Andromo's AirBop Integration Now Available!
Hey Everyone,
We released Andromo version 2.3.0 today which now contains the ability to send push notifications using AirBop - www.airbop.com.
Release notes can be found on our blog, and full instructions on how to use AirBop in your Andromo app can be found in the AirBop Push Message Notifications knowledge base article.
It's free to sign up, so give it a try!
Darryl
We released Andromo version 2.3.0 today which now contains the ability to send push notifications using AirBop - www.airbop.com.
Release notes can be found on our blog, and full instructions on how to use AirBop in your Andromo app can be found in the AirBop Push Message Notifications knowledge base article.
It's free to sign up, so give it a try!
Darryl
Comments
(1) If you go over your device cap, any extra registration requests just get ignored. So basically the first 1000 devices or so would work normally, and the rest wouldn't be able to register to receive any notifications.
(2) The device caps are per account, not per app. The free service will support up to 1000 active registrations in total at any given time. The distribution of that 1000 devices across your apps will depend on the order in which the devices register and unregister.
(3) That's the plan. We'd have to have a really, really good reason to change anything.
The way our paid plans work, once you're subscribed at a certain level, you keep the same price even if that plan goes up in the future -- you essentially get "grandfathered in."
Can it do that:
Somebody is ordering something via an Andromo form. Instead of sending the shop just an email, can I send them a PushNotification to read their email? If so, then I need a php program to add to my server to trigger the message. The shop will get a PushNotification on their app of the order
When your app is run it registers with the AirBop servers with a registration code. So the only information you'll see via AirBop is the registration code, the general location and the language. That is something you'd probably be able to accomplish by programming it yourself, but it's currently not possible using Andromo. I will however submit your feature suggestion to be considered in the future if there's enough demand.
Push notifications is a feature that Andromo users have requested very often which is why we decided to implement it. Push notifications have their purpose and not everyone would ever need such a feature. However it is a powerful marketing tool.
We're obviously still working on Andromo and we will continue to do so. We're sorry if that makes you angry.
Darryl
Yes, copying is in the suggestion box. While some may think it's a quick and simple task, the reality is that it isn't just duplicating a database entry, there are other details involved which make it difficult. We could definitely use some of those monkeys around here, and a few at home
The activity URL's were added in conjunction with the AirBop release as they give you the ability to jump to a specific activity via your push notification, however we plan on using them in other ways in the future within Andromo.
Regardless of whether AirBop is a separate service or not, there would be an additional charge for push notifications in Andromo given the server loads and costs. Look at other online app makers or push notification services, no one is giving this away for free.
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Not all apps need push notifications, but for some of our users, push notifications are nearly essential and will allow them to generate a lot of revenue, or to provide solutions to their clients that they couldn't offer otherwise. Those users understand the value of push notifications and will be happy with how inexpensive we made them.
It's an expensive service to operate, so it can't be free, but if you're building apps to make money, you should be able to use push notifications to generate more revenue for you -- either by (a) making your app that much better or (b) actually generating revenue directly. If you can't make money from them, or if your app doesn't really benefit from them, then it doesn't make sense for you to use them in the first place.