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With TextPremium you can quickly and easily create your own Short
Code service, whereby users contact your service by means of a
Short Code and Keyword. The Keyword is the first word of the text
sent in to the Short Code.
For example, to enter an advertised competition, a player may text “WIN
C” to 82029, where “WIN” is your Keyword, “C” is
the player’s answer to your competition question and 82029 is your Short
Code. When setting-up your competition, you decide whether (and how much) to
charge the player for entering your competition.
If you wish to charge the player, then you would set your service up (online)
to automatically send back a text thanking them for entering a competition. This
text would charge their phone 25p, 50p, £1, £1.50, £3.50 or £5,
depending on the cost you have set for entering your competition.
If you don’t wish to charge a player for entering your competition, then
you can either send back a free-to-receive, regular SMS, or not send a return
SMS at all.
TextPremium enables you to run all sorts of services. For example:
- Simple way for your clients to contact you, with no premium cost
- “Text and Win” competition with a single multiple-choice question
- Support line for an organisation to receive inbound questions
- Text in and receive back a pre-paid voucher or PIN
- Radio show listeners can text in their music requests
- A subscription-based joke-of-the-day service
- Councils can receive feedback from citizens
- Donation mechanism for charities
- An SMS Vote, advertised in a paper
Two ways to host and manage your Short Code service:
1. Through your online account with us
We have four free-to-use, online applications
that enable you to easily and swiftly set up your Short Code service:
- TextQuiz: run simple, single question, multiple choice competitions
- TextVote: host a vote by SMS, with results collated & downloaded
- TextBack: set up a simple, automated text response service
- TextList: run your own subscription service & we manage your list
You can decide whether to automatically send back texts, whether the texts should
be chargeable, how you wish to receive the inbound texts and download the results
of your service.
2. Developer Toolkit: where you can build your own service
As a developer partner, you can receive inbound texts sent to your Short Code
and Keyword, and send back both premium and free-to-receive SMS messages, using
a variety of Web Service and HTTP(S) methods.
TextPremium has the following capabilities:
- Six tariffs are
available: 25p, 50p, £1, £1.50, £3.50
and £5
- Support for Vodafone,
O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin
Mobile and 3
- Create, register and
manage your service online
- See online your monthly
out-payments
- Four free-to-use, end-user
online applications: |
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o Access the applications
through your online account
o Free to use, just pay
for your Short Code and
Keyword
o Run multiple, serial
services on a single Short
Code/Keyword |
- Developer Toolkit
support: |
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o Send and receive
premium SMS from your
application
o Support for Web Service
and HTTP(S) methods
o Complete control over
what is sent and received
o Fully documented set
of services |
To set-up a Short Code service, just login and complete
the “New short code” form from the TextPremium area
of your online account!
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