by Brian Solis

After yesterday’s rise and fall of TWPLY, a new Twitter app that delivers @ replies to your inbox, but also sends a spam message to your Twitter followers when you sign up, we learn that the much-discussed app already sold on Sitepoint for just over $1,000.

Thank you to Jé Maverick who introduced us to a new, alternative service in the comments section of our TWPLY post.

Replies by Twitapps is a more elegant solution for receiving @replies on Twitter in your inbox – without requiring your Twitter password. It delivers your updates on an hourly basis or when your replies reach a threshold of 25 tweets (whichever is first).

1. Follow @ta_replies.

2. The Twitapps bot will follow you back and send you a direct message.

3. Reply to that DM with the email address where you want the tweets delivered.

4. Add twitapps@googlemail.com to your address book or safe senders list to ensure you get the emails.

Once you’re registered, you can control our bot using direct messages to @ta_replies. Send stop to stop getting emails and start to get them going again.

For more tools, apps, and services for Twitter, please read, “Twitter Tools for Communications and Community Professionals.”

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by Brian Solis

TWPLY is new service that tracks personal @replies and sends them to your designated email inbox. Seems simple enough and may be ideal for those high volume personal and corporate brands that need to actively monitor inbound tweets without having to stay connected directly to Twitter, Twitter Search, or a third-party service.

I’m testing the service now and will report back with my experience.

NOTE: When you log in, TWPLY will post a tweet to your twitter timeline that reads, “Just started using http://twply.com/ to get my @replies via email. Neat stuff!” Many consider this to be Twitter Spam and unfortunately it’s turning people off to the service.

UPDATE: TWPLY is officially hated by the Twitter community and in less than 24 hours, was already sold on SitePoint. CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD.

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