Another Free SMS Service? Bring it on! Too bad that this service is only for Australian at the moment (i.e You need to have an Australian mobile number and you can only send to Australian numbers as well).
Yakedi.com was launched on 22nd November 2007, so it is quite new in the market.
I’ve just registered today and started sending a few SMSes to find out how this new service performs (thanks to nickoteen5 for letting us know about Yakedi!)
Yakedi offers you UNLIMITED SMS. Yes, unlimited (at least at the moment). Most free SMS services will give you a limited amount of SMS per day/week/month and your pool will be refreshed every now and then. With Yakedi, you are not tied to any limit of SMS that you can send.
Updated on 14th July 2008: Yakedi now offers only 10 SMS per day. It’s still a lot and I’m sure this was because there must be people who are abusing the unlimited system (obviously).
Quoted from the site:
Whilst sitting at a local cafe, we discussed the notion of how absurd the cost of telecommunications is, and specifically, SMS; considering how cheaply it could be provided. It was then decided, that nobody on the planet should have pay for sms again. Hence, yakedi was born
To send an SMS, you need to register first at Yakedi.com with a valid email address and also your mobile number (Yakedi will send an SMS to your number for the validation code). After the validation process is completed, you can start sending SMS straight away. Afraid of SPAM? Don’t. They promise on their site that you will never get an email SPAM or SMS SPAM, ever.
Sending the SMS is a step-by-step process, which is easy:
| Step 1: Enter your recipient number (or select from address book) |
Step 2: Enter the message (up to 160 chars) |
Step 3: Confirm before it’s being sent
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Step 4: Done |
They also have an address book feature so you can save your friends’ contact number on the site. All SMS messages have no advertisement on them and the sender’s number will come from your mobile (so your friends won’t know that you are using a FREE SMS service ^^)
How can they provide a free SMS service with no catch? Easy, the advertisement banners. When people clicking on their ads, they will get some $$. This $$ will then be used to keep their service running (paying for the cost of hosting, SMS service, etc), just like this blog.
I’m very happy with their service so far (instant SMS delivery) but we still have to see how are they going to perform once they’ve got thousands of members sending SMSes daily.
It looks like they are planning to provide SMS services outside of Australia (they have country selections being built-in), but I’ve seen no news about this yet on the site.
If you have been using Yakedi FREE SMS service, please share your comments and thoughts here with us!
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Hi Michael,
Yes I use Yakedi a lot. I am not a fast texter and I prefer to type. Makes my life a lot easier.
I do counselling work and use Yakedi to send reminders of appointments and missed appointments. A lot of younger clients are always texting me and I used to phone back as it took too long to reply. So yakedi is saving me money!
I also like that I can check back and see who I have send messages to and when very easily.
If they want to improve the service they could somehow allow users to create lists of contacts as I would like to keep work and social separate.
I love that it is Australian and I tell all my friends about it.
Cheers
Atlanta
That sounds great, Atlanta! I wish our councillor in the church is a tech-savy user ^^ She paid so much for counselling (SMS and calls)
I’ve been using yakedi! for about 2 weeks now. I really like it. The best thing about it is that it’s free, and I make sure I click on a few ads everyday, so the service stays free… LOL. The only problem I have with yakedi! is that it has been down a few times when I’ve tried to use it, and I can therefore not send free text… very frustrating. I hope they fix this in the future.
Hi all,
It’s great to read your feedback and positive thoughts on our service.
Our most humble apologies regarding the downtime some may have experienced over the past few weeks. Following this blog entry (thanks Michael) we received an increased amount of traffic which required some better gear to handle it.
We have since upgraded our gear and the site is running well.
Thanks again for supporting the site, the payment we would like is for you all to tell your mates!!!
If there is any further feedback you would like to give us, jump onto Yakedi and hit the feedback button!!!
Cheers,
The Yakedi team
Thanks for dropping by! I never noticed any downtime whatsoever
But it’s great to hear a good service backed up with a great team.
If there’s anything else that I can do (besides spreading the word), please feel free to let me know
Michael,
You have been a great help with a well respected blog entry.
It is already more than expected for you to enter this. We at Yakedi have been meaning to thank you for this since we found this entry.
Much appreciated Michael.
Yakedi
I joined yakedi and it’s not bad but how long will they stay around??? Im sick of free sms sites going down only after a few months (intazaar, youtext…) so now I only use http://www.smsfun.com.au since its been around for 2 years
hi, thank you for this service. I am impressed.
However is it not working at the moment.
Inez
Hi Inez, it’s working fine on my end. Maybe there was a glitch on the server? Have you tried again?
@Jane: Well, since it’s free, I guess we can’t really be angry or anything, can we?
So far Yakedi has been good and solid. Maybe click a few banners once a while to support them while you are using their services. It’ll certainly help.
Hi Jane, please do not think I am angry, I am grateful.
I have been able to send my clients text messages.
I am a hairstylist and next to doing hair, I also talk alot and have been spreading the word about Yakedi.
I was not aware that I could click on the banners I have been waiting for more questions when I log in.
Dher I get it now!
I will be more supportive while I am using this site.
Thankyou
Hi Michael,I found another web site like u..It,s about free sms…but thanks for info..
http://free-sms-from-pc-to-mobile.blogspot.com/
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Is Yakedi still working. I have tried to register my number and my sons number and ob both occasions I received an error message after entering the SMS code.
No I can not reregister as it says that there is a registration pending – but I can’t get any log in details as it says that there is nothing registered for these numbers.
I have also sent a number of messages to Yakedi and had not response for the last month.
Thanks
Hm it still is working for me, but I haven’t tried registering for a new number.
It’s kinda sad though if they haven’t responded back to you for a whole month. Can you find a different email address to send to?
I have tried a different email and I get a new registration email to follow but when I get to the part where I have to enter my mobile number it says that “there is already an account pending for this number”. It then gives me an option to click if I have forgotten my password, so again I enter the details and the response that i get is “there is no record of an account with those details”
I agree it is sad that I have had no response from them for the last month.
thanks for your help though
Yeah, now Yakedi’s toned it down to 10 SMS a day…I must admit it’s kinda disappointing, but also rather expected.
I never used all that many, but now I feel hedged in because of the ‘x free SMSes’ remaining red line. XD
Yeah I got the email from them a few days ago. Which reminds me, that I should update this post soon.
10 Free SMS is still a lot for me though
You can also apply at smsfun.com.au for another free sms service!
I think yakedi is great and fast as well. Sick of free (or even paid) services that take ages to deliver txt.
Whilst I never used even 10 sms per day, it is a pity some people have to abuse the service.
I’m another person who is trying to sign up to Yakedi. I never got the verification code sent to my phone, and I’ve been emailing them for a week without any response.
Sorry to hear that
I’ve been using their service ever since I posted this and so far I haven’t encountered any problems with them, yet..
You can also try freesms.com.au, but the site is full of ads. I use Yakedi and freesms alternately
Yakedi’s only allowing me to send three messages a day now.
I feel really … limited.
10 was okay, but three …
I know
But Yakedi is still the best among the other free SMS service.. free, simple website, no ads embedded on the sms, no points system, etc
Yakedi hasn’t worked for me for a few weeks, now. Is anyone else having the same problem???
Mine works well here, Kerrin. Still using it regularly to send a few SMS here and there
hi there
i really like Yakedi, but ive recently sent a message to a phone and now it wont stop resending over & over again. i dont know why and ive tried everything (deleting my account, deleting the message etc.) but i cant seem to fix it! can anyone help me?
thanks.
I’m sorry that it happens to you
I haven’t had any problems with Yakedi and still using it every now and then without any problem.
I’m sure you have already tried contacting them directly? If yes, then hopefully someone here has a solution to your issue.