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I am trying to purchase credit for "Skype to Phone".
For the last couple of days it was saying "you have reached your monthly limit", whereas we used to purchase way more credit in the previous months. While trying again today it is saying "No credit purchase option found".
Any solution of this issue that how to purchase the credit?
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Skype Credit cannot be purchased anymore, pushing people still on the platform to have to pay for a subscription to use certain features. Skype Credit can be used to make calls to mobile phones or landlines and to send SMS messages. You could also use Skype Credit to purchase a Skype Number, but Microsoft ended the option to purchase a Skype Number recently.
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Thanks, you say "Skype Credit cannot be purchased anymore" in the first sentence, then "Skype Credit can be used to make calls to mobile phones or landlines" in the second sentence. So which statement is correct? And if we really cannot purchase credit, what else can we do? Alternatives are not specified on my account.
JimmyYang-MSFT,
So, "sending SMS messages to phones", this option is not in the skype anymore?
Sorry for any inconvenience about your issue.
Microsoft has cut two of Skype’s central premium features: credit and custom phone numbers. Instead of credits, the company is now pushing subscriptions — priced regionally and globally, depending on your needs.
Unless you decide to add an ongoing SMS texting subscription, you will no longer be able to send outbound SMS texts from Skype.
Thank you Jimmy for taking the time to clarify this matter.
@JimmyYang-MSFT Thanks for the clerification. Can you guide me how to add SMS texting subscription? We could not find that.
Currently, there is no such option exists. But you can continue to check the site for any new offerings.
Thanks again to Jimmy for the replies, but not good the way this change was made without any proper explanation within Skype itself. We've all been wasting our time wondering why something which has worked perfectly for years has vanished. A failure of transparency.