It's a hit outside of the United States -- buying a soda from a vending machine with a text message or paying for a movie ticket with a text message. The problem is many US firms think the idea of ordering with a simple text message is expensive, complicated, and their staff just doesn't know how to put it all together.
It is easier than you think!
Whether you are a pizza store wanting to take orders using text messages or a major retailer that wants to use text messages to sell during a TV advertisement, it can be done for a lot less $$$ than you imagine.
The magic is called "middleware" and the concept is simple. Middleware is a piece of software residing on our system that captures a text message, performs an operation on your server, and marries the two processes. Our software can act as if someone is on your website ordering directly or it can simply email or fax you an order as it comes in. Our service acts as the go-between to eliminate the complexity of the text messaging order entry process and converts that process into a standard CGI or call to a script on your server. There is no trick to the process, we work with you to understand exactly how you want to take orders with a text message and then we adjust our software to do just that. Within a few days you are up and running - taking orders or taking action from a text message.
You do not need to buy special in-house software or systems to make this work - if you have a website, email address or fax number, we can push the order directly to you with complete security.
People are using SMS/Text Messages right now in creative ways. Take a look at some of the genius applications other companies have created (we did not create these - this is an example of all the things you can do):
In the USA: Pay for parking
In the USA: Ordering a pizza
In the USA: Unlock your front door
...How creative is your idea?
The key here is to unlock your mind and think far, far outside the box and say "I want to do THIS ... with a text message and here is how I want to do it." That is when we come into the picture -- you tell us exactly how you want the process to work and we will adjust our system and make a perfect fit. It just takes some clever automated scripting which we have already created and then we bring your idea to life.
What about security?
What if someone steals the mobile phone or forges a text message? Your customers would assign single or multi-use passwords to their account so if someone stole their phone the thief would need to know the password so it's not that easy to fake an order.
How much does this cost?
Here's the best part - For a limited time we will charge a one-time design fee of just $595 for a basic text message order system. "Basic" means we take the order, verify the order with your system, and forward the order to you. (your system must be reachable via the Internet.) If you want us to perform a charge your customers credit card then there would be a small extra setup fee for working out the process with your merchant gateway vendor. The monthly text messaging fees are as follows (approximate, call us for exact figures):
175 orders per month = $69/month for inbound text messaging.
5,000 orders per month = $495/month for inbound text messaging.
* Mobile phone customers would pay their regular text messaging rate when ordering from you.
GOOD NEWS: That base message fee also includes up to 21,000 messages delivered from our powerful email marketing platform so you can also send traditional emails from our service and track the results of your campaigns. You win on every angle when using Global IntelliSystems.
If you have a more advanced idea like creating a system to feed parking meters in your town, just give us a call and we will quote you a very attractive price for a live system. Most advanced SMS/Text Messaging systems with auto-debit/auto-charge can be designed for a one time fee of $2500-$5000 (US) plus order rates as noted above.
Can this be used outside the USA?
Sorry but no. This order processing system is designed for US-based text messaging services ONLY.
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Order a pizza....buy a special report.....or unlock the front door.
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