RingBranch

What an "in-call audio ad" sounds like

As mentioned below, we are testing out a new business model in an attempt to keep RingBranch a free service.  When you call into your RingBranch personal auto-attendant to make a call to a friend, you will hear an ad before we connect you.   Likewise, if your friend calls your RingBranch number, he/she will hear an ad before we connect him/her to you.   

Would you like to hear an example of what an "in-call audio ad" might sound like?  If so, feel free to give me a call on my RingBranch number at 678 717 5001.  You will hear an audio ad before the call rings to me. This is a live ad so only interact with the ad if you are interested in the offer.  After the ad plays, this call will forward to my phone and I will try to pick up and chat if I am available.

As always, questions and suggestions are welcome.

Allen
Co-Founder, RingBranch

RingBranch Will Attempt to Remain Free!

Over the past few months, we have polled our present user community and overwhelmingly heard from you that you would like RingBranch to remain a free service.   Well, we have taken that advice to heart and are now trying a new business model that we hope will enable us to keep RingBranch free indefinitely.

Starting today, we are now inserting audio advertisements from various advertisers into the calls. If you are a RingBranch user, you will hear a short ad right when you call in and a second ad right before your call is connected. Additionally, if someone calls you on your RingBranch number, the caller will hear a short ad before the call is connected to you.

We are hoping that we can make enough money from the advertising to cover our expenses, which are not minimal. We will see--this is an entirely new business model that has been discussed but not really pursued, at least not yet.

Obviously, we are trying this model so that you can use our service for free. Our goal is to expand and offer international calling for free in this ad supported manner as well.  We know and understand that not everyone likes advertising. So, in the near future, we will roll out an ad-free option that will enable you to pay a small monthly fee to use RingBranch without advertising.

Please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions.

The RingBranch Team

Temporarily Out of Numbers

Our apologies, but we are temporarily out of dedicated telephone numbers and so we're presently not accepting any new beta users for the next couple of days. The good news is that we're growing rapidly, but those of you that would like to try our service may have to wait a few days. Please stay in touch as we will post an announcement when we open up our service to new users again. Please note, existing RingBranch users are not affected.

Again, many apologies for the inconvenience. We appreciate your support and understanding!

The RingBranch Team

Btw, we've been busy working on the next release of our product offering and we'll be announcing some exciting news soon!