SMS Notifications
With affordable SMS rates, using SMS delivery channels for notification is a fascinating option. As SMSs work as a push to devices, your customers will not have to check their ‘My Account’ section for any updates or notifications. SMS has now become the best channel to tie everything together.
Keeping all the feasibility options and advantages in mind, we have provided an SMS section wherein you can set various SMS Notification instances.
For every SMS Notification, you have to write your content using the variables given.
The dashboard will display all the SMS Notifications added by you. You can anytime edit the already created SMS Notification.
To add an SMS Notification, go to Admin >> Content Management >> Email/SMS Notifications >> SMS Notifications >> Add SMS Notification
Select Email Template – You’ll find a list of pre-defined email subjects. These are the frequently used occasions Admins generally send a notification to their customers. Select an email template for which you want to create a message.
Message Content – This is the body of SMS Notification. Enter a precise message for your customers as the character limit of an SMS is 160 only. You can also make use of variables given in ‘Help Content’, to compose your message.
Admin Notification – You can add comma separated phone numbers to receive a copy of this notification.
To test the SMS gateway configuration, click on the SMS Test button.
A Pop-up will appear on the screen you can enter the mobile number and the text for testing the connection.
Note: This will not send an SMS but a mail will be triggered on the email ID entered by you in the gateway configuration screen so that you can test the parameters entered are proper.