Member Avatar for Stefce

Hello everyone how are you doing? I wonder if there is a way i can send a notification or URL from my website to user mobile from PC browser for free, just to confirm the user is real?

Edited by Stefce
  • 3 Contributors
  • 6 Replies
  • 700 Views
  • 4 Hours Discussion Span
  • Latest Post Latest Post by ryantroop
Member Avatar for Dani

Why not send them an email where they need to click a link to verify their email address? You want to verify theri phone number? I'm unfortunately not sure of any services that do that for free. A lot of services do it ... I'm just not sure of any free ones off the top of my head.

Member Avatar for Stefce

I want to test things out, so i got this idea but am not too sure if it can be done for free, btw how much money companies charge to send SMS to the phone?

EDIT: I dont want via email because its too old method so am searching for something new, better and lets say easier.

Edited by Stefce
Member Avatar for Dani

Just because text messaging account confirmation is newer, does not imply that it is better than email verification.

Email verification is still required by all the major ISPs if you plan on building a mailing list or emailing your users for any reason.

Member Avatar for Stefce

Do you have any estimated amount of the price for SMS? Or recommend me a network that do this i will see for myself. :)

Edited by Stefce
Member Avatar for ryantroop

You can also buy an sms gateway device, or just a phone that allows AT commands. From there it costs however much your local carrier charges per month for access to their network.

Alternatively, every phone number is an email address to their respective carrier. Ex: 555555555@tmomail.net will send an sms to that phone number on the tmobile network. They will not forward, however, by you have to know the network for this method to work.

I short - for commercial or production, there is no good free option at the moment.

Be a part of the DaniWeb community

We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.