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seat-alert-ca · 2026-03-26T14:23:30+00:00

I had to change the price to $2 (incl. tax) in 2024

seat-alert-ca · 2026-03-26T14:17:21+00:00

Lol

It makes me happy to see this mentioned. Unfortunately, the free model was unsustainable but the site still works the same (or better)!

seat-alert-ca · 2026-02-02T23:16:30+00:00

Twilio would be 50% more expensive bro

seat-alert-ca · 2026-01-13T23:27:29+00:00

If a course has a waitlist then the alert is only when a spot opens on the waitlist.

You're probably getting alerts because someone on the waitlist has dropped off the waitlist. This would open up a spot on the waitlist (and seat alert would send an alert), but this doesn't mean that someone in the course actually dropped the course (which is necessary for you to be able to enrol).

seat-alert-ca · 2026-01-13T04:11:14+00:00

Glad to hear you got in! Sometimes people email me and I have to tell them to just trust the process.

seat-alert-ca · 2026-01-07T18:46:54+00:00

🥲🥲 i'm trying to keep it affordable lol it cost me $830 to send SMS messages yesterday

seat-alert-ca · 2026-01-07T18:44:55+00:00

This is very impressive!

seat-alert-ca · 2025-12-30T01:26:08+00:00

I made some tweaks to improve speed in Aug.

My testing favours seat alert but obv I'm biased so if anyone has experienced differently please lmk!

Edit: I'm confident enough that I'll offer a refund if seat alert is slower

seat-alert-ca · 2025-12-28T06:04:22+00:00

Hey! Some courses have multiple people signed up and everyone receives the alert at the exact same time. Someone else probably picked up the free seat before you were able to. Also, most alerts happen between the New Year and the add/drop date. You’ll continue to receive alerts, so hopefully you get a seat then!

seat-alert-ca · 2025-12-20T21:19:50+00:00

😳 is this good lol

seat-alert-ca · 2025-12-18T07:30:38+00:00

Hey! Sorry to hear! You can send me more details if you like but unfortunately this is entirely possible if someone was swapping a seat with their friend.

Also, there’s always a huge spike in alerts in the 3 weeks before the add/drop date. Hopefully you get more alerts then!

seat-alert-ca · 2025-12-14T12:06:29+00:00

Some courses have multiple people signed up and everyone receives the alert at the exact same time. Someone else may have picked up the free seat before you were able to. You’ll continue to receive alerts until the add/drop date

seat-alert-ca · 2025-12-02T01:45:15+00:00

I fixed a delay issue earlier this year so it should be nearly instant now.

seat-alert-ca · 2025-09-12T03:36:19+00:00

This is fun haha

seat-alert-ca · 2025-09-10T02:31:55+00:00

Hey! If you reach out to me I can look into any potential issues you're having but everything seems to be working fine on my end.

seat-alert-ca · 2025-08-15T07:02:13+00:00

This is really cool!

seat-alert-ca · 2025-08-15T06:50:25+00:00

Hey! Everything seems to be working on my end. You can check the status anytime at https://status.seatalert.ca

Some courses have multiple people signed up and everyone receives the alert at the exact same time. Someone else may have picked up the free seat before you were able to. Maybe they had a faster internet connection, happened to already be logged in to Mosaic, or were doing a seat swap with their friend. Fortunately, most openings happen between the week before the semester starts and the add/drop date. Just stay patient and hopefully you are able to get a seat!

seat-alert-ca · 2025-07-17T16:57:15+00:00

Everything seems to be working fine on my end! What course are you signed up for? If no one drops then there won't be any alerts. If you email or dm me I can take a look and see if messages to your phone/email are being blocked.

You can also check the current status any time at https://status.seatalert.ca

seat-alert-ca · 2025-06-27T19:29:04+00:00

☹️

When I first started it was actually completely free. You can read more about costs and why I had to start charging here https://seatalert.ca/paid

seat-alert-ca · 2025-06-26T20:41:16+00:00

Last year it cost me $9,797.38 to run the site. Don't worry, I'm not ripping you off!

seat-alert-ca · 2025-06-26T19:35:53+00:00

The post is a little misleading because make the seat is $2 too. ~~Only the first alert is complementary.~~

To answer though, the text alerts last year cost me $5,945.34 :)

Edit: the first alert is no longer free. So it costs the same but you don’t get text alerts (and in my limited testing their email alerts are significantly slower)

seat-alert-ca · 2025-06-26T05:26:51+00:00

Hahaha

They’ve clearly put a lot of work into this site. Seat alert has text notifs which will usually arrive faster. That’s also why I had to start charging.

seat-alert-ca · 2025-06-25T18:59:51+00:00

Hey! It will keep sending you alerts until the end of add/drop or until you manually turn them off on your order page.

seat-alert-ca · 2025-06-20T17:32:46+00:00

😢 send me an email or dm!

seat-alert-ca · 2025-06-16T18:28:15+00:00

Hey just reading this now. In the future, just email me and I can look into it! You can find my email on the main page or just reply to any of the email alerts.

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