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Instasent

AI-Powered SMS Marketing for DTC & E-Com Brands.

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Instasent is a revenue messaging platform for direct-to-consumer brands that use SMS to reach customers. It addresses scattered customer data by unifying it into a single view, then applies segmentation and automation so messages can be timed to customer behavior such as cart recovery, renewals, and shipping updates.

Core modules include a Customer Data Platform with a 360 customer view, activity history, dynamic audiences, and automatic contact deduplication; bulk SMS campaigns with personalization, A/B testing, URL shortening, and sales tracking; SMS automations with pre-built templates; and Insights & Analytics covering audience patterns, SMS performance, sales and conversions, and campaign reports. AI features include a Copy Assistant, Brand Identity, and campaign suggestions. Integrations span Shopify, Shopify Plus, WooCommerce, PrestaShop, Magento, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, HighLevel, Intercom, Hotmart, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n, and others, with an Ingest API and SMS API for data input.

Instasent is packaged as a Free plan with no credit card required, plus Premium and Business editions available via a 14-day trial. Plans are seat- and project-based, with limits on invited members, projects, integrations, automations, and data sources scaling up to unlimited on higher tiers; SMS is charged per message with rates varying by country, and paid plans include monthly SMS credit.

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