How to send sms from the web using bulk sms account in Nigeria

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Posted by Felix Okoli on Saturday May 21, 2011 at 9:21:14:

If you have got a bulk sms account in Nigeria after purchasing sms units from a reselling company, chances are that you can use it to send sms from the web to one or more recipients. This is more of a technical insight into how Web 2 sms actually works using an sms account you have purchased.
An example I would like to use is that of TextNigeria. The company sells bulk sms units to people in Nigeria at a discount and also provides access to an online account that allows you to upload as many contacts and send sms to them in bulk. Bulk sms is good for businesses, marketing, politics, keeping your friends and families connected and for cheaper. Ordinarily sending bulk sms with your local network could cost more, use up your phone's battery, take a lot of time and may still be inefficient but using a bulk sms account purchased from a company like Textnigeria would allow you to do it at one go and just forget abut it. All you need to send bulk sms is to compose a single message and send it to a contact group.
Now coming back to sending sms from the web, this would be good for internet retailers or web developers who would want to know how the system works and want to develop a platform to sync up with web2sms, here is how the code is really configured:

TextNigeria eapi code works like this and you can paste it on a web browser to see if it will be sent to your phone:

http://textnigeria.vsms.net:5567/eapi/submission/send_sms/2/2.0?username=yourusername&password=yourpassword&message=hello+Nigeria+The+sms+is+working&msisdn=receiverphonenumber

The above sample if for sending a single sms but to send sms to two persons, it is also possible by using the code:

http://bulksms.vsms.net:5567/eapi/submission/send_sms/2/2.0?username=john&password=
abcd1234&message=Hi+Mom+%26+Dad&msisdn=44123123456,44123123457. Just replace bulksms with textnigeria and it should work.

I think it works on the vsmsn.net server and what you need to do to sen a single web 2 sms from anywhere you are in the world is to include the url, username, password, message and the msisdn or receiver's phone number. It should be sent in minutes.

I also noticed that networks lie Bulksms.com also use the same eapi and you can view a sample here: http://www.bulksms.com/int/docs/eapi/submission/send_sms/.
Eapi is also referred to as http or web to sms api

Bulksms.com also provides some documentation if you want to send sms in batches or bulk and your code may then require a csv file and you can view more details here: http://www.bulksms.com/int/docs/eapi/submission/send_batch/

Already most Nigerian banks have had their programmers integrate these kinds of sms services in their system to serve customers better by sending regular promos in bulk as well as updates on individual accounts. I am thinking that in the near future, there would be more integration of bulk sms service by web developers for small and startup businesses. This can help people make more money online. It could even to integrated to your twitter messages to send updates to your followers.

Comments:
Re: How to send sms from the web using bulk sms account in Nigeria Posted by chilavert on Friday September 2, 2011 at 18:25:32:

how to send sms with my bulksms

Re: How to send sms from the web using bulk sms account in Nigeria Posted by Ebi, james on Friday September 23, 2011 at 17:22:13:

Want to send SMS using my iPad to service provider(mtn) in Nigeria.

Re: How to send sms from the web using bulk sms account in Nigeria Posted by Andrew James on Friday February 10, 2012 at 7:4:47:

Pls I want to use it,but
I don't know more about it,old if u can help me out,thanks.