Introducing...
GoldSMS
- Now you can send real SMS text messages from within GoldMine with one click!
- No need to know the recipient's cell phone carrier.
- Send text to a contact, or to one of your reps regarding a contact.
- History is linked and logged back into GoldMine.
- Inexpensive: as low as $0.02 (yes, that's two cents!) per text.
- Supports all recent versions of GoldMine.
- Click here to register for your free 30-day trial!
- Click here for pricing and answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
Compare to GoldMine's Native SMS/Texting functionality:
|
GoldMine “Native” Functionality |
GoldSMS |
Save text to History |
Yes. |
Yes. |
Reliability, texting to employees |
Good; employees’ carrier is generally knowable. |
Excellent; you only need the cell phone number, just like texting from an actual cell phone. |
Reliability, texting to 3rd parties |
Iffy; could only work if 3rd parties reveal which carrier they use. |
Excellent; you only need the cell phone number, just like texting from an actual cell phone. |
Reliability, texting to customers |
Close to nil; could only work if customers reveal which carrier they use. |
Excellent; you only need the cell phone number, just like texting from an actual cell phone. |
Protocol |
SMTP; relatively insecure. |
HTTPS; completely secure. |
User Interface, general |
2 options (Send SMS and Send Pager), both archaic |
Intuitive, easy to use |
User Interface, phone number selection |
Few defaults, i.e. phone1, phone2, phone3. Not configurable. May include GoldMine users. |
System automatically finds cell phone # from main fields. Permits user designation of fields in ini file. Permits selection of Additional Contacts’ numbers. Permits one-off manual entry. Permits listing of GoldMine users via ini file. |
Message length |
Fixed, 160 characters; everything beyond 160 is truncated. |
Message is “chunked” and delivered to modern cell phones as sequential blocks of 160 characters. |
Cost |
Built-in. $0 |
As low as two cents per text. |
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