Buddy Texts

SMS commerce toolkit for brands: sell, fulfill, and re-market through two-way texting
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Turn a phone number into your fastest storefront. Buddy Texts lets your team set up an SMS sales channel in minutes: connect your ecommerce platform, pull in products, and start capturing opt-ins from checkout, pop-ups, QR codes, and social bios. Configure compliance defaults (quiet hours, link shortening, automatic opt-out handling), define your brand voice, and create segments from real behavior—first-time visitors, repeat buyers, high-intent browsers, and lapsed customers.

Launch revenue-ready messages without slowing down your calendar. Build a campaign by choosing a segment, selecting products, and dropping in a short offer. Add an image or GIF, set a keyword for quick replies, and include either a tap-to-buy link or a reply-to-buy option that auto-creates a cart with shipping and tax. Use A/B tests for copy and incentive size, schedule with smart send-time, and throttle delivery when inventory is tight. For conversational flows, route replies to guided prompts: size and color, address confirmation, or bundle upgrades. Every order triggers an instant receipt and an optional post-purchase add-on offer.

Keep operations tight after the sale. Orders from SMS sync to your OMS for pick, pack, and ship; Buddy Texts sends tracking updates, delivery confirmations, and “problem with address” nudges automatically. The shared inbox gives support teams context on the shopper’s session, product viewed, and previous orders. Use quick-reply macros for frequent questions (fit, materials, restock dates) and escalate to a human when needed. Enable self-serve actions like cancel within 30 minutes, swap variants before fulfillment, or request a return label. All replies are logged to the customer profile to improve future targeting.

Turn one-time buyers into loyal subscribers with automated journeys. Set triggers for browse and cart abandonment, back-in-stock, price drops, VIP early access, and subscription replenishment. Ask one-tap questions to collect preferences and use that zero-party data to personalize future offers. Monitor revenue attribution, conversion rate, average order value, and unsubscribe trends from a single dashboard. Coordinate with email and ads to avoid message fatigue, and use send-frequency caps to protect deliverability. With clear reporting and built-in compliance, you can test fast, scale what works, and keep your brand’s voice consistent across every text.

Review Summary

Features

  • - Ecommerce and catalog sync
  • - Reply-to-buy and tap-to-buy checkout
  • - Segmentation and zero-party data capture
  • - A/B testing and smart scheduling
  • - MMS support with images and GIFs
  • - Automated triggers (abandonment, restock, price drop, reorder)
  • - Shared two-way inbox with macros and CS tools
  • - Order updates and tracking via SMS
  • - Compliance guardrails (quiet hours, opt-out, link shortener)
  • - Revenue and attribution analytics
  • - Keywords, short codes, and QR code growth tools
  • - Integrations (payments, OMS, ESP/ads coordination)

How It’s Used

  • - Launch a limited product drop with VIP early access and reply-to-buy
  • - Recover abandoned carts with a timed incentive and size/fit guidance
  • - Notify customers when items are back in stock with 1-tap checkout
  • - Run a weekend flash sale with inventory-aware throttling
  • - Send reorder reminders for consumables on predicted depletion dates
  • - Post-purchase upsell for accessories and refills
  • - Provide delivery updates and resolve issues from a single SMS thread
  • - Collect style or flavor preferences via one-tap polls for future targeting
  • - Win back lapsed customers with personalized bundles and deadlines
  • - Coordinate SMS and email to avoid overlap and control message frequency

Plans & Pricing

Starter

$49.00 per month

1,000 Messages
$0.04 per text over plan
5% Transaction Fee

Growth

$199.00 per month

5,000 Messages
$0.04 per text over plan
4% Transaction Fee

Enterprise

$499.00 per month

15,000 Messages
$0.04 per text over plan
3% Transaction Fee

Pay as You Go

Free

Unlimited Messages
$0.05 Per Message
7% Transaction Fee

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