How to add your listing

1. If you have not already done so, the first thing you need to do is [set yourself up as a Call Provider](http://www.skype.com/help/guides/skypeprime_create/).

2. Go to the Skype Find section in Skype and click on the ‘Open Skype Find’ link at the top of the page.

3. Click on the link in the right hand column ‘add your service’ (if you are not set up as a Call Provider, you will not see this link)

4 Then fill out the form to add your listing. Please be as specific as possible, the more specific your listing, the better quality of caller you will get. Please list relevant keywords to help users find you.

5. You can go back and re-edit your listing at anytime to change or update your listing.

Where will it appear?

The Skype Prime listings will appear in the Skype Find directory. When users search for a business or keyword, relevant Skype Prime listings appear at the top of the results as a ‘paid service’. See below for an example or better still, just add your listing and then do a search for it.

What next?

We are continuing to improve the Skype Prime product and find new ways to help put your service in front of Skype users. We ask you to bear with us, as this is still very much a beta service. But please continue to send us your feedback via the [Skype Prime Forum](http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showforum=134)

More info:

• [Skype Prime User Guide](http://www.skype.com/help/guides/skypeprime/)


• [Skype Prime FAQs](http://support.skype.com/?_a=knowledgebase&_j=subcat&_i=67)


• [PayPal country availability](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-approved-signup-countries-outside)

Congratulations to all early adopters of Skype Prime out there! Now, you may or may have noticed that you didn't become a millionaire. Or the fact that it took us a while to pay out your money. Please bear in mind that Skype Prime is still in Beta status and expect a better product (and paydays) in the future.

>As a Skype student you only need an internet connection, a headset and motivation.

It looks like they have a free trial, too. I just signed up for that to dust off my Dutch skills.

Update July 27th. I have tried out the Skype Prime Dutch lesson now (and realized how rusty my Dutch had gotten). The experience was excellent. I particularly liked that Yorien, my teacher, posted new expressions as chat messages as we spoke.

So here's a tip how to make text links nicer. If you just copy-paste a Skype Prime link (you'll get it here) to a blog or forum posting it will not be a very click-inviting link. Consider http://www.skype.com/go/joinskypeprime?call&skypename=echo123. However, if html is enabled on a site, try adding it in the following format:

<a href="longlinkhere">Describe service here</a>

This way the long link above that starts the call to Skype call testing service can look nice and short like this.

A: You are probably pointed to the wrong satellite. Call me for help.

Spotted on Yahoo Answers. This is a good example of how to promote a Skype Prime service without maintaining one's own blog or website. There are lots of people with questions and issues out there and it makes perfect sense to answer their questions on various online forums they turn to.

Stumbled upon a nice customization of Skype Prime buttons. And apparently this can be linked to a calendar service to show available service times.

Read more here. We have written about creating banners that show your availability in the Skype Prime promotion guide. And for those less comfortable with creating custom buttons and coding there are standard Skype Prime snippets that can easily be copied onto blogs or websites.

Creating it is easy - simply click on Create a Skypecast in the web directory, describe the Skypecast, set the start time and you're good to go. You can add information about your service and charges to the description of the Skypecast. After you've created it, it will be browsable on the web and it will appear in the Live-tab of most Skype users prior to start.

1. Make sure you have another user account (login) for your Windows machine, including a password and admin rights.

1. Right click the Skype icon and select Run as...

1. On the next screen click The following user: and select one different from the one you are currently logged in as on your computer.

1. Voila! - another Skype will open which can be used independantly from your first Skype instance. You can even make calls between them on the same computer.

This may work better in some environments and worse on others. Let us know via comments if this worked for you.

Seth's approach involves four simple steps. Create a simple blog/website, create a Squidoo lens (which is just a type of website Seth's company has developed) about your service, make yourself and your service more visual by posting photos on Flickr and get some user testimonials.

Now, I haven't used Squidoo myself, but creating a lens for promoting a Skype Prime service sounds like a good idea. I tried playing around with Squidoo a little and it seems it is possible to add a Skype Prime snippet to it. Surely it is possible to add a snippet to any blog, so read the post, try it out and let us know if it worked.

In addition to existing user guides we've developed simple guides on promoting and pricing your services. You'll also find a security section and overview of ways to send us feedback.

And then there is this blog to bring you the freshest news and ideas. If you're signed up as a Skype Prime service provider, we warmly recommend subscribing to its RSS feed.

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