SMSBOT Review – Gaurab Borah's SMS Bot and Autoresponder for Affiliate Marketers

Email open rates hover around 20–25%. SMS open rates are closer to 98%, within three minutes of sending. SMSBOT, by Gaurab Borah, is built around that gap — a first-of-its-kind SMS chatbot and autoresponder system designed specifically for affiliate marketers who want their messages actually read.

Correction: an earlier version of this review priced SMSBOT as a "$27–$47 one-time" tool. JVZoo's current affiliate listing shows that's wrong — SMSBOT is a recurring subscription product, not a one-time purchase. This version corrects the pricing.

How the Bot Layer Works

Beyond simple broadcast messages, SMSBOT's chatbot layer is built to handle two-way conversation over text — a subscriber can reply to a message and the bot responds based on configured logic, answering common questions, qualifying interest before pushing an affiliate link, or routing to a human if the conversation needs it. That two-way structure is what separates it from a basic SMS blast tool: rather than firing a message and hoping for a click, it can hold a short back-and-forth that mirrors what a live chat widget does, just over standard text messaging instead of a website.

What Is SMSBOT?

SMSBOT is a cloud-based SMS marketing platform with a built-in chatbot layer. You build an opt-in flow where subscribers join your SMS list via a keyword, then receive automated follow-up sequences promoting affiliate offers. The bot layer handles two-way conversations — answering FAQs, qualifying leads, and redirecting to your affiliate links — all via standard text message.

Key Features

• SMS autoresponder with unlimited broadcast capability
• Chatbot builder for two-way subscriber conversations
• Keyword opt-in system to grow your list without a website
• Pre-built affiliate promo sequences in multiple niches
• Integrates with email autoresponders for cross-channel follow-up

The Checkout Link Doesn't Currently Resolve

Following the affiliate link for this update turns up a real problem worth stating plainly. JVZoo's own redirect (jvz1.com/c/457723/314761) points to getsmsbot.net/go/special, and that domain does not resolve at all — a DNS lookup returns "non-existent domain," not a broken page or an expired certificate, but no domain registered at that address. getsmsbot.com returns the same result. Whatever hosting SMSBOT's checkout used to run on appears to no longer exist under either domain. JVZoo's own affiliate-info page for this listing still shows it as an "Active" product accepting new affiliates, with over 500 recorded sales and a 10.34% refund rate historically — but that marketplace status doesn't confirm the actual checkout page currently works, and this review couldn't verify that it does.

An Older Product Than the Framing Suggests

JVZoo's affiliate records show SMSBOT originally launched on October 12, 2018 — making it roughly eight years old as of this update, not a recent release. Independent product write-ups from around that launch describe a two-tier structure that doesn't fully match the $97/month recurring price JVZoo's current listing shows: a $37 one-time "Lite" version alongside a $97/month "Elite" tier. It's possible the product has been restructured to recurring-only since 2018, or that the Lite tier was discontinued, or that JVZoo's current listing reflects a different SKU within the same 4-product funnel mentioned elsewhere in this review. Given the dead checkout domain above, there's no way to confirm which from the outside — another reason to verify current terms directly with the vendor rather than relying on any historical write-up, including parts of this one.

Why the Channel Gap Matters More Than the Feature List

SMSBOT's individual features — keyword opt-in, chatbot replies, pre-built sequences — aren't unique in isolation; email autoresponders have offered similar building blocks for years. What's actually differentiated is the channel itself: most affiliate marketers have never built an SMS list, which means the inbox SMSBOT delivers into has dramatically less promotional competition than email currently does. That gap is the real argument for the tool, more than any single automation feature on its own — and gaps like this tend to close over time as more marketers adopt the channel, which is worth factoring into the buying decision now versus later.

What JVZoo's Own Listing Says the Product Does

Independent of the dead checkout domain, JVZoo's marketplace description for this listing still describes the core mechanic in plain terms: building lists of "laser-targeted" mobile subscribers, the ability to upload an existing list for SMS campaigns rather than building from zero, and a bot layer that "carries on conversations with people even when you're away" — consistent with the two-way chatbot framing covered earlier in this review, and worth noting since it's the one piece of vendor-sourced description that doesn't depend on the broken landing page loading.

Who It Fits

Affiliate marketers who already have a list-building funnel in place and are looking to add a second, higher-attention channel are the clearest fit — SMSBOT works as a layer on top of existing traffic, not as a traffic source on its own. Cross-channel integration with email autoresponders means an existing email list can be invited to opt into SMS as a supplementary channel, rather than needing to build an SMS list completely from scratch. Marketers without an existing audience or funnel should solve that first; a second channel doesn't help if there's no first channel generating leads to move into it.

Price & Verdict

SMSBOT is $97.00/month recurring, with 50% commission on the initial charge and 50% on every rebill for affiliates, per JVZoo's current listing — a significant correction from earlier reporting of a one-time $27–$47 price. It sits at the top of a 4-product funnel.