Let a 100 shortcodes bloom

We’ve talked about the complexity of having a conversation over SMS before. The updates you receive from anyone you follow on Pring has a number at the end. If you wanted to comment on that update, you had to reply using that number followed by your comment. Sounds complicated? Well, it can be.

But worry no more! We’re very happy to announce that starting today, if you’re a Zong customer, you can comment on any update by simply replying to it. This really simplifies the experience of  having a conversation around a particular update.

So, how do we achieve this? When you reply to an SMS, we have no way of knowing what you are replying to. In order to keep track of what you are replying to, we send you updates each time through a different shortcode. For example, instead of getting an update from 2323 (for Zong customers), you will get an update from 232310 or 232311 etc. When you reply to this shortcode, we keep track of the message we sent to you and add your reply as a comment to it. But for updating your status, you still have to send it to 2323. Everything else works the same.

Working with CMPak (the people behind Zong) has been great and they’ve been the first in taking innovation like this forward quickly by allocating us a hundred codes from 232300 to 232399. We’re working with other Mobile Operators to bring this functionality there as well. We hope this update makes it easier for you to make comments.

Happy commenting!

by @Nash

9 Responses to “Let a 100 shortcodes bloom”

  1. Kashif Zahid Says:

    I liked the idea and good work Nash n team ;-)

  2. Imran Yousaf Says:

    But this service has stopped sms for zong numbers

  3. Murad Says:

    Great idea aud good job. My group name Murad

  4. nash Says:

    @Imran, Zong had downtime, please see http://www.pringit.com/Pring/pings/3780999 and http://www.pringit.com/Pring/pings/3787066

  5. Imran Yousaf Says:

    This service has become slow plz make it fast.

  6. Aizaz Ahmed Says:

    this is very nice work

  7. inayat_mahar56 Says:

    hi this service is nice and we are enjoying as much as we like

  8. age Says:

    nice work guyz

  9. Aisha Says:

    most of the costumers are nt available wid the use of this work so explanation should be there.

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