WAY2SMS fans have been requesting SMS greetings for a while.Finally, we have rolled out ‘SMS greetings’ today. You can see a new menu item appearing adjacent to standard menu items.
This section features powerful collection of predefined messages on almost all major categories. We hope this section will satisfy your regular/ special messaging needs. We also keep adding hundreds of new messages every day to this collection.
Enjoy SMSing!!!
Do not waste time with junk mail alerts and unwanted messages. WAY2SMS blocks spam/automated/invitation/promotional mail alerts before it gets in to your mobile as alert. WAY2SMS uses its in house innovative techniques to fight against the spam mail alerts and alerts for unwanted or automated mails. You get a lot of emails, some good (from friends, family,professional,business even favorite interests that you’ve added to your Address Book), and a lot of not-so-important emails (special offers, newsletters, invitations, emails you rarely read). our newly launched WAY2SMS alert blocker separates the important emails from everything else, And important mails will always be alerted.For example, Way2SMS blocks email alerts for orkut invitations, facebook invitations etc.,.
Above all, YOU can even block alerts for such “Not-so-important” emails. If an unwanted email alert ever finds its way through, you can block by placing the sender email in “DO NOT ALERT ME” box by clicking on “mail alerts” link.
More control on your mail alerts ..!
The following is part of our series, Way2SMS Tips, which answers some of the most frequently asked questions about using way2sms.com. While we hope the tips we share on the blog will be informative, and helpful to you.Remember that we are unable to answer individual questions here.
How do i change my way2sms password?
Soon after logging in to your way2sms account
Step 1: Click on ‘Settings’ link on the top right corner of the page.
Step 2: Click on ‘Account tab’ in the settings page.
Step 3: Click on ‘ Change password’ button in the account tab
Step 4: Enter your old password and New password , Click on Save.
Done. Your password will get updated. You have to log in with your new password from next time onwards when you visit Way2SMS.
We have fixed the mail alerts issue.Now, all of you can experience the super fast mail alerts on mobile same as before. Lots of people around the country who rely on Way2SMS mail alerts were disrupted from last couple of days, and we’re very sorry. We did everything we could to resolve the issue as soon as possible, and the issue is now resolved.
If you’ve tried Way2SMS mail alerts in last couple of days, you are probably aware by now that we’re having some problems. We know how many people rely on Way2SMS mail alerts, and we take it very seriously when there’s a problem with the service. Thus, right up front, we would like to apologize to all of you — it was a Big Deal, and we’re treating it as such.
Temporarily, we are running degraded mail alert service. This will result in delayed mail alert delivery to many of you. However, our engineers are working very hard to solve the problem and we’re really sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks for bearing with us while we sort this out. We’ll report back as we make progress.
Posted by Way2SMS Support
Today, we have released delivery to the new mobile number series starting with 8. Way2SMS users can now send SMS to the new mobile number series starting with ‘8′. New telecos have rolled out new mobile series starting with ‘8′ very recently, This made us to tweak our platform to allow the new mobile number format.India has exhausted its mobile numbers in the 9 series and has now started with 8 series.For over 15 years, India has been using mobile numbers starting with ‘9xxxxxxxx’. In 2003 DoT came up with a 30-year numbering plan, but the rapid growth in the mobile subscriber base, has forced it to relook into its policy and consider releasing 8 series to the telecos.
India’s mobile growth story has remained intact, and the biggest testimonial to this is exhaustion of mobile numbers starting with ‘9’.No country has seen 8-10 million new subscribers added every month except India. Go india Go…
We hit a big milestone on 8th of Aug– 5 million people around the country are now using WAY2SMS. This is a really delightful moment for us.So We just wanted to take this moment to say, “THANKS” to every one
Highlights
* We are adding more than 25000 new users every day
* Ranked as top 3oth most used portal in india( source: alexa).
* Delivering over 120 million messages every month
* generating more than 150 million page views in a month.
* users from across 126 countries.
Being the first player to introduce free messaging, we continued our innovation with free email alerts on mobile, integration of IMs etc.,.Positioning WAY2SMS as a 360º communication tool has helped us to become 5 million strong in very short period.
We became part of your life by carrying your emotions, feelings and happiness.We spend all our time here trying to build the best possible product that enables you to become more organized and stay connected, so the fact that we’re growing so quickly all over the world is very rewarding. Thanks for all your support and stay tuned for more great things in the future.
Although SMS has gained tremendous popularity, its growth has been hampered in countries such as India due to high costs that have to be borne by the mobile user. Every media is largely funded by advertisers except mobile . Participation of advertisers in any media will bring down the costs enormously to the end users. You take the television Media, One can enjoy over 150 channels , 24 hours by just paying Rs.3 – 5 per day. News paper with 40 pages costs just Rs.2 per day. Its all because of the advertisers who funds the rest on behalf of the consumers.
Currently India’s mobile user base is more than a staggering 40 crores. When it comes to end subscribers, the advertising potential is as huge as the Indian print media. However, Indian advertisers, till recently, did not have the right platform to reach out to this ever growing base of Indian mobile users.
Furthermore, brand & media companies have been trying to reach out to their consumers on mobile phones in mobile dense countries like India. These advertisers prefer targeted advertising capturing the users’ attention. Traditional advertising channels such as TV, Radio, newspaper, billboards and the like, were not able to capture the complete attention of the consumers. SMS marketing is thus a great tool to acquire and retain customers – ensuring that a high level of brand loyalty is maintained.
Trying to address these problems and combining the needs of consumers and advertisers, Way2SMS has come up with the idea of giving partial screen space to advertisers and the rest to the mobile users. Since the advertiser funds the user communication, users can communicate more for nothing. Moreover, from an advertiser’s point of view, his money is well spent, since every user acts as a brand ambassador for the advertiser.
We have seen explosive growth in the last couple of years. We have been adding a million new users for every 40 days. As a result, tens of thousands of mails, requests and feedbacks sent to Way2SMS every week – inspired us and got us thinking.Over the last couple of months, I have been trying to figure out ways to reach out, listening, and generally get more in touch with those outside of No.89,Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
The first visible and quick result of that is WAY2SMS BLOG. I hope this will bridge the gap between you and Way2SMS.As you might expect, the first post is by Raju Vanapala , CEO of Way2SMS.Over the coming weeks and months, other folks from our team will make appearances to talk about who they are, what they do, and so on.
at Way2SMS Blog, You could find posts on Feature updates, Whats going on at Way2SMS, New features, Answers to user FAQs, Technology awareness, Insiders (Engineers, UI designers etc.,) experience, Behind the screen stories and Our milestones
If there are topics you’d like to see show up on the blog, post a comment to let us know.
Stay Connected, Lot more to come
Cheers
Raju Vanapala
CEO, WAY2SMS.COM
raju at way2sms.com
