eBay to $ell $kype !

So the new kid on the block called Skype is no longer stellar ? Buyers are Siler Lake VCs for a $1,9 billion package (65% of shares).

eBay couldn’t eventually find a realy synergy for Skype and it’s core e-commerce bussiness.

Does it mean that the 405 millions Skype users don’t need to talk about sales or bids ? Well, maybe not at eBay’s. While shopping, talking takes longer time than browsing a few categories to find the right item you want and set i.e. an auto-bid.
Time is also the missing ressource for power sellers that don’t want to invest on videos about their goods, if not mandatory. The truth is they sell anyway !

The open questions are :

- which business will now want Skype as an inhouse feature ?

- can Skype diversify, I mean, really ?