I purchased the deal on Appsumo and have sent less than 100 sms in total - but I use them to send 1 automated sms from a contact form on my website when certain criteria are set - and it's triggered via Zapier.
Unfortunately, since the 60 refund period is past, they now are forcing us to pay an insane $12/mo or else we're locked out of our accounts.
I can't even log in and download my contacts - they've locked me out.
I'd like Appsumo to refund us for this bait and switch but I doubt that will happen.
I was really excited when i saw the Sly brand on AS. As a big fan of Slybrodcast who had good service from them for their voice-mail drop service. I
Got an email today it looks like all AS customers Including me will have to pay a monthly fee of $12 a month even after I purchased this as a lifetime deal.
Very disappointing here is the email I received today.
"AppSumo customers will need to complete this registration and will be charged the monthly fee of $12 even if you bring your own number.
At the time of the AppSumo deal, regulations surrounding text messaging were different, so additional fees were not anticipated.
Please let me know if you have any other questions."
I give 1 taco for losing my money again on another bad deal.
I reached out for a refund and was told to contact AS but I'm doubtful I will get one.
Reached out twice for support to add my number to Skytext - no response. I should have known better seeing that there was never a reply to questions posed by. Sumo-lings. Requesting a refund
I am a small business owner and I have been in business for over 16 years. I have a brick and mortar business with a landline. This tool is extremely helpful for me because it allows me to reach out to prospects/clients using text messaging without sharing my personal cell phone number. This tool allowed me to link my business LANDLINE. I tested the tool by sending a simple text message with an image from inside the dashboard to my personal cell phone. Boom! Almost instantaneously, I saw the text delivered in my dashboard. I replied to the test text message and again, almost instantaneously, I saw the test reply in my dashboard. So far, so good. I’m super excited about the potential use cases for me and my business now that I have set this tool up and tested it.
I bought this as I currently use ClickSend. I've spent so far about $140 on ClickSend and was looking for an alternative. I would have gotten ShortySMS, but for the change they made to their plan obtaining a Twilio number.
That said, ShortySMS provided what I wanted: 1. LTD to a number (not necessary, but good); 2. LTD for a set amount of texts per month (necessary); and 3. Automation for scheduled texts messages (necessary).
I am a small business owner and need something that can send reminder texts for clients to pay. At most I have about 15 paying clients, which changes as soon as those clients pay. Although I have to manually input the scheduling for the automated messages, it works so I don't have to manually input every month. I can manually input the automated messages for a year and then I'm done.
Additionally, I know Clicksend has an API, but since my list for text reminders is limited to only the clients who need to pay, I have to also manually input them onto ClickSend. This is no different from SlyText.
For that reason, I will likely keep SlyText. I can also input numbers via a spreadsheet if I want to create a mass message for clients to watch my Youtube videos or read my recent blog. If SlyText or ShortySMS could integrate with SendFox, that'd be a game changer.
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Bait and Switch
I purchased the deal on Appsumo and have sent less than 100 sms in total - but I use them to send 1 automated sms from a contact form on my website when certain criteria are set - and it's triggered via Zapier.
Unfortunately, since the 60 refund period is past, they now are forcing us to pay an insane $12/mo or else we're locked out of our accounts.
I can't even log in and download my contacts - they've locked me out.
I'd like Appsumo to refund us for this bait and switch but I doubt that will happen.
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Verified purchaser
Bait and switch
I was really excited when i saw the Sly brand on AS. As a big fan of Slybrodcast who had good service from them for their voice-mail drop service. I
Got an email today it looks like all AS customers Including me will have to pay a monthly fee of $12 a month even after I purchased this as a lifetime deal.
Very disappointing here is the email I received today.
"AppSumo customers will need to complete this registration and will be charged the monthly fee of $12 even if you bring your own number.
At the time of the AppSumo deal, regulations surrounding text messaging were different, so additional fees were not anticipated.
Please let me know if you have any other questions."
I give 1 taco for losing my money again on another bad deal.
I reached out for a refund and was told to contact AS but I'm doubtful I will get one.
I wish the Sly Brand good fortune.
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Updated Review
Reached out twice for support to add my number to Skytext - no response. I should have known better seeing that there was never a reply to questions posed by. Sumo-lings. Requesting a refund
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Verified purchaser
You can send texts from a 🎉 LANDLINE 🎉
I am a small business owner and I have been in business for over 16 years. I have a brick and mortar business with a landline. This tool is extremely helpful for me because it allows me to reach out to prospects/clients using text messaging without sharing my personal cell phone number. This tool allowed me to link my business LANDLINE. I tested the tool by sending a simple text message with an image from inside the dashboard to my personal cell phone. Boom! Almost instantaneously, I saw the text delivered in my dashboard. I replied to the test text message and again, almost instantaneously, I saw the test reply in my dashboard. So far, so good. I’m super excited about the potential use cases for me and my business now that I have set this tool up and tested it.
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It Does What it Needs to Do
I bought this as I currently use ClickSend. I've spent so far about $140 on ClickSend and was looking for an alternative. I would have gotten ShortySMS, but for the change they made to their plan obtaining a Twilio number.
That said, ShortySMS provided what I wanted:
1. LTD to a number (not necessary, but good);
2. LTD for a set amount of texts per month (necessary); and
3. Automation for scheduled texts messages (necessary).
I am a small business owner and need something that can send reminder texts for clients to pay. At most I have about 15 paying clients, which changes as soon as those clients pay. Although I have to manually input the scheduling for the automated messages, it works so I don't have to manually input every month. I can manually input the automated messages for a year and then I'm done.
Additionally, I know Clicksend has an API, but since my list for text reminders is limited to only the clients who need to pay, I have to also manually input them onto ClickSend. This is no different from SlyText.
For that reason, I will likely keep SlyText. I can also input numbers via a spreadsheet if I want to create a mass message for clients to watch my Youtube videos or read my recent blog. If SlyText or ShortySMS could integrate with SendFox, that'd be a game changer.
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