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Powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable text messaging
With a mobile market penetration of over 70% text messaging is considered the world's most powerful and direct marketing medium and remains one of the best ways to stay in touch with your users. DOTGO® is a new way to take advantage of text messaging and "short codes" without going through the normally expensive, time-consuming, and technically complex process of setting up a text messaging service.
DOTGO Publisher
DOTGO Publisher is an easy-to-use suite of tools that provides an affordable way for individuals and businesses to take advantage of text messaging. DOTGO Publisher offers a range of features and messaging plans to fit the needs of any business or individual, and unlimited interactive messaging is free with all plans. In just minutes you can have your interactive text messaging services set up and ready to go.
DOTGO Publisher includes three tools: Site Builder, for creating interactive text messaging services, Message Center, for broadcasting messages, and Analytics, for tracking usage metrics.
Interactive text messaging
Interactive services give your users immediate access to your content: users send a text message to your domain name using a "short code" phone number and get back an immediate response, like details about your business, a special offer, or your contact information. Use the DOTGO Publisher Site Builder to easily set up and manage these interactive responses.
Broadcast text messaging
Broadcast text messaging lets your users subscribe to receive text message updates from your domain name, creating a direct line of communication to your customers. Use the DOTGO Publisher Message Center to send important announcements, timely offers, and other broadcast information immediately or scheduled for a later date.
Tracking and analytics
DOTGO Publisher Analytics lets you track your subscribers and their usage of your text messaging services, giving you insight into your customers' mobile needs.
A complete text messaging solution
Using DOTGO Publisher, any business or brand can easily create and manage robust and dynamic text messaging services that compliment its other marketing strategies. Sign up now for a free trial and start taking advantage of text messaging today.
FAQ
What is DOTGO?
DOTGO is a powerful new mobile publishing platform that allows your company, brand, or web site to quickly, easily, and affordably offer text messaging services.
How does it work?
To use DOTGO, just send a text message starting with an Internet domain name to the phone number (shortcode) DOTCOM (368266)-or to one of the phone numbers DOTEDU (368338), DOTGOV (368468), DOTNET (368638), or DOTORG (368674), as appropriate. For example, text "cnn" to the phone number DOTCOM (368266) to access cnn.com. Or text "wikipedia" to the phone number DOTORG (368674) to access wikipedia.org.
Do I get my own short code?
DOTGO® allows you to operate the keyword of your domain name texted in to one of the short codes DOTCOM (368266), DOTEDU (368338), DOTGOV (368468), DOTNET (368638), and DOTORG (368674). For instance, if you own the domain name google.com, you also own the keyword "google®" texted to the short code DOTCOM (368266). DOTGO's technology allows for verification of domain ownership to ensure that no one can publish anything associated with a domain name unless they own it.
What can I do with DOTGO?
DOTGO lets you build both "interactive" and "broadcast" text messaging services. Interactive text messaging services let your users text your domain name to get back immediate information. For example, a public transportation system might use an interactive service to let its users text in to get bus and train schedules on demand. Broadcast services let you send text messages to your users a regular (or irregular) schedule. For example, a news service might use a broadcast service to send breaking news alerts by text message.
What can I do with DOTGO Publisher?
DOTGO Publisher is an easy-to-use web-based suite of tools for creating and managing both interactive and broadcast text messaging services. DOTGO Publisher levels the playing field for anyone seeking to use text messaging to promote their brand--from individuals and small businesses to leading media companies.
Why text messaging?
Browsing the Internet using a mobile browser can be a frustrating experience: mobile-phone screens are small, mobile data service is slow, and mobile data plans with many carriers are expensive. In fact, less than 30% of phones are considered smart phones. In contrast, DOTGO is custom-built for the natural medium of mobile phones: text messaging. In many instances, you can find the information you need far more quickly, easily, and reliably by using DOTGO than you can by using a mobile browser. Don't believe it? Then try it!
How long does it take to deploy my service?
With DOTGO you can deploy your mobile service as soon as you verify ownership of your domain.
How does DOTGO send text messages?
DOTGO uses short codes to send and receive all text messages. Short codes are special 5- and 6-digit phone numbers that are reserved specifically for text messaging and are the most reliable and high-performance method of delivering text messages.
Does it work on all mobile phones?
Yes. DOTGO® works using text messaging, which is supported by virtually all mobile phones and is an extremely popular and rapidly growing form of communication, with 70% of the cell phone market currently using it. You don't need a special "smart" phone, and you don't need to download and install a custom application program. (Of course, DOTGO also works beautifully on all smart phones.)
Which carriers does it support?
DOTGO currently supports the following carriers: Alltel®, AT&T®, Boost, CellCom®, Cellular South, Cricket, East Kentucky Network, Immix, Nextel®, nTelos®, Rural Cellular, Sprint®, SuncomTM, T-Mobile, Unicel®, US Cellular, Verizon®, and Virgin Mobile.
Are users of my site charged?
No. All DOTGO services for users are offered free of charge. But standard message and data rates may apply--your users should check with their mobile carriers for details. Many cell phone plans now include unlimited text messaging as an option.
How much are plans?
You can choose from three DOTGO subscription plans. The Basic plan is available for $9.99 per month, and includes up to 1000 broadcast messages per month, unlimited interactive messaging, and access to the full DOTGO Publisher suite of tools (Site Builder, Message Center, Analytics). The Standard plan is available for $49.99 per month and includes up to 10,000 broadcast messages per month, unlimited interactive messaging, and access to the full DOTGO Publisher suite of tools. And the Pro plan is available for $249.99 per month and includes up to 100,000 broadcast messages per month, unlimited interactive messaging, and access to the full DOTGO Publisher suite of tools.