Availability Alerts: A Business SMS Use Case
A common practice these days is to receive alerts, by email, about the availability of stock, but also growing is the ability to receive such alerts by text, especially for those who need to know urgently or simply don’t have access to email.
The following are just some of the sectors already benefiting from using SMS text messaging to send alerts: Online Retailers, High St Retail
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