Chat.Center Announcements

Palo Alto, 13
April 2015

For Immediate release (Summary)

–Chat.Center is now a full SaaS platform, developers and web site owners can integrate it into their apps and service. There are now 3 methods of integration – simple URL, “Click to Chat” Button and Widget. Live examples at http://archimedeslabs.com.

–The Chat.Center web site is now a fully featured registration and chat service. The iOS app now requires you register on the web site before you can login.

–Chat.Center is no longer freemium; it is a paid service – $1.99 per month per chat ID. Existing accounts get 12 months free. New users get 30 days free. This is extremely competitive pricing (compared to Olark, LivePerson, Intercomm and others).

–We have a new home – https://chat.center. Thanks to Donuts registry for their cooperation in partnering with us on the name. The old URL https://chatcenter.me continues to work and will forward to Chat.Center.

–The Chat.Center app is now in the Business category on the app store

–Chat.Center is launching beta group chats today, on the day Friendfeed is closed. https://chat.center/gillmorgang will be used in today’s Gillmor Gang show.

— Chat.Center will soon launch its Android App. In the meanwhile Android and other mobile users can use the Web App at https://chat.center.

Release:

Chat.Center is pleased to make several announcements today. After several months of work the team has now fully completed the work of making the Chat.Center service a full SaaS platform. We have also completed the web client and it is available immediately at https://chat.center. It supports full web registration, account management and chat usage.

Alongside this we have updated our iOS client to version 2.0.1 – available in the Business category of the App Store.

Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chat-center-free-universal/id886643270?mt=8

Chat.Center is now a paid service, although existing users will continue to enjoy it for free for 12 months. New users get 30 days free and then pay $1.99 per chat ID registered.

Chat ID’s are simple URL’s pointing to a real-time asynchronous chat session with the ID owner. For Example Chat.Center Customer Care can be reached on https://chat.center/cc. The Chat ID here is /cc. Chat.Center IDs are perfect for small businesses who want to support customers with a call-center like functionality but cannot justify the cost of an actual call center or help desk. There are millions of Small and Medium Enterprises, Self-Employed individuals and other entities for whom $1.99 a month is an appropriately affordable proce point.

Additionally, as of today Chat.Center can be found on the web at https://chat.center. The company has partnered with Donuts – owner of the .center top-level domain – and will use Chat.Center from now on. Dan Schindler, co-founder and EVP at Donuts said:

“We are thrilled to partner with Chat.Center for its domain name. Chat Center – through its Chat IDs and Mobile clients – shows the enduring relevance of domain names in a mobile world. And what a great use for a domain name and URL. It isn’t just a web site, it is a full SaaS chat service available to every individual business and organization on the planet – no matter how small. Chat.Center’s IDs are a seamless way for businesses to offer customers a way to reach them.”

Finally, Chat.Center is announcing that is now supports group chat – in a beta implementation. Founder Keith Teare said:

“Today is the day that Friendfeed will close. It has long been my favorite group chat service. As of today The Gillmor Gang, a long standing user of Friendfeed, will be able to continue live group chats alongside the Friday show at https://chat.center/gillmorgang. This is a simple Chat ID that can be shared in Tweets, on Facebook and anywhere, as a URL. Users simply click and are in the chat. All Chat.Center IDs work this way. We look forward to providing real time chat to many customers in the months ahead.”

For more information please contact Keith Teare:

https://chat.center/keith

keith@teare.com

+1-650-384-0407

Donuts is at http://donuts.co

TechCrunch article at: http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/13/chat-app-chat-center-rebrands-dumps-freemium-model-in-a-bid-for-businesses/