Switching business to a Cloud Fax Service provided by Popfax - is it worth it?

Many members of a company often spend a lot of time dealing with fax communication issues and with fax equipment maintenance. If they could devote this time and attention instead to their core business, it would certainly help increase the company’s growth and profitability, and take the business to the next level. By adopting cloud-based B2B fax solutions businesses can automate fax communication right away. Moreover, they can choose flexible pay-as-you-go solutions which can be scaled up or down based on their changing requirements.

The basic benefits of using internet fax solutions for any business:

RELIABILITY
A cloud-based fax service is always on, always ready - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Hundreds of thousands of active fax runtimes run smoothly every day with Popfax.

PERFORMANCE
No more queuing at the fax machine, no busy signals, paper jam or lost faxes. An online fax service allows users to manage all incoming and outgoing faxes, customize messages, track all transmissions and easily increase company’s efficiency. A virtual fax number can accept multiple faxes at once, saving the sender time redialing when the fax machine is busy.

PRIVACY
No sensitive information left out on paper in the open. A cloud-based fax service is much more secure than traditional faxing, due to online storage of faxes on secure servers and online fax transmission via highly secured HTTPS websites. With Registered Fax option, both the content integrity and the delivery to the recipient are guaranteed.

MOBILITY
Traditional faxes require the presence of a physical fax machine, whereas internet fax requires only an Internet-enabled computer or handheld device. The result is that people can send and receive faxes from wherever they are at their own convenience without looking for a post offices or paying fax fees at hotels.

SAVINGS
An online fax service reduces communication costs by up to 80%. No need of fax machine purchasing, repairs and maintenance. No more toner, paper and expensive phone bills. For about 0.05 EUR user can send faxes worldwide, and the fax reception is unlimited and free.

OWN FAX NUMBER
Most of Internet fax providers allows choosing a local fax number from the country of residence or from a different one, depending on business activity.
Or users can keep their actual fax number by porting it to a virtual fax service as Popfax.

USEFUL OPTIONS
Traditional fax machine is very limited to available options comparing to a cloud based fax service:
*Cover page
*Personalized fax sending
*Multiple fax sending
*Fax reception at multiple email addresses
*Fax storage
*Scan & Fax

EASY TO SETUP
No phone line installation or hardware purchasing required. Usually it takes only a few minutes to subscribe for an internet fax service. The only things required is a device (Laptop, PC, Tablet or Smartphone) and Internet connection.

Try for free!

There are only advantages to an internet fax service. Try our B2B fax solutions and experience the many benefits it can bring to your business.

How to send and receive faxes with iPhone using the Popfax mobile site or mobile fax application

In the first quarter of 2013, over 10% of the world’s web traffic originated from iPhones. Millions of people who are using iPhone have been very satisfied with all the things that they can do with their phone, including sending and receiving documents by fax.

If you have to send a fax right away, there are two easy ways to do it with an iPhone: 

•      Internet Fax Mobile Website

·         Your iPhone must have an internet connection.

·         You have to sign up for an internet fax service. You can subscribe to the internet fax provided by Popfax right from your iPhone.

·         Access m.popfax.com via your iPhone browser without any downloads or installations required.

·         Choose the Send & Receive Fax subscription with a dedicated fax number provided or try sending and receiving faxes online for free.

·         Login to your account at m.popfax.com from your iPhone.

·         Take picture of the document that should be sent by fax.

·         Save the scanned document on your iPhone with one of proposed extensions (*pdf, *doc, *jpg, *gif, etc.).

·         Enter the destination fax number(s).

·         Send the fax.

·         After sending your fax you receive a report informing you if your transmission was successful or, in case of any problems, the type of transmission error. You can see the status and the copy of your transmissions at any time in the “Outbox” of your Popfax.com account. A transmission journal is available for review under the “History” tab of your account.

•   Internet Fax Application for iPhone

·         Install Popcompanion Fax App from iTunes (your iPhone must have an internet connection).

·         Create a Popfax account or sign in to your existing account.

·         Choose the Send & Receive Fax subscription with a dedicated fax number provided, or try sending and receiving faxes online for free.

·         Scan the pages of the document one after the other with your iPhone camera.

·         The integrated image processor in Popcompanion adjusts the photo and converts it into a faxable black & white document.

·         As soon as you have taken a picture, you can rotate it 90 degrees, adjust the page size by dragging the document margins and approve it for sending.

·         Send the resulting assembled document to your fax correspondent.

·         You will receive a notification of delivery. You can see the status and the copy of your fax transmissions at any time in the “Outbox” of your Popfax account.

If you have to receive a fax urgently, follow these steps to receive faxes with an iPhone:

·         Access the mobile fax website m.popfax.com or install Popcompanion mobile fax application from iTunes.

·         Subscribe to Send & Receive Fax package with a dedicated fax number provided by Popfax.

·         Give the dedicated fax number that you received from Popfax to the fax sender. Ask them to send the fax as they normally would.

·         Find your fax in your Popfax account. It can be accessed at m.popfax.com, in the Popcompanion application, or in the email box linked to your Popfax account.

Video tutorial How to send and receive faxes with iPhone

The mobile fax technology used by Popfax.com is much faster than traditional paper fax machines. It saves time and increases the productivity of unified document communications. Once created, a Popfax account can be accessed from various Internet-enabled devices – PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone – giving absolute freedom to choose what device to fax from.
The clear and simple tariff plans are both for those who want to send and receive faxes with their own fax number and for those who only need to send faxes. Fax sending cost is 0.05 EUR/page.

You have a great opportunity to test the all-inclusive Popfax service with a fax number provided for free, and with no credit card details requested. The subscription to the Free Fax Trial in several clicks allows you to send up to 4 fax pages and to receive an unlimited number of faxes.  

If you extend the Free Trial you will keep the fax number provided for the test.

A global presence, with localized identically tailored packages, at an optimal price point and a low internal cost structure, make it possible for Popfax.com to provide a better service than other e-fax services for at least a half, and sometimes up to a quarter of the price. “Virtual fax numbers” are provided in 23 countries, services are available in 20 languages, professional support is delivered in 7 languages, and customers can use the “call me back” option to connect with the customer care department.
The Internet fax solutions provided by Popfax integrate with any Cloud-based or mobile-enabled enterprise application, thus providing companies with a powerful fax tool for instant access to unified document communications.
 

For various business needs, Popfax offers profitable discount-based Partner program and Affiliate program.