Everything organizers ask, answered.

SMSGO is a communication platform for organizers who need to reach a large group of people by text, by email, or both, without asking anyone to download an app. Broadcast when you just need to communicate. Coordinate when you need more.

• Build your audienceAdd people by phone or email, sort them into groups and teams, and let people join on their own.
• SendMessage everyone, a group, a team or one person from the web, from your phone, or from your email.
• Hear backReplies come privately to you, not to the whole group.
• CoordinatePolls, RSVPs, reminders, and events that announce themselves when enough people say YES.

Anyone who organizes people: a weekly pickup game, a homeschool co-op, a church youth group, a PTA, a book club, a dance studio, a wedding weekend. If you need to reach a crowd and hear back from them, it fits.

• Real groups todayPickup Ultimate, homeschool families, board game nights, mahjong clubs, youth sports teams, school PTAs and community series all use SMSGO.
• Small or largeTen people or several hundred. Phones cap a group text at roughly 20 to 30 people; SMSGO doesn’t.
• Organizers, not marketersIt’s built for members, players, parents and volunteers, not sales campaigns.

No. Members get a normal text or a normal email, and they answer the same way. There’s no app, no account and no password for them, ever.

• MembersReply from their regular texting app or inbox. Nothing to install, nothing to forget.
• You, the organizerNothing to install either. Run it from the web, or from your own phone and email with commands.
• Everyone includedThe grandparent with a flip phone and the teenager who ignores app notifications both get the message.

A group chat puts everyone in one noisy room. SMSGO sends each person a private message, and their answers come back only to you.

• No reply-allNobody gets buried in 40 “thumbs up” messages. Each reply is a private conversation with you.
• Numbers stay privateMembers never see each other’s phone numbers or email addresses.
• No size capPhones limit group texts to roughly 20 to 30 people. SMSGO sends to your whole list.
• It counts for youSMSGO can tally YES replies and announce when an event is on, which a group chat can’t.

SMSGO is run by its founder, Jonathon Lunardi, in Silver Spring, Maryland. He built it to keep his own weekly pickup Ultimate game going, and he still answers a lot of the support himself.

• Real peopleText support from your account and you reach a person, usually Jonathon.
• A public track recordHis professional history is on LinkedIn, and the full story is on the Our Story page.
• Your ideas get builtMany of today’s features started as an organizer asking for them.

Send us your list and we’ll add everyone for you, free. A spreadsheet, a CSV, an old roster, an email full of names and numbers: whatever format you already have.

• Start with $5Create your account and fund your wallet.
• Send your listAny format you have. No cleanup required.
• We import itAt no charge, so your group is ready to message on day one.

Yes. Every group gets a short code, a join link and a QR code, so new people can add themselves without you typing anything.

• Text to joinThey text JOIN plus your code (for example JOIN SSU) to 240-786-1112, then reply with their name.
• Join link and QR codeText it, post it, or print it on a flyer. People enter their own number on your group’s Join page.
• Names collected for youIf someone joins without a name, SMSGO asks for it. Members can update it any time by texting NAME.

#ADD puts a new contact on your list from your phone or your email, in one line. You can also make trusted members Recruiters so they can add people too.

• From your phoneText #ADD 2025551234 Jane Smith, or #ADD [email protected] Jane Smith. Phone numbers add instantly when instant-add is on for your account.
• From your emailSend the same #ADD line in the subject or on its own line.
• RecruitersA Recruiter can #ADD contacts by text or email, and that’s all. They can’t send, see your list or change settings.

Yes. Put people into groups like Regulars, Subs or Parents, and use teams for two-sided events. One person can be in several groups.

• Send to one groupChoose it in the composer, or text #GroupName with your message.
• Counted onceSomeone in two groups you’re messaging still gets one message, and you pay once.
• TeamsDark vs. Light, Shirts vs. Skins: each side gets its own count on team events.

Yes. Upload your logo and a banner photo, pick your colors, write a short description and choose your short code. SMSGO uses them to customize your group’s Join page and its Contribute page.

• Join pageNew people join under your banner and logo, with your description front and center.
• Contribute pageWhere members land after texting PAY, DONATE or CONTRIBUTE, in your colors.
• Short codeYour group’s code, like SSU, is what people text to join.
• ABOUTMembers can text ABOUT to get your description back.

Open Compose, choose who should get it, write it once, and send. SMSGO shows the recipients and the cost before anything goes out.

• Pick the audienceEveryone, groups, teams or hand-picked people.
• Personalize it{first name} drops each person’s name into their copy.
• Add what it needsA photo, a map with one-tap directions, or a shortened link.
• Choose whenNow, later, or on repeat.

Yes. Text a command to 240-786-1112 from the phone number on your account, and SMSGO does the rest. Your normal texting app becomes the remote control for your group.

• #allMessage everyone: #all Practice moved to 7.
• #GroupNameMessage one group: #Regulars Bring a dark shirt.
• @NameMessage one person, by text or email, whichever they chose.
• YES to sendGroup messages show you the count and cost first, and only go out when you reply YES.

Yes. Send the same commands from the email address on your account. Put the command in the subject line or on its own line, and SMSGO answers you by email.

• Send and add#all, #Group Name and @Name send messages. #ADD adds a phone or email contact.
• ConfirmReply YES to send a group message, or CANCEL to drop it. If a name matches two people, reply 1 or 2.
• Check and control#LIST or #MEMBERS shows your counts. MUTE and UNMUTE pause email reply alerts. HELP or MENU sends the full list.
• Just hit Reply“Re:” and quoted history are ignored, so replying to SMSGO’s email works.

Yes. Each member gets messages by text or by email, whichever they chose, and they can switch. You write once; SMSGO delivers each person’s copy the right way.

• One message, both channelsThe cost line shows how many go by text and how many by email.
• Designed emailsEmail members get a formatted email with your subject line, colors, buttons and photo.
• One countRSVPs from text and email land in the same headcount.
• CheaperEmail is $0.003 per email, a tenth of a text segment.

Yes. Attach a photo and it arrives as a real picture text. Add a map so people get one-tap directions, and shorten long links into clean smsgo.org links.

• PhotosFlyers, field maps, a team photo. $0.04 per photo text.
• Short linksLong URLs become short smsgo.org links, and every real tap is counted.
• MapsDrop in a place and members get directions in one tap.

Yes. Send now, pick a later date and time, or set a message to recur daily, weekly or on chosen days each month.

• LaterWrite Tuesday’s reminder on Sunday night and let it go out on time.
• RecurringThe weekly game reminder or monthly meeting notice sends itself.
• Same previewScheduled sends show recipients and cost just like any other.

Replies come only to you, never to the whole group. Every reply lands in your SMSGO Inbox as a clean conversation, and SMSGO can forward it to your phone, your email, or both.

• One InboxOne thread per person, with their name and the message they were answering.
• ForwardingGet important replies on your phone or in your email, wherever you are.
• Quiet when you need itMUTE pauses the alerts on a busy day; replies still save in your Inbox.
• Less noiseRoutine YES/NO answers are filtered out, so the Inbox shows what needs you.

Yes. When a member’s reply lands in your email, just hit Reply. Your answer goes back to them as a text, or by email if that’s what they chose.

• They text youTheir reply is forwarded to your inbox.
• You hit ReplyNo login, no extra dashboard to check.
• They get your answerOn the channel they picked.
• Or text itYou can also answer with @Name from your phone, or from the Inbox.

Text-back answers are your own one-word keywords that reply instantly, so members get answers without waiting for you.

• Your keywordsMake your own, or start from WHEN, WHERE, NAME and PARKING.
• ABOUT is built inIt sends your group’s description.
• Per groupDifferent groups can get different answers to the same keyword.
• On a timerOptional start and end times, so an answer only works when it should.

Yes. Every link you shorten gets its own spot on your Links page, showing how it performed.

• Real taps onlyLink previews, bots and your own clicks are filtered out.
• Click rateHow many different people tapped compared with how many received it.
• PatternsDaily clicks, busiest times, and phone vs. computer.
• ControlRename, pause, archive, or change where a link goes after you send it.

You set the number of YESes it takes for the event to happen. Members reply YES, YES +1 or STATUS. The moment the count hits your Goal, SMSGO sends your “GAME IS ON!” message on its own. This is what SMSGO was invented for (USPTO patent pending).

• Live countYES replies and guests are counted as they arrive, by text or email.
• Automatic announcementYour confirmation goes out the instant the Goal is reached.
• Late YESes still countThey join the waitlist if you set a cap.
• ProvenIn our own pickup group’s 2026 season so far, 47 of 58 games reached their Goal and announced themselves.

Members never see a dashboard; they just text a word. Keywords aren’t case-sensitive.

• YES, YES +1, NOCount me in, add a guest, or cancel and free the spot.
• STATUSThe live count and who’s in, any time.
• 1 or 2Pick a side on a team event.
• RESULTSThe latest poll results, when the organizer shares them.

They’re the tools that help an event fill without you chasing anyone.

• NudgesAn automatic reminder that goes only to people who haven’t answered, and only if you’re still short.
• WavesInvite your regulars first. The wider bench hears from you only if you still need people.
• WaitlistCap the event. If someone drops out, the next person is promoted and told.
• TeamsTwo sides, two Goals, one event. It’s on only when every side fills.

Send a question with 2 to 10 options. Members reply with a single letter, or tap a button in the email version, and the tally fills in live.

• Easy to answerReply “B”. That’s it.
• Live resultsWatch responses and the leading option as they arrive.
• Follow upClick any voter to message them directly.
• Share or keep privateLet members text RESULTS for the standings, or keep results organizer-only.

Yes. Offer candidate days, time blocks and locations, and SMSGO asks the group by text and email, where they already are. It comes to them. No link to chase.

• Rank choicesMembers rank options, and top choices can count more.
• Places tooAdd locations and how far people are willing to travel.
• Heat mapSee at a glance when the most people can make it.
• Nudge stragglersOne tap reminds people who haven’t answered.

Pay as you go, with no subscription. $5 to start, about 166 standard text segments. After that you only pay for messages you send and receive.

• Texts$0.03 per text segment.
• Email$0.003 per email.
• Photo texts$0.04 per photo text.
• No contact feesYou’re never charged for the size of your list. No messaging activity = $0.

A normal short text is one segment, up to 160 characters. Longer texts, or texts with emoji, can use more than one. SMSGO counts segments as you type.

• 160 charactersMost messages fit in one segment.
• Emoji shrink it to 70The count updates the moment an emoji or special symbol goes in.
• Savings tipsIf a message barely spills into a second segment, SMSGO tells you how many characters to trim and what you’d save.
• Clean punctuationCurly quotes pasted from Word or Docs are swapped for plain ones so they don’t double the cost.

Yes, and we’d rather say so up front: texts members send back to SMSGO are billed like outbound texts, at $0.03 per text segment. You see every one in Billing & Usage.

• ItemizedEvery reply and what it cost shows in your history.
• Keywords helpText-back answers and STATUS mean fewer back-and-forth texts overall.
• Email is cheaperMembers on email cost $0.003 per email.

You see the cost before every send and an itemized record after. Your balance is always visible.

• Before you sendRecipients, text/email split, segments and the dollar amount, computed with the same logic that bills the message.
• After you sendBilling & Usage shows spending, contributions and a breakdown by message type and day.
• Low-balance alertsSet a threshold and SMSGO warns you before you run out.
• No overdraftIf the wallet can’t cover a send, it stops instead of billing you more.

Yes. We make it easy for your members to help pay for the costs. A member texts PAY, DONATE or CONTRIBUTE and gets their own secure link to your group’s branded Contribute page.

• Their own linkEvery member gets their own link, tracked on your Links page.
• Any amountFrom $3 to $1,000, through Stripe checkout on your page. No account needed.
• Full amount creditedSMSGO covers the card processing fee, so the whole amount goes into your wallet.
• You’re notifiedYou get a notification when someone chips in.

Your list is yours. Member phone numbers and emails are used only to deliver your group’s messages. They’re never sold, rented or shared for marketing, and we never contact your people.

• Private deliveryMembers never see each other’s numbers or email addresses.
• Replies to you onlyAnswers come back to the organizer, not the group.
• Only you run commandsCommands are accepted only from the phone number and email on your account, and group sends wait for your YES.

Members can leave any time, and SMSGO follows the carrier rules for business texting.

• STOPStops all SMSGO messages. UNSUBSCRIBE does the same.
• LEAVELeaves one group and stays in the others.
• RegisteredTexts go through A2P 10DLC registered numbers; email goes from an authenticated sending domain.
• A sender they recognizeOn AT&T and Verizon RCS phones, members see the verified SMSGO.org name and logo instead of an unfamiliar number. Everyone else gets a normal text.