If you created your Skype name using Skype for iPhone, you will be redirected to our Taiwanese partner PCHome’s website when you attempt to buy Skype Credit.

We realise that this is incredibly annoying for the vast majority of you, and we’re working hard to fix the problem – we hope to have a fix in place at some point tomorrow, and will update this post as soon as things are back to normal.

If you create your Skype name using any other version of the Skype software, e.g. Skype for Windows or Skype for Mac, you won’t be affected, and so if you’re a new Skype user, we suggest that you download Skype on to your computer first and create your Skype name there before signing in with Skype for iPhone.

UPDATE: The issue has been resolved for the majority of those affected today, April 3rd.

UPDATE: The issue has been resolved for all the users as of 6th of April.