Review My Free Texting Website

[MaTrIxLoVeR]

Hey guys,

My partner and I started up this website a little bit ago called FreeTextSend where you can send free texts from your computer to any cellphone. It's fun, it's quick, and we do not keep or sell your phone numbers. Your privacy is totally confidential.

We're still developing a bit with the different pages, so some of the links go back to the home page for now, but I was just wondering if I can get some reviews for our website.

I appreciate anything, reviews, constructive criticism etc.

Thanks in advance.

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[AstoundingDesigns]

I like it alot. Nice template, good service.

But when i send a text to my personal phone the "from" section comes in as [email protected]

that email takes up the entire screen and saturates my message. It should be able to say FREETEXTSEND.COM or my actual name.

How do i know who sent this text?

Nice site.

 

[MaTrIxLoVeR]

But when i send a text to my personal phone the "from" section comes in as [email protected]

that email takes up the entire screen and saturates my message. It should be able to say FREETEXTSEND.COM or my actual name.

How do i know who sent this text?

Nice site.

Thanks for the review. As of right now, there isn't a way for the person to put their name in the "from" section, we'll be figuring that part later on. But if a friend is texting you using the site, they could put their name in the message to tell you who it's from, or their number as well. This website could be used as an anonymous text service, but most likely we'll be adding in the function of stating who it's from.

Also I didn't understand what you were saying about the email that takes up your screen. If you could clarify that would be great.

Any other reviews?

 

[BrandonG]

I tested it, how long does it take to go through?

I haven't received it yet, but i'm hoping it'll go through. Then it'll be a good service. :hehe:

 

[Porte]

My comments about Design.

The sentence "Please choose the receiver's cellular phone service provider." is not correctly aligned within your site.. its right at the footer of the page. (IE6)

The current placement of Adsense is a bit confusing.. As users like to see steps from 1 to 4 much clearer, you put adsense once in the right, and once in the left. I guess no need to change positions for the ads. I would suggest that one vertical adsense unit could take place and resolve this.

I like your navigation menu a lot.

In the header, your site is missing a logo.. A SMS-feel logo, and a FavIcon too
That is all I could say about your site, great job, good luck

 

[Mike]

Probably one of the best intuitive layouts that i've seen for a site like this. No clicking, just walk through the screen following the visual clues. Great Job!

The main ingredient that's "off" is the text logo up top, it's not clearly visible and melts with the white backdrop of the content area.

Otherwise, great job!

IB

 

[MaTrIxLoVeR]

I tested it, how long does it take to go through?

I haven't received it yet, but i'm hoping it'll go through. Then it'll be a good service. :hehe:

It usually goes through instantly. What service are you using? I've had a lot of people test it, including myself and it works for me.

Thanks for pointing out that the website doesn't look as great in IE. It's a lot of help, noticing the errors from the get-go. And that's for all the comments about the design.

@porte: What kind of sms-feeling logo do you think we should have. Maybe something with a cellphone in it? I'm open to suggestions. And the reason why there isn't a vertical ad is that I think it's better for CTR to have the ads surrounding the input boxes. Who knows, maybe in the future we'll test around and see which gets more CTR.

@IntelBank: Thanks for the comment, that's the aim we are trying to get at for our website. A non spammy, fast loading site for anyone to use.

Any other reviews? All would be appreciated.

 

[Mike]

i just sent myself a message, it didn't come through, even after waiting for a while....(Sprint)
One thing i'd appreciate in the text window is a functional counter that actually counts down from 130 as i type.

Still, great site. :tu:

IB

 

[MaTrIxLoVeR]

Hmm. I'll take a look into the sprint problem for you and try and fix it The 130 counter used to work, but I'll take a look into that as well.

Thanks for all of the feedback and the constructive criticism. More would be greatly appreciated.

 

[dave9713]

i like the idea but won't seem to work when i send a text... does it matter that i'm in england?

 

[MaTrIxLoVeR]

Is the service that you use on the list at our website? Right now the website is primarily US based, but soon we will be adding options for different countries.

Any other reviews particularly to the design?