Postscript and SimpleTexting are SMS marketing platforms for businesses that promote and answer customers by text. Postscript is built for online stores on Shopify that want texting to bring in sales, which suits ecommerce brands and agencies. SimpleTexting is built for small teams and nonprofits running text campaigns without a messaging specialist. Local shops, schools and churches fit it best.
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Pricing: Starter $0 platform fee with a $49/mo minimum spend, from $0.009/SMS; Growth $100/mo; Professional $500/mo; Enterprise on request. 30-day trial, $100 credit.
Postscript is SMS and RCS marketing for Shopify stores: campaigns, automation flows, a shared reply inbox and per-message billing.
Pricing: From $39/mo for 500 texts ($33.20/mo billed yearly); scales with volume
SimpleTexting is SMS marketing and two-way texting for small businesses and nonprofits, with drip campaigns, keyword opt-ins and a shared team inbox.
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Starter $0 platform fee with a $49/mo minimum spend, from $0.009/SMS; Growth $100/mo; Professional $500/mo; Enterprise on request. 30-day trial, $100 credit.
Choose Postscript if your store sells on Shopify and texting should drive online sales. Choose SimpleTexting if you are a small business or nonprofit that wants to run text polls and contests without a messaging team. Each is bought on a monthly paid plan, with higher plans sold by quote.
A Shopify merchant treating SMS as a sales channel is who Postscript is made for. Discount codes sent by text apply themselves at checkout, and sends respect legal quiet hours wherever the recipient lives. For a buyer, offers reach shoppers at sensible hours and redeem without extra steps. Postscript also adds rich messaging on Android phones. Its limit is reach beyond Shopify, since stores on other platforms must install an SDK on their own.
Nonprofits, churches and local shops are the organizations SimpleTexting fits best. It runs polls that subscribers answer by text and contests entered by keyword, which give a list something to join in on beyond promotions. Nonprofits and churches also get a discount, and live support is available every day of the week. The limit of SimpleTexting is scope, because it is only the texting layer and a separate CRM or booking tool stays the home of the contacts.
Postscript's users praise how easy it is to set up campaigns, flows and automations, and they like its competitive price for the features offered. They also value responsive, personal support. SimpleTexting's reviewers like fast, helpful support, which some say keeps them as customers. The platform and its mobile app are simple to use, and the core features cover what small businesses need.
Postscript tells of a nutrition company for athletes that switched its SMS program away from a rival tool. The brand sought clearer analytics and texts that build a community instead of leaning on discounts, and it reports strong SMS revenue and high subscriber retention. One SimpleTexting customer, an auto dealership lead generation platform, uses window signs that tell lot walkers to text a keyword. Replies reach the dealer's phone as leads, and the bulk of the company's business comes from that SMS product.
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