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Texting with a business name

  • 24-01-2011 9:04pm
    #1
    JohnRyan!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    Hi,

    I'm wondering how to send texts to people and it will display as from "example ltd" then the message, even if the customer doesn't have the businesses number saved? Hope im clear on what I'm saying.

    Example

    "John Ryan ltd" as the sender

    Then your message when they click into it.


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  • #2
    hobochris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,164 ✭✭✭hobochris


    Purchase texts from an sms gateway provider, many allow you to send a name instead of a number.


  • #3
    johnsmith13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭johnsmith13


    JohnRyan! wrote: »
    Hi,

    I'm wondering how to send texts to people and it will display as from "example ltd" then the message, even if the customer doesn't have the businesses number saved? Hope im clear on what I'm saying.

    Example

    "John Ryan ltd" as the sender

    Then your message when they click into it.

    Clickatell.com allow you to register a name for sending text messages. They normally require that you prove you are the company, a company email normally sorts this out.

    They also provide desktop programs for sending the message, they normally work out at about 8 cent a message


  • #4
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Is it possible to reply to a text that has a name rather than a number as the sender? It would be quite annoying for people if they can't unsubscribe very easily.


  • #5
    johnsmith13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭johnsmith13


    Eoin wrote: »
    Is it possible to reply to a text that has a name rather than a number as the sender? It would be quite annoying for people if they can't unsubscribe very easily.

    Clickatell provides a two service but it expensive


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