14 DAY TRIAL // ClearSMS is a recently released web-based SMS service that allows you to send bulk SMS messages to anyone. The service is developed and maintained by Amyntor Limited, an English company from London that has offices in US and Canada too.
With ClearSMS you can easily send mass text messages with important notices to employees or business associates, reminders to family or friends, announcements or event schedules. To use the service you only need a PC with an internet connection. Register for free on the ClearSMS website and get the free trial run to test the service's capabilities.
The fees for the sent messages are calculated in credits, credits that you buy from ClearSMS, via the website. For US, one SMS text message costs 1 credit. For most of the world-wide countries, an SMS costs 1.77 credits. There are some more expensive exceptions, like Belgium with 2.24 credits per SMS or France with 2.60 credits for a message; or, if you want to send a message in New Zealand, to a phone from the Telecom New Zealand network, it will cost you 3.54 credits, although the other New Zealand networks have the 1.77 fee. Cheaper exceptions exist too, like Greece, with 1.59 credits, or Norway with only 1.18 credits per SMS.
The cost for a credit depends upon how many credits you intend to use. If you buy up to 200 credits you have to pay $21.29, which means that a credit values 9.1 cents. Buying more credits means paying less for one credit. For instance, 10,000 credits cost $921.20, meaning 7.8 cents per credit. What's nice about ClearSMS is that you don't have to pay regular fees, you just pay when you want to send messages, buying as many credits as you need.
Retail shops that want to announce customers about special sales, schools that need to send out advisories to parents and faculty, clubs that want to send out invitations for important events and so on are just some cases when ClearSMS can be used, as mentioned on the ClearSMS website.
The ClearSMS website offers you a "dashboard" where you can view your costs, message status, message history and any other information about your account. Also, messages can be scheduled to be sent on a future date specified by the user.
To sum-up, ClearSMS can be perfect for anyone needing to send SMS text messages to large groups of people.