23. How are Credits deducted per message ?

  • 1 SMS credit is deducted for every SMS within 160 English characters.
  • Messages sent in non-English languages have a different length i.e. for Unicode messages, it is 70 characters per credit.

Messages with a character length of more than 160 characters are considered as long messages and 1 SMS credit is credited for every 153 characters.

Important Announcement!

URGENT! Please register the 10-digit business phone number (e.g. 555-555-5555) that your organization uses to send texts to consumers in the U.S. Failure to register may cause heavy penalties and disruption to all your text messaging communications.