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How To: Find and Invite Your Friends
See if your friends or family members are already using Qiqima.
Find on Qiqima: You can search for people you know who already have a Qiqima account by typing in a name or email address.
Find on other Networks: We can check if your friends on other services already have a Qiqima account. Choose from services like Gmail, AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail and more.
Invite by Email: You can invite people by sending them an email. Multiple emails can be separated with a comma. Read the rest of this entry »
SMS Comes to Qiqima
Good news for those of you who use Qiqima from South Africa. We are very happy to announce that you can now perform most of Qiqima’s most crucial functions using text messages. For the time being, local standard text messages apply, but that may change in the future as we try to solidify a suitable revenue model.
Below are the text commands that you can use. So go ahead and give it a try, and send the SMS to 31022.

To create a new user account:
QIQ REG@username,password,name,email
To post a message:
QIQ ME@your message
To join a group/community:
QIQ JOIN@groupname
To create a new group/community
QIQ COMM@groupname
To post to a community:
QIQ groupname@your message
To send a private message:
QIQ username@your message
To start receiving notifications via SMS:
QIQ START
To stop receiving notifications via SMS:
QIQ STOP
QIQ REG@username,password,name,email
To post a message:
QIQ ME@your message
To join a group/community:
QIQ JOIN@groupname
To create a new group/community
QIQ COMM@groupname
To post to a community:
QIQ groupname@your message
To send a private message:
QIQ username@your message
To start receiving notifications via SMS:
QIQ START
To stop receiving notifications via SMS:
QIQ STOP
How To: Set Your Profile
One of the first areas you should visit after joining Qiqima.com is the “Settings” link. This is the area where you begin to personalize your profile, change your password, add your mobile phone number to start taking advantage of SMS updates, and much more. Login to Qiqima.com and start exploring. Read the rest of this entry »