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***mandy*** · 05-05-2006, 11:19 AM,

Quote:eBay CEO Meg Whitman said the company plans to integrate its Skype VoIP service into the eBay marketplace to reduce friction in communications between buyers and sellers. Currently eBay is cross-promoting its eBay, PayPal and Skype services among all users. It will continue to introduce Skype into selected categories and geographies on eBay through the end of the year. In 2007 and beyond, it will facilitate new categories and new monetization models, including getting into online advertising through a new pay-per-lead service...

Whitman also said eBay would create new ecommerce markets and showed a prototype of a "Pay-Per-Lead" enabled web page. She said certain segments, such as services, travel, real estate and new cars, are built on the lead-generation model, which she estimated to be a $4 billion market. Using Skype in a pay-per-lead model, eBay can address the needs of these kinds of segments, reducing friction and making the transaction seamless for the user, she said...

full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m05/i04/s00

dnc_ont · 05-05-2006, 12:32 PM,

:

My grandfather has a saying that he used to use quite often, that someone really should tell good ol Meg.

"Will you do me a favour? And fuck right off."

xppman · 05-05-2006, 02:59 PM,

What more HYPE about Skype?

I wouldn't use Skype if it was the only telecommunications network on the planet.
I'd rather send up smoke signals and cook hot dogs between rounds of signaling. : Smile

maggie777 · 05-05-2006, 03:53 PM,

Quote: eBay.con

perfect.

**amy** · 05-05-2006, 04:41 PM,

The stock analysts were less than impressed with eBay's bullsh.IT during its annual analyst meeting yesterday. The stock fell yesterday after the meeting and is down another point today to 33.

**amy** · 05-05-2006, 05:17 PM,

[quote author=amy link=topic=3644.msg13559#msg13559 date=1146847294]
The stock analysts were less than impressed with eBay's bullsh.IT during its annual analyst meeting yesterday. The stock fell yesterday after the meeting and is down another point today to 33.
[/quote]

EDIT--now down 1.83 to a new 52-week low of 32.28

Anita · 05-05-2006, 05:38 PM,

[quote author=maggie777 link=topic=3644.msg13556#msg13556 date=1146844391]

Quote: eBay.con

perfect.

[/quote]

HA HA HA!!

xppman · 05-05-2006, 06:48 PM,

[quote author=Anita link=topic=3644.msg13565#msg13565 date=1146850699]
[quote author=maggie777 link=topic=3644.msg13556#msg13556 date=1146844391]

Quote: eBay.con

perfect.

[/quote]

HA HA HA!!
[/quote]

I didn't even catch that this morning.

ebay.con I love it.
;D

**amy** · 05-08-2006, 07:02 PM,

[quote author=amy link=topic=3644.msg13562#msg13562 date=1146849463]
[quote author=amy link=topic=3644.msg13559#msg13559 date=1146847294]
The stock analysts were less than impressed with eBay's bullsh.IT during its annual analyst meeting yesterday. The stock fell yesterday after the meeting and is down another point today to 33.
[/quote]

EDIT--now down 1.83 to a new 52-week low of 32.28
[/quote]

Another new 52-week low today.