3 pointsby bubbamackan hour ago4 comments
  • theamk22 minutes ago
    So.. like a telegram/whatsapp/signal/some other IM, but one way only?

    One could achieve the same with a Telegram bot, right? And unlike your app, which must be installed separately, there are already 1 billion users who already have the app installed.

  • clintonban hour ago
    Neat idea, but all it does is give you control over messaging my users instead of me. They need to use your app maintained by you. That’s a huge risk when SMS “just works”.

    The messages are also limited to text and links, so no MMS.

    Customers stopped trusting email because it became overloaded with spam. The incentive from loyalty programs (which is my primary use case) keeps trust high for SMS.

    • bubbamack3 minutes ago
      The idea is to give user's control of the messaging and marketers better options. SMS is good for individualized messages like you would get from loyalty programs. Our focus is on broadcasting messages to a group - we don't target an individual user by design.

      We built this to solve problems we've dealt with personally: - getting a ton of spam and scam text messages - text messages from coaches that got lost in a group chat - difficulty in unsubscribing from some community texts - etc

      We got frustrated that anyone can send anything to us as long as they have our email or phone number and wanted a platform that made broadcasting a message more effective by letting users control who can reach them.

  • bubbamackan hour ago
    If you run a website or SaaS product, reaching your users on their phones usually means SMS or building a mobile app just so you can send push notifications.

    We built The Notifier as a better option.

    Our developer API lets your web app broadcast important alerts to users through The Notifier app. Users join your alert group and your app broadcasts alerts that arrive as push notifications on their phones.

    The API is available to all accounts, including our free Developer accounts. Give it a try and experience how The Notifier is more effective, while maintaining the privacy you expect for yourself.

  • parsatomosuan hour ago
    do you need internet access for that?
    • cgiffen13 minutes ago
      Co-founder here. Yes, alerts arrive as push notifications, so the phone needs a data or Wi-Fi connection when the alert is sent.