumer Electronics: DJ Equipment
  • Consumer Electronics: Home Audio/ Hi Fi
  • Consumer Electronics: MP3 Player Accessories
  • Consumer Electronics: Portable Audio
  • Consumer Electronics: Professional/ Studio: Audio
  • Consumer Electronics: Professional/ Studio: Audio Test Equipment
  • Consumer Electronics: Radio Equipment
  • Consumer Electronics: Televisions
  • Crafts
  • Everything Else
  • Health & Beauty
  • Home & Garden
  • Musical Instruments
  • Photography
  • Pottery, Porcelain & Glass
  • Sports Memorabilia
  • Stamps
  • Wholesale & Job Lots: Antiques & Art
  • Wholesale & Job Lots: Baby
  • Wholesale & Job Lots: Consumer Electronics
  • Wholesale & Job Lots: Pottery, Porcelain & Glass
  • Wholesale & Job Lots: Sports Memorabilia

Information about Skype integration in the U.S. and other click-to-call programs for eBay sellers is available in a November 27th AuctionBytes Newsflash article (http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i27/s02).

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/200612011600212.html

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