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This page contains everything you need to know about our Online SMS Service. The page is broken down into the following sections
  1. Description
  2. Example Uses
  3. Features & Benefits
  4. Demonstration
  5. Inbound SMS
  6. Prices
  7. Next Steps

1. Description

Our Online SMS Service has been designed to make SMS texting as easy as possible for businesses and clubs of all sizes. With our Online SMS Service you can send a text message to any number of your customers’ mobiles in less than a minute!

2. Example Uses

There are thousands of example uses for SMS texting, here are just a few:

  • Scheduled Appointment / Meeting Reminders
    Send scheduled reminders and save costs by lowering your missed appointments

  • Promotions or Offers
    Send personalised and unique promotions to your customers to generate further income

  • Collect Mobile Numbers
    New prospects can text into your free account to receive future messages from you

  • News or Information Updates
    Keep people informed with up to the minute information

  • Internal Communications
    Keep your employees up to date – sales figures, meetings events etc.

  • Event Management
    Managing an event? Then make sure everyone knows where to be and when.

3. Features & Benefits

Here are just some of our award winning Online SMS features:

FEATURE

BENEFIT

FREE Online Mailbox 10 FREE Credits to test our system without any commitment or cost.
Secure 128bit Encrypted Security All data sent to and from our systems is encrypted. Look for the "yellow padlock" icon on all pages as you sign-up and log in.
Quick Set Up You can be up and running in less than 5 minutes.
FREE Inbound Number Use this to collect your customer’s mobile numbers. For example, print "text FOOD to 07786200350 to receive news & offers from Jims Cafe".
Personalised Sender Name Your messages arrive on handsets from the name of your company.
Unlimited Groups You can create as many groups or campaigns of numbers as you like.
Add Numbers Easily You can manually add numbers, cut and paste them from other programs (e.g. Excel, Word etc) or import an Excel or CSV file.
Mail Merge You can import up to 6 fields of custom information and mail merge these into your text message to create unique personalised texts.
Delivery Reporting You can track which messages have been delivered and which numbers are invalid or discontinued.
Customer Profiling Profile which customers receive your promotion based on your own criteria.
Template Messaging Create your own message templates for easy use.
600+ Character Messages Send longer messages containing over 600 characters.
Scheduler Send your texts at a specific time and date.
Receive Replies All text replies are automatically forwarded to your email address and stored for future use in your Private Inbox.
Private Inbox All incoming texts are stored in your Inbox which contains the mobile number, message and time and date of receipt. This can then be exported to Excel.
Email Notifications All incoming texts are immediately sent to your nominated email address, where they can be replied to back to the handset just like any other email.
Auto Reply Enables you to set an auto reply to anyone that texts you - e.g. a welcome message or any other details.
Create Multiple Sender Names
Send messages from multiple Sender Names – perfect for companies with many brand names.
Fully Customisable Inbound Message Settings You can fully configure your FREE Keyword on 07786 200350 to:
- Send out an Auto Reply Message
- Send this message form a specific Sender Name or WAP PUSH URL
- Forward all inbound texts to specific email addresses
Create Numerous Keywords If you have one of our Dedicated Inbound Numbers you can create multiple Keywords (e.g. Sales, Help, Brochure etc.) and then assign different options for each Keyword.
Enable WAP PUSH Messaging By enabling WAP PUSH on your account you can send downloadable files (e.g. ringtones, wallpapers etc.)
Multiple Email Aliases Add other peoples email addresses to your account and allow them to use our ‘Email to SMS’ service.
Group Forwarding From Mobile Send messages from your own mobile directly to a pre-assigned group on your account.
Mobile Message Forwarding All inbound messages can now be immediately forwarded to your own mobile.
Credit Notification Thresholds Set your Credit Warning messages to at thresholds that suit your individual level of activity.
Fully Configure Our API Configure our API for your systems so you can send & receive messages directly from your server or website.


4. Demonstration

For a real live demonstration of how a garage sends personalised unique MOT reminder texts to its customers click the button below:

3 minute demo

5. Inbound SMS

There are 2 main methods of receiving inbound SMS texts and these are:

OPTION

USE

COST

FREE Inbound Number & Keyword Use this to collect your customer’s mobile numbers. For example, print "text FOOD to 07786200350 to receive news & offers from Jims Cafe". Export received message to Excel, and forward texts to email or any web application. It's free with your free online SMS account.

Dedicated Inbound Number

If you want to send SMS texts and receive replies then this is what you need. All replies are emailed to your nominated email address and stored in your Private Inbox for future exporting. To set this up call us on 0845 009 3180.

£35.00 / Month

Short Code

A short code is the perfect way to get an SMS response to an advert or promotion. For example print "Text JOBS to 60777 to receive more info about our agency".
Tell me more.

See Short Code

6. Prices

With our Online SMS service you only pay for the messages you send. There is no set-up fee or monthly contract. We only use premium UK routes (no offshore!) and credits do not expire.

You purchase bundles of credits. A credit allows you to send 1 text message to 1 person – so if you want to send 1 text message to 100 people you need 100 credits. Your credits last indefinitely and can be bought from your account using all major credit or debit cards. Larger bundles can be paid for by BACS or cheque by calling us on 0845 009 3180.

We give 10 FREE credits with every new account. So why not try us out – you have nothing to lose.

Message Bundle Prices

100 texts @ 8p = £8

200 texts

@ 7.5p = £15

500 texts

@ 7p = £35

1,000 texts

@ 6.5p = £65

5,000 texts

@ 6p = £300

10,000 texts

@ 4.9p = £490

25,000 texts

@ 4.4p = £1100

50,000 texts

@ 3.9p = £1950

100,000+ texts

= phone for quote from just 2.9p


All prices are subject to VAT.

If you wish to purchase over 100,000 credits phone us on 0845 009 3180 for a very competitive quote based on your requirements.

7. Next Steps

To get up and running in a few minutes, simply click on the link below:

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