On October 29, 2015 David Weisberg, an attorney for Kristensen Weisberg, LLP, received the following text message on his mobile phone from Stripe that read “Thanks for saving your payment info! This number will be used to verify your identity at Registration and other sites using Stripe Checkout.”
Do you remember SMS marketing providers – Mobile Messenger, Payvia, MoGreet, or even Outspoken? While most SMS marketers remember these brands, it’s almost impossible to find someone that knows exactly what happened to these SMS marketing providers. Instead of just shrugging it off, and letting bygones be bygones, we decided to figure out exactly what …
In May of 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, that before a plaintiff could pursue a lawsuit for a violation of a federal law, they must first prove that they actually incurred “concrete” injury because of that violation. Why does this matter for text message marketing?
It’s the end of an era… Signal Engage, an SMS marketing platform started in 2006 has officially shut down their SMS marketing platform, after being acquired by BrightTag back in 2014. While the original plan was to sunset the Signal Engage SMS marketing platform by March 31, 2015, it looks like they kept the …
It was announced on June 6, 2016, that SendHub, an SMS marketing provider, was acquired by Cameo Global. SendHub was founded in December of 2011, initially started in Y Combinator. The company had raised $10 million in funding, from Y-Combinator, Kapor Capital, Menlo Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Alexis Ohanian, Garry Tan, the Seraph Group, and other investors.
It was announced this week that Syniverse, an SMS aggregator, has acquired a minority stake in Vibes, an SMS marketing platform. This type of acquisition, where an SMS aggregator acquires all, or a part of an SMS marketing provider, has become considerably more popular recently, as SMS aggregators look to expand their services beyond just SMS aggregation.
Are you a nonprofit looking to lease a shortcode for text messaging? If so, did you know that Tatango can now offer eligible nonprofits a nonprofit shortcode discount of 60% off regular shortcode pricing? It’s true, and a super good deal for any nonprofit interested in purchasing their own shortcode.
Are you concerned about the possibility of being sued for sending consumers text messages that violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)? If so, or you’re just interested in understanding the ever changing laws that affect text message marketing, you’re going to want to understand Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case of …
Founded in 2004, Hipcricket was once the leading text messaging provider in the United States. Hipcricket serviced major enterprise clients such as Macy’s, MillerCoors, Nestle, KFC, and Clear Channel, managing more than 200 SMS short codes, with annual revenues of $26.7 million. Then in 2015, Hipcricket filed for bankruptcy, after declaring that the company had …
When Upland Software acquired Mobile Commons back in December of 2014, the acquisition price wasn’t disclosed. Luckily for our readers, and the mobile marketing industry, publicly traded companies like Upland Software have to produce SEC filings, which can give interested parties information regarding transactions like the acquisition of Mobile Commons.
