Free SMS Text Messaging with Yahoo Mail, Chat

Yahoo mail now offer free SMS text messaging service in addition to her well established mail and chat service. With more people now owning internet enabled mobile phones, service providers are tailoring services to target mobile phones. SMS messaging is more popular than email today.

Yahoo free text messaging service allows account holders to send free text messages with their mobile phone or computer. To send free SMS from your Yahoo mail account, you must be logged in to Yahoo chat. Yahoo free SMS service is not available in every country. Unfortunately, Nigeria is one country not yet supported on Yahoo free text messaging service.

Yahoo free SMS messages are limited to 153 characters including space. Note that although text messaging may be free for you the sender, the recipient may be billed even for receiving the SMS message.

Here is a list of countries and networks supported by Yahoo free text messaging service.

Related services

Send free SMS with Wadja: www.wadja.com
text me free: www.textmefree.com
Wadja on mobile: m.wadja.com
Send free text with mjoy: mjoy.com
text 4 free (free to only Globacom Nigeria): www.text4free.net

These free SMS services can be used in Nigeria.

Free Text Messaging Business Model

Most services that offer genuine free SMS use it as a marketing ploy to attract visitors to their website. Once on their site and enjoying their free SMS service, they hope you will try some of their non-free services. This may include music, games, and ringtone download. Free text services also make money through advertising.

To reduce cost of your SMS, free text messaging services buy cheaper bulk SMS from different network providers upfront, enabling you to send SMS free as part of their bulk account with the service providers. Therefore, although you get it free, the free SMS provider pays for it but at a cheaper rate because they buy the SMS in bulk.