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07 July 2006

The walled garden eBay/PayPal and Skype? Open up or die (out).

Management Changes Ebay/Skype summarized :

1. PayPal President replaced by Skype President/former eBay CFO+strategy.
2. Skype VP of Products now President of Skype.
3. Skype North America GM becomes Chief Marketing Officer for Skype Worldwide.
4. Shopping.com head becomes eBay international President, last President takes over philanthropy.

«Meanwhile…eBay banned Google Purchases for payments on auctions today. This spring eBay banned third party reputation system RapLeaf. The much anticipated Skype integration into eBay just a few weeks ago turned out to be very unexciting. Is an increasinlgy walled garden the future of eBay/PayPal and Skype? eBay stocks took a dive today on the announcement; such a strategy could really backfire.» source

Open up or die (out), it’s very simple. Nothing to add.

07 July 2006 in Ebay / Online Auction, VoIP / Skype | Permalink

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