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Slack SMS – Throw away your work phone

12 points by iboshoer 5y ago

thertersbrigeth 5y ago
I see there are a lot of SMS extensions for Slack like Avochato and HeyMarket which seem to be much more robust platforms with their own web UI and interface - how is this better?
- iboshoer 5y ago
  Clerk is built natively for Slack. You don't need to rely on a separate webapp for SMS functionality. Anyone from your team is able to communicate to clients directly from the Slack interface they use every day.
terchibocom 5y ago
Very cool. Thanks for sharing
iboshoer 5y ago
I've seen lots of posts about folks inquiring about enabling SMS inside of Slack. Sure there are tools out there which force you to create an account and signup but nothing has been built natively for Slack. That is, you guessed it - until now! We've been building this native Slack app for the last year after we couldn't find an affordable SMS-to-Slack solution. The idea came when my friend who was looking for a way to leverage SMS for her clinic but didn't want a whole new platform to communicate with her patients outside of slack. Email was just not effective, especially given the fact that 98% of text messages are read and replied to within FIVE minutes. Clerk was born from 4 simple premises: 1. If you have customers or team members out of the office, one of the best ways to get your message in front of them is through text. 2. Now that almost everyone has a smartphone, SMS and MMS are becoming consumers’ and employees’ preferred way of connecting with companies and brands. 3. But choosing a platform for this kind of service isn’t always easy. 4. We’re already logged in to emails, CRM tools, website backends – the list is endless. I am shamelessly using Hacker News to ask for help for any Slack forums or outlets to get the word out. Places that would be relevant as I don't want to be spammy. Any help I get I will personally reply and see if I can help you along your own entrepreneurial journey :)
ningtocadi 5y ago
This is great! From your website it seems you only support SMS now. When is the voice functionality coming out?
- iboshoer 5y ago
  Voice is on the roadmap and coming out soon. We are running into some limitations with Slack UI and working around it.
wieranluera 5y ago
Love this.
nesasertha 5y ago
Impressive product.
- iboshoer 5y ago
  Thank you. Any feedback is appreciated!
quagteodater 5y ago
I am loving the vision
houtevepen 5y ago
Can I host multiple numbers with this? We route lots of SMS through many client-specific numbers and would require a lot of different numbers not just one...
- iboshoer 5y ago
  Yes. You can have as many phone numbers as you need. One phone number can be associated with one or multiple Slack channels.
riobreadavglas 5y ago
Kudos for launching the product
- iboshoer 5y ago
  Working hard on this. Do let us know if you have feedback or suggestions.
inodmica 5y ago
Great work!!

12 points by iboshoer 5y ago

I see there are a lot of SMS extensions for Slack like Avochato and HeyMarket which seem to be much more robust platforms with their own web UI and interface - how is this better?

iboshoer 5y ago
Clerk is built natively for Slack. You don't need to rely on a separate webapp for SMS functionality. Anyone from your team is able to communicate to clients directly from the Slack interface they use every day.

terchibocom 5y ago

Very cool. Thanks for sharing

iboshoer 5y ago

I've seen lots of posts about folks inquiring about enabling SMS inside of Slack. Sure there are tools out there which force you to create an account and signup but nothing has been built natively for Slack. That is, you guessed it - until now! We've been building this native Slack app for the last year after we couldn't find an affordable SMS-to-Slack solution. The idea came when my friend who was looking for a way to leverage SMS for her clinic but didn't want a whole new platform to communicate with her patients outside of slack. Email was just not effective, especially given the fact that 98% of text messages are read and replied to within FIVE minutes. Clerk was born from 4 simple premises: 1. If you have customers or team members out of the office, one of the best ways to get your message in front of them is through text. 2. Now that almost everyone has a smartphone, SMS and MMS are becoming consumers’ and employees’ preferred way of connecting with companies and brands. 3. But choosing a platform for this kind of service isn’t always easy. 4. We’re already logged in to emails, CRM tools, website backends – the list is endless. I am shamelessly using Hacker News to ask for help for any Slack forums or outlets to get the word out. Places that would be relevant as I don't want to be spammy. Any help I get I will personally reply and see if I can help you along your own entrepreneurial journey :)

ningtocadi 5y ago

This is great! From your website it seems you only support SMS now. When is the voice functionality coming out?

iboshoer 5y ago
Voice is on the roadmap and coming out soon. We are running into some limitations with Slack UI and working around it.

wieranluera 5y ago

Love this.

nesasertha 5y ago

Impressive product.

iboshoer 5y ago
Thank you. Any feedback is appreciated!

quagteodater 5y ago

I am loving the vision

houtevepen 5y ago

Can I host multiple numbers with this? We route lots of SMS through many client-specific numbers and would require a lot of different numbers not just one...

iboshoer 5y ago
Yes. You can have as many phone numbers as you need. One phone number can be associated with one or multiple Slack channels.

riobreadavglas 5y ago

Kudos for launching the product

iboshoer 5y ago
Working hard on this. Do let us know if you have feedback or suggestions.

inodmica 5y ago

Great work!!