In a fiercely competitive new era for digital technologies, where everyone promises to bring us the best of the newest services available, it can be hard to know where to start. Worse still is trying to determine which services are genuine, as opposed to ones that simply want you to part with your money.
Using temporary numbers online is one such service; with many different companies now trying to fill the market. However, from time to time, you come across honest and real service. One that doesn’t mean to rip you off but, dare we say it, is actually trying to help you. We sat down with Ann Carranza, founder and CEO of TemporaryNumber, a service that allows you to receive SMS online. The service has hundreds of different high-quality temporary numbers, all available to use for free.
The Temporary Telephone Number Market is Saturated, What Motivated You to Create Another?
(laughs) Yes, you’re right, it’s saturated. But do you know what it is saturated with? Companies that really don’t give a damn about your online privacy, security or user experience and are just looking to make money. I have no doubt we’ll get to that topic later, but in short, I created TemporalNumber because honestly, there’s nothing like it currently available on the market. He wanted to create a service that anyone could access, without fear of subscriptions, high prices, and poor service.
Why are temporary phone numbers in high demand?
People are becoming aware of the security and privacy threats we all face online. It only gets worse as more and more people have access to the internet. People are tired of having to give out their personal information and want to be able to receive any SMS they may need, while maintaining a high level of anonymity and security. We are all aware of the fact that entering your own number online can result in things like spam sales calls and text messages, even tracking your online activity; we’ve all had enough and temporary numbers offer us an alternative.
What are the common challenges people face when using temporary phone numbers?
It ranges from the slightly inconvenient to the significant. Little annoyances, like a slow website, mean you have to spend a lot of time and effort to use a number. Moving on to things like being charged a ridiculously high price for using a number, something they don’t always make clear at first. Then you have the fact that with some services using very low quality numbers with too much usage, your message may not be received at all. This is a deal breaker and something no one should have to put up with.
How can your Service be Considered Honest and Reliable?
This is a fairly easy question to answer, largely due to the points mentioned above. Our service can be considered as honest as with us, what you see is literally what you get! All of our numbers are listed right on the home page, and all you have to do is click on them to use them. No fuss, no cash. I’d say that’s pretty honest, no? Also, all of our numbers never exceed a certain number of SMS received before going offline, and new ones are added instead. In this way, you will always know that you will be able to access your SMS quickly and effectively: reliability, we would say!
What Benefits Does Your Service Offer Compared to Other Existing Options in the Market?
Where to start? First of all, it’s important to note that some services DO offer aspects of what we do, but none of them offer all of them! First of all, our service is totally, 100% free. We will never ask you to pay anything for the use of our numbers. The problem is, you hear this all the time, so you’ll have to try our service to really believe it’s true. Next, the level of service on our site is good. Everything is easy to navigate, we have blogs explaining the benefits of temporary numbers and when to use them, and you can actually access our numbers and receive your SMS on them in a matter of minutes. Then we look at things like number quality, which is another area where other services seem to fall short. We have a strict process whereby all our numbers are disconnected the moment they receive a certain amount of SMS. If you’re wondering why, it’s because research has shown that after a certain number is received, the numbers start to drop and cannot cope with the amount of data being received. Before this happens, we disconnect these numbers and add new ones in their place, which means that you will always receive your SMS quickly and effectively. With this in mind, take a look at other temporary number services online and see the quality of their numbers, it’s really amazing how bad they are.
What does the future look like for the temporary number?
Bright! We have plans to introduce a mobile app to make it even easier for people to receive SMS online, giving them the privacy, security and anonymity they deserve. Watch this space! Until then, we continue to offer people the use of free, high-quality temporary numbers online. This is what that’s about! We will never change the fact that our service is free, because I myself am tired of services that claim to be free, but actually charge you or just offer a free trial.
In summary
Sitting down with Ann has further cemented our thoughts on the world of temporary numbers online – that there are very few legitimate services, and even fewer that are legitimate and free to use. That’s why TemporaryNumber is like a breath of fresh air when it comes to receiving SMS messages online, and definitely a service you should try if you’re looking to try it yourself.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn