You asked for it - per minute fees reduced
By
Andrus on July 18, 2007 in News and updates.
Many of you have asked for the minimum service fee to be reduced since we first launched Skype Prime Beta. We’ve taken that on board and now you can set the per-minute price as low as €0.10 (down from €0.40). This should work with any Skype version without upgrading.





Comments
It will be very good if skype will reduce 30% charge fee for this service. My opinion if skype will not do it - skype prime will not be a popular. If charges will be reduced - there are many peoples will start use it.
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ivan.veretelnyk | Sunday, Jul 22
I totally agree with the previous post as to the excessiveness of the 30% Skype fee. Moreover, I would like to suggest reducing the length of time one needs to wait to see the money. As far as I am concerned, Skype is related to PayPal, is it not? If so, there is no reason to make this transfer take FOUR months... Four days should be more than enough!
One more issue is the low one-off maximum charge. As a professional coach, I normally charge $120 per hour, so the current maximum of $12 per hour just does not cut the mustard.
tantrapa | Friday, Aug 3
Skype needs to really work on the 30% charge as everyone states above. You are not boosting our sales by delivering people to us, but rather making it possible for us to bill (visa|m/c only takes 3%). That has a maximum of 8% to me and nearly everyone else I speak to about it.
If you want upwards of 15-20%, then bring paying (qualified) customers to us and earn the "salesman" fee associated to it.
Until then, it will only be an interesting gimic instead of a profit center as eBay struggles to re-invent itself.
logikonline | Friday, Aug 10
Yes, I agree with the other comments here that 30% charge is excessive indeed.
If you want upwards of 15-20%, then bring paying (qualified) customers to us and then we can all be motivated and make decent $$________ here for our specialized services. Now that's a great idea!
Also, the 4 months before receiving payment in my already established PayPal acc't., is not really too motivating. Hopefully, U~ can work on these suggestions & get back to us ASAP.
Thank you & have a great day!! Namaste'
anastasia4019 | Wednesday, Oct 3
Sabeer Bhatia of Arzoo.com will be really jealous of you. The guy who sold hotmail.com to Microsoft. He tried this model of asking questions and giving answers for smallest of things and work out a micro-payment model. Failed miserably. Skype has made it work. Its great for advisors like EasyStoreHosting.com and advise seekers. I wonder how come Ask.com missed out on this opportunity???
sploonker | Thursday, Oct 18
Greetings,
yeah I think having the option to charge more for a one off in keeping with professional hourly charges would be a welcome option as it makes for a more relaxed session and allows you to run over time lsightly if desired while keeping the fee the same.
Hourly rates will be better for some situations but having options is always a good thing
Cheers,
Grant
grant.fergus | Friday, Dec 19