Bulk SMS

Our software can handle the SMS messaging needs of clients ranging from small businesses and startups to multinational organizations. We have built the capacity to handle over 140,000 messages per hour.

Short Codes Overview

We are licensed to issue short codes to our clients by all the Mobile Service Providers (MSPs) in Kenya. Here is a short primer on short codes:

• A short code is a five digit number (such as 20515), which can be used to both send and receive messages from users in lieue of long-form (modem/phone) numbers.
• It is usually an easy to remember number allowing companies to brand their business more effectively.
• Short Codes are available in both Standard Rates and Premium Rates depending on how SMSes send to and from them are priced.
• Standard Rate short codes behave just like long form numbers. Sending a message using them incurs the same network charges as a long form number, while receiving SMSes through them is free to both the sender and receiver.
• Premium Rate short codes allow you to receive revenue either from SMSes sent to your number, or by charging users for sending SMSes to their phone numbers. The revenue is calculated on the basis of the cost to the user. This allows you to receive payments or contributions over SMS.

Benefits of hosting your short code on our platform
Once you buy a short code from us, you will be able to:

• Use it as the sender id for you SMS message requests.
• See messages sent to that short code in your inbox.
• For premium rated Mobile Terminated short codes (the receiver bears the cost of the SMS), you will be able to choose whether to bill your recipients when sending the message
• For premium rates Mobile Terminated short codes, we will also provide you with delivery report information which will inform you when your messages are not delivered due to lack of credits on the user's phone
• Connect it to one of our custom SMS management platforms (SMS Marketer) that allow you to send bulk SMS messages, see incoming traffic and conduct polls and surveys using your short code
• Enjoy our competitive revenue share rates for premium short codes

Keywords Overview

We issue keywords to clients in Kenya that would like to receive SMS Messages without buying a dedicated short code. Keywords are words that can be used to distinguish messages being received through a shared short code. Our keywords run on our standard rate short code 20515 in Kenya. For example, let us say you purchase the keyword MSoko on 20515. Whenever we receive a message starting with MSoko on 20515, we will forward that message to your account.