No, we didn’t kick the bucket

We were just way too busy to write anything on the blog. Wait – we didn’t even have a blog!

Even though we’ve been quite busy in the last few months, we probably haven’t been updating you on our current website as much as we should. To remedy this, we put up this blog so we can keep you in the loop more easily, let you know what’s going on behind the scenes, what we’re planning and also post a handy tip or two.

Subscribe-O-Matic groups currently have almost 2 million members combined and over 100,000 members join every month, so even though we’re way overdue on some much needed feature additions and upgrades, we’ve been focusing on the backend to make sure we can deal with the growth and keep providing a reliable service.

Since we probably all agree our website urgently needs upgrading, we have a team of 150 engineers working on are working hard on a brand new Subscribeomatic.com website which will be much more user-centric. Users (group members) will be able to manage their subscriptions online without all the teleporting around and hunting for the kiosks. They’ll be able to unsubscribe easily on the website, or subscribe to new groups, check their recent messages or redeliver items they might have missed, amongst other things.

For group owners, the most important and long-awaited feature is definitely the ability to create and manage more than one group. Other exciting features include detailed analytics, the ability to send messages only to certain members (based on a tag or where / when they joined, etc) and 3rd-party integration options.

We’re aiming to launch the upgraded service and the new website by the end of February (provided we have enough coffee and Red Bull). In the meanwhile, we’ll keep you updated with previews and insights on what we’re doing.

Your feedback and ideas are very important, especially at this stage, so don’t be shy and let us know what features are most important to you in the comments below the post.

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