Setting up SkypeOut

To buy Skype credit, you need to have two important things in place:

• A Skype password.
• A valid email account: The email account that you supply is the one associated with your Skype Name.

Without these items, you cannot buy Skype credit or make use of services such as SkypeIn or Voicemail.
You can purchase SkypeOut credit while running your Skype application or by going to the Skype Web site (www.skype.com) from your browser. Here, we show you how to do it from your Skype program. Although the process is entirely equivalent, the screens for purchasing credit directly through the Skype application differ from the way they appear if you go directly to the Web site from your browser to purchase credit.