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title: "How does Skype earn money?"  
description: "How does Skype earn money?"  
author: "Steilla Mitchel"  
published: 2022-03-14  
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category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "skype"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How does Skype earn money?

How does Skype [earn](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12431/how-to-increase-your-earning-potential) money?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

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- The sale of credits and monthly subscription services is **[Skype's](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96296/how-to-create-an-account-on-skype) principal source of revenue.** Credits allow Skype users to call others, including landlines, send text messages to anybody in the world, and buy a Skype number to receive calls from anyone in the world on their Skype account.
- Skype also has a service called Skype To Go, which allows users to make low-cost international calls from their mobile phones or landlines. There is no need for an internet connection or a data subscription to use the service. A Skype To Go customer can dial a local number that they purchase to ring out to international connections no matter where they are.

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