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That is definitely an option, but not the most preferable. Seeing other companies provide free text messaging demonstrates that it is possible to do so without
by naifwonder 16y ago
That is definitely an option, but not the most preferable. Seeing other companies provide free text messaging demonstrates that it is possible to do so without a subscription fee. I just want to explore all the avenues to be able to do something similar before resorting to charging for the service.
Either way, short codes are still expensive and need to be paid for in advance. Companies that allow others to use already acquired short codes through an API charge relatively high per-message costs. Hence, I will still need capital.
- follower 16y ago> Seeing other companies provide free text messaging demonstrates that it is possible to do so without a subscription fee. Well, do you know that's actually sustainable for them to do that though?
- naifwonder 16y agoTo be fair, I don't have access to raw data so I cannot make a fully informed decision on the matter. However, given that Yahoo and AOL have been providing the service for a long time, I doubt they would have been doing so if it were not sustainable. Even large companies like that have financial limits. Google Voice not only provides free texting, they also give each user their own phone number. Granted they are planning on charging for calls soon (from what I've heard), I will not have as high costs as them since I am only providing texting and don't need millions of phone numbers.