Sunday, June 1, 2014

What To Look For When Choosing An SMS Service

What To Look For When Choosing An SMS Service

By Wanda Rosner


With a growing percentage of people now into texting, more people are subscribing to SMS service providers to join in the fun. However, there are certain questions you should ask before committing to these service providers. Failure to do so might see you regret your choice for a SMS service provider.

Everyone would pick the criteria of cost to see which provider matches them most. They would look into their services and what basis they apply. Some would go for the credit-based system where one has to buy a certain value of credits and where texts cost differently according to their destination. Others are the SMS based where one buys a bundle of messages that cost the same to different places.

It is also advisable to see if the provider has any hidden charges. Providers use a strategic move by not including their hidden costs in their adverts. This is meant to snatch those unsuspecting subscribers and later on surprise them with huge hidden charges. Therefore, take your time to understand their charge rates and what they apply to.

A provider might require you to meet a minimum purchase requirement. This means that one has to have at least the lowest stated value of credits or tests as required by the provider. Evaluate yourself and see if you occasionally text or if you do not text a lot. If you are the former, you can pick the minimum requirement you prefer but if you are the latter, consider a provider with no minimum requirements.

While checking their costs of credits, you can go over and see the expiry of these credits. Different providers allow different periods of time after which your credits will not be valid. When you find a provider using these restrictions, then one should be mindful and conservative of the credits they buy. This can be achieved by doing a rough estimation of expected traffic.

People usually complain that their messages did not reach their friends who live relatively far away. The problem might be due to poor network coverage of the provider. This means that their networks are not strong enough to reach these places. To avoid this test the network usually with some free texts they provide to be assured of their coverage.

You may find a service company is charging cheaply but their signals are very weak. This can mean a very low quality of network and your text massages may fail to reach their destinations. Testing the quality of their network is extremely important and majority of providers will give you free texts to test their network. Additionally, most will give you routing options, either the more expensive reliable one or the cheap less reliable ones.

Management of your account is a key factor on whether to choose a service provider or not. Providers usually offer management systems online. For most providers, the function is the same as one can keep track of the number of credits or texts. The user interface is the one that really determines the provider. Go for the best-organized friendly user interface, as it will make things easy.




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