Skype was founded in 2003 and in this “small time” has made an incredible name for itself.

The Affiliate Program

Amazingly the Skype affiliate program states that some of their affiliate earn up to $2000 a day. For a piece of messenger software like this I never thought that would be possible but the products they offer to their members is somewhat revolutionary.

They offer 25% commission on purchases of Skype premium products and between 7.5% and 11% on their hardware and accessory sales.

Services include:

• Call phones and mobiles
• Your own unique number
• Forward calls to phones
• Send SMS Messages
• Voice mail service

They also sell products like Skype phones, webcams, headsets and more.

Good reasons to promote Skype

1. Well 1st off, there are already endless users using skype, so it’s a good reason for any user to download and use the software
2. The services are really really cheap. I compared it to international calling and it’s +/- 50% cheaper than phoning from landlines to other countries. In some countries it’s cheaper to use Skype rather than your own telecommunication providers.
3. Skype is almost in EVERY country so that means you can run your ads almost on any website and don’t have to worry that you might loose leads.

Affiliated Networks

Skype doesn’t maintain their own affiliate program but rather uses 3 networks to cater for different languages:

Commission Junction

Value Commerce

TradeDoubler

So if you think you might have a good website to promote Skype on, goto their Affiliates page and Signup.

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