Text Messaging Helps Private Owners and Dealerships to Sell Used Vehicles
June 13, 2007
Baltimore, Maryland June 13, 2007—TextUp offers a service that allows private owners and dealerships to provide the information and picture about vehicles for sale to a potential purchaser’s cell phone. When the potential buyer sees a vehicle with the TextUp logo they can send a text message to TextUp and they will receive a text message back that contains all of the information needed at no charge other than standard text messaging rates charged by the wireless carrier.

More than 90% of U.S. adults own a cell phone and more than 10 billion text messages are sent and received every month. Text messages are very effective for helping to sell vehicle because the information is stored in the potential buyers’ cell phone for later use or to be shared with others without requiring a PC.

“I signed up for TextUp vehicle service after I saw the logo on a vehicle two months ago that I was interested in buying. The vehicle had a for sale sign on it that had basic vehicle information and a keyword to text. I did not have a pen handy so I decided to send a text message as instructed on the vehicle and within seconds I had the vehicle information, contact information, and a picture of the vehicle downloaded to my cell phone for free and there were no ads or anything. Later that evening I wanted to show my girlfriend the car and I was able to show her from my cell phone while we were at dinner and she actually liked what she saw. So I went on to purchase the car. One week later I decided to sell my car and I used TextUp vehicle service which cost me only $9.99. I was able to track the number of people that downloaded information about my car to their cell phones and I also had the option of following up with them via telephone or text messaging” said Virginia resident Steve Cook.

Text messaging is considered to be one of the most effective advertising and promotions medium known and is experiencing unprecedented growth every year. We all know teens love to text; 29% of teens send more than ten texts per day. But, text messaging is not just for teens. 39% of active text message users (those sending more than ten messages per week) are over the age of 35. Even Grandma does it now--8% of those over the age of 70 are now considered active text messengers. All combined there are more than 95 million active text messengers in the U.S.

About the company
TextUp provides a new and fast way to reach consumers and deliver important information. There is no other company that provides sellers and individuals with keywords that allow them to use text messaging to market to and inform potential buyers. To see more of what TextUp offers visit http://www.textup.net/carinfo.asp

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Text Messaging Helps Private Owners and Dealerships to Sell Used Vehicles

About the Press Release
TextUp is a company that specializes in providing text messaging solutions to consumers and businesses.


 
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