In December 2008, Texperts was bought by the United States–based Knowledge Generation Bureau, operator of the 118 118 services, a directory services company which had also entered the SMS question-and-answer market.

Re5ult Ltd was launched initially with a subscription-based service called 'Re5ult' on a normal mobile number.

However, in August 2004 the service was launched on a premium text code and rebranded as 82ASK.

In 2007, Re5ult switched phone numbers and brands again, relaunching the service as Texperts on short code 66000.

A similar question asked for "a hotel in Ireland within half an hour of Rosslare en route to Westmeath" which received an answer within 15 minutes; a rival service answered a few minutes sooner and also provided prices which Texperts's response lacked.