How to Leave a Voicemail for a Friend on Skype

If you use Skype and are a Skype voicemail subscriber, you can leave a voicemail for a friend. Some voicemail options are only available when you and the person you wish to call both have voicemail. Voicemails for Skype customers can be delivered to a customer's voicemail inbox or can be forwarded to another phone number. Follow these steps to leave a voicemail for a friend on Skype.

Things You'll Need

• Internet access
• Computer
• Skype account

Instructions

1. To use voicemail on Skype, you have to activate the voicemail service. Sign into your Skype account with your username and password.

2. Go to your "Account Overview" page and click the "Buy Skype Voicemail" link. You will be directed to a page that gives payment and package options. You may buy voicemail time in 3-month or full-year packages.

3. Choose your options. Once you have signed up for Skype voicemail, you can then leave voicemails for your friends or anyone else on your contact list. If you are making a computer-to-computer call to a friend who is not online, you may leave a chat or voicemail.

4. When making a cell phone or landline call to a Skype customer, they must have a SkypeIn phone number subscription. This will come with a local phone number as well as a free voicemail account.

5. Leave a voicemail. No matter how you call, if you have subscribed to voicemail or the Skype customer you are calling has voicemail, you will be able to leave them a message. Simply click on the person's name on your contact list and you will have the option to leave a voicemail.

Tips & Warnings

• Either you or the person you call must have a SkypeIn account or a voicemail account. If you buy voicemail, sign up for a 1-year package, as it is cheaper.

• You will have to use a credit card to purchase Skype voicemail. Make sure you computer has a secure connection to the Skype Web site to protect your credit card information.