SlyText is a "web text" messaging service that allows its users to send messages from the web to any smartphone in the United States or Canada, and back! SlyText allows you to send a text to a group of telephone numbers via our web browser. The recipients will receive your message on the date and time of your choice from the telephone number you choose when signing up for an account. In the interface, you will have access to all sms messages conversations, replies and messaging history.

SlyText was created to make text messaging and text message marketing easier to use, more convenient and more accessible. Think of slyText as your online command center for text message marketing. SlyText is perfect for sending individual messages or mass text messages and is a great alternative to traditional email marketing. It's a great communication tool for small and large businesses alike.

Here are a few ways to use SMS marketing:

1. Use slyText to communicate special offers or promotions to current customers or remind them of upcoming events.
2. Text to vote polling is an inexpensive way to generate customer engagement and increase your overall brand awareness.

It has also been well received by all types of people – from young professionals stuck behind a PC all day - to college students working in the library all night - to parents who want to reach their kids after school. If you get frustrated with sending text messages from your cell phone’s tiny keypad while you’re at work or in class – you’re not alone! Try it today and you’ll be sending and receiving text messages in no time.

Our SMS marketing service offers both a Monthly Messaging plan and a Pay as You Go Messaging plan and you are never charged for any failed messages. Monthly Messaging plan messages expire 30 days after the initial date of purchase and do not roll over towards the next month. Monthly plans are automatically renewed and charged to the credit card on file every 30 days until notification of cancellation.

Additionally, a one time $15 vetting fee and a $12 monthly fee will be imposed for the phone number linked to your account.

The $12 monthly charge goes towards covering the cost of the phone number and the registration required for each phone number. MobileSphere, like other carriers, is now required to register each number on behalf of its customers with The Campaign Registry (TCR).

TCR works with North American mobile operators and companies that are in the messaging business to register text messaging Campaigns. The registry supports a sanctioned A2P 10 Digit Long Code (10DLC) text messaging Campaign ecosystem and provides visibility into the messaging source and content, allowing mobile carriers to provide a more reliable and predictable messaging service for Campaign Service Providers (CSPs) and Brands.

All Pay as You Go plan messages do not expire. Monthly Messaging plan messages are valid for 30 calendar days after your initial date of purchase and do not roll over towards the next month.

Carriers impose certain restrictions on the number of text messages that can be sent per hour and per day. The daily limit is 3,000 text messages per day and are sent out at a rate of 140 text messages per minute. Contact us for more information.

Within your slyText account, you can choose to enable browser notifications and/or SMS forwarding. To receive browser notifications, your slyText account page must remain open.

By enabling SMS forwarding, you will receive all incoming messages to the registered phone number we have on file. Forwarded messages cost one credit per message forwarded. To reply to the message, you must log in to your slyText.com account. Carrier rates apply.

Yes. We can text enable your own landline or VoIP number or you choose a slyText phone number from within your preferred area code. Your messages will be sent from this number and recipients are able to reply to it directly. All slyText messages will come from a 10-digit phone number. Short codes are never used. To text enable your own landline or VoIP number, contact us at support@slytext.com.

With slyText, you are charged for outgoing, incoming and any messages that are SMS forwarded to your registered phone number.

If a phone number fails to receive a text message, you are still charged as we are charged every time we pass your message through our SMS gateway.

A text of 160 characters or less equals one (1) message. An MMS message (audio, video or text) equals three (3) messages.

SlyText web texts can only be sent to U.S. and Canadian mobile phone numbers. However, we are working hard to expand this to as many countries as we can.

SMS text messaging is a great option to add to your current marketing strategy. Text messages have an open rate of 98% so adding text message campaigns to your marketing strategy is a great way to increase sales, relay important information to customers and promote your business.For additional tips on incorporating mass text messaging into your existing marketing campaigns, contact us.

Yes. SlyText works to all major U.S. and Canadian wireless providers so your customers can receive text messages to their mobile devices wherever they happen to be.

You will not incur any charges from your wireless carrier for sending out or receiving text messages using slyText. However, if you turn SMS forwarding on, (so that you receive responses on your mobile phone in addition to the slyText website), your carrier will charge you what they normally do when you receive a text message on your mobile phone.

Yes, the person you send a text message to will be charged by their carrier as they normally would for receiving a text message. For carriers, a slyText text message is no different than receiving a text message directly from your mobile phone. So, depending on what type of text messaging plan they have, they will be charged accordingly.

1. Choose a plan and create an account.
2. Once you're logged in, you'll be able to choose a phone number that your messages will come from.
3. Enter the mobile number of the person receiving your message.
4. Choose to send your message immediately or schedule for a later date and time
5. Click Send. Messages that are scheduled for a later date will appear in the Scheduled Messages tab.

Yes. Your phone number list must be saved as a Comma Delimited (.CSV) file with the contact's name in the first column and the phone number in the second column. Your file must also include the headers "Name" and "Phone". You can download a sample file here.

After logging into your account, click the and select Create a group. By creating a Group, all contacts in that group will receive the same text message, individually. Visit our YouTube channel for more instructions here.

We’d love to hear from you! The slyText Customer Care team can be reached at support@slytext.com or by calling (617) 399-9980.