Text messaging is an integral part of our daily lives. For many, it is the primary feature they use on their mobile phones. As an alternative to phone calls, this service is highly popular for its simplicity, discretion, and immediacy. Thesending of bulk SMS comes at a cost, but there are various solutions available to do it affordably: through SMS sending services, websites, or mobile applications.

Sending text messages from professional platforms

For professionals and businesses in any sector, there are platforms offering SMS sending solutions for campaigns. These platforms offer various packages to optimally meet professional needs. They allow for mass text messaging at a lower cost for marketing, advertising, or commercial information campaigns. These professional SMS are sent via the Internet to the recipient's mobile carrier. Examples of professional platforms forsending your online marketing SMS campaigns:

• Octopush
• OVH
• SMSenvoi
• Trendoo
• Digitaleo
• SMS Mode
• SMSfactor
• SMS.com

Etc. Whether for your marketing needs or to enhance your customer service, use the Octopush web platform to send professional-quality messages to your clients. Octopush is the simplest, most reliable, and most effective web management solution. Easily create eye-catching and profitable marketing campaigns to communicate information to your customers and prospects on their phones.

Send SMS from the Internet

You want to contact people living abroad without breaking the bank. You’ve run out of battery or credit and need to send a text. To solve these common problems, online sites offer the ability to send SMS campaigns in France and internationally from any device with a web connection. Most of these sites offer: SMS sending, plans that allow you to send a set number per day, or low-cost subscriptions. Furthermore, after signing up on these sites, you generally receive a batch of free texts as a thank you. Faced with this competition, mobile operators now offer the ability to send texts by logging into your Customer Area on their website. You have the same capabilities as sending from a mobile phone: sending a message to multiple recipients simultaneously, scheduling them, etc. On Bouygues Telecom, send up to 5 free texts per day to all mobile operators. On SFR, via SFR Mail, send 10 SMS and 10 MMS per day to mobile numbers of all French operators. At Orange, the SMS/MMS service allows you to send texts to France and abroad, billed per unit. You can also send a message from your computer. Scenario: you are at your desk, you need to send a message, and your phone is not within reach. Start a conversation from your PC or Mac in several ways: From your browser using a toolbar, by installing software that allows you to send SMS, or via your email inbox from any electronic messaging system. For example, Gmail with Google Hangouts. The message will appear as if you had sent it from your mobile. And you can reply to your contacts from wherever you want: from your computer or your mobile.

Send SMS from applications

Due to the high cost of texts, these have primarily developed as instant messaging services. Applications allow you to send texts on any device: PC, Mac, tablet, smartphone. A few examples: Facebook: in addition to being a social network, it can be useful for sending messages that are similar to texts. You just need to be connected to a network or have Wi-Fi. WhatsApp: this application allows you to send unlimited texts in France and abroad. However, this service only works if your contact also has WhatsApp on their mobile. Skype: you can send messages to any compatible number or to your Skype contacts who have saved a number in their profile. Viber: an application that allows you to send texts to a mobile in France and internationally. FireChat: an application for exchanging anonymous instant texts without a connection. It requires Wi-Fi to connect to the mobile phones of people around you. Ideal for continuing to send SMS in places where you don't have reception (subway, plane...). Sending texts from an internet platform, from the web, or from mobile software allows you to send messages in bulk using secure tools without spending a fortune!