Comments on: Consulting + PayPal + Skype = BitWine

By: The Skype Prime directive » Make You Go Hmm

The Skype Prime directive » Make You Go Hmm — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:55:21 +0000

[…] As Yogi Berra might say, “it’s BitWine deja vu all over again.” Skype is now competing with this service with Skype Prime available in the 3.1 beta version [download]. Prime is described by Skype as: it enables paid Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls. You can charge other people for calling you either a one-off fee or by the minute. Conversely, if you are the caller, you can call experts who charge for their services, and you can then pay the fee and access the expertise that the other call party provides. […]

By: AC

AC — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:54:28 +0000

Hi TD

I will take a shot at Noni’s comment, it is quite simple in fact, and makes sense.

If you are a Blogger and have people reading your blog every day, that means the same people will probably want your advice on the things you write about.

So as a Blogger if you just add a Link or a Widget ( which we just added http://www.bitwine.com/tools/buttons ) that enables your readers to call, you can charge for that customized advice.

TD, as for the Bwallet, I am not even going to guess.

Thank you Noni for making a good point.

By: Danny White

Danny White — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:02:06 +0000

If you think Bitwine is great you should check out a site called jyve.com. It has everything Bitwine has and more. A dbase of over 90,000 experts that is growing daily with no PR or marketing. It was started by the guys that developed the Skye card and presence button. Probably the largest community like it out there. Very international.

By: TDavid

TDavid — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:09:17 +0000

It seems spammy, but I asked the co-founder Alon if that was an insider or PR person and he said they had no such people. I talked for Alon at length and he seems like a good guy. Maybe Noni will come back and explain his (her?) comment #2 more fully.

By: Lestat

Lestat — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:58:50 +0000

Noni? I was reading this post and I don’t understand your comment. It seems kind of broken.

By: Noni Moos

Noni Moos — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:31:26 +0000

There is one point which many Blogger missed. Bloggers are the perfect Experts for BitWine and has the most to gain.

Bloggers with added value, and ready made audience can post a simple link that will generate many direct paid calls to them.

Blogger, what’s in your Bwallet?

I know where I am going!!

By: ZOverLord

ZOverLord — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:30:56 +0000

BitWine is FANTASTIC! Please take some time to look at some of the other Extras incuded with the Skype 3.0 beta for Windows, there are many. You can now even automatically translate your Skype chat messages to other languages and have them spoken in many languages as well. More info here: testing.onlytherightanswers.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=55