AlertEnu: push notifications instead of SMS
AlertEnu lets businesses, schools and clubs send push notifications to subscribers who joined with a QR code or a link - scheduled or in real time, without paying for SMS.
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A 360° tour brings people through the door once. Getting them to come back - to the next open day, the next event, the next offer - needs a way to reach them. Text messages are expensive and email often goes unread. AlertEnu offers a simpler route: push notifications to people who chose to follow you.
How it works
AlertEnu is built around channels. You create a channel - public or private - and share it with a link or a QR code. People who scan it subscribe and from then on receive your notifications on their phone. You send a message to the whole channel at once, either straight away or on a schedule.
There is one mobile app for everyone, so your subscribers do not need a separate app for every shop, school or club they follow.
Ideas for the places we photograph
- Restaurants and cafés - a QR code on the counter or on the table: "Follow us for today's specials." A supermarket example on the AlertEnu site replaces around 20,000 SMS a month with push notifications.
- Salons, clinics and gyms - tell followers when a cancellation frees up an appointment or a class.
- Schools and nurseries - reminders about open days, events and term dates to families who opted in; add the link to your virtual tour in the message.
- Venues and clubs - event announcements and last-minute changes, sent to everyone at once.
- Estate agents - new listings for people who asked to hear about them.
For developers
Every channel has its own API key, so notifications can also be sent from your own systems: a booking system, a website, monitoring or deployments. The API is REST-first, which makes AlertEnu a handy building block for automated alerts.
Cost
AlertEnu is free for individuals and families, has a generous free tier for developers, and signing up does not need a credit card. Current details are on alertenu.com.
Tour, then follow
Your virtual tour gets people interested; a follow button keeps them in touch. Put both on your website - the tour to show the place, the AlertEnu channel to bring visitors back.
Ready to show your venue first? See our virtual tours or get in touch.
