{"id":104,"date":"2012-05-07T14:38:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T14:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelmobile.co.za\/support\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2024-08-22T20:30:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T20:30:39","slug":"short-codes-premium-rate-sms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.channelmobile.co.za\/support\/short-codes-premium-rate-sms","title":{"rendered":"Short Codes (Premium Rate SMS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A Premium Rate SMS<\/a> is a 5 digit short code (e.g. 31941) that carries a standard or premium rate charged to the sender of the SMS. Using a short code allows businesses the functionality to compile databases, generate sales leads and create revenue.<\/p>\n

Channel Mobile offers a wide price band of Premium Rate SMS (PRSMS) numbers across South African mobile phone networks.<\/p>\n

There are two forms of short codes:<\/p>\n

Dedicated<\/span>
\nA dedicated short code is a unique number that belongs to one business only. For example, Channel Mobile own the short code 31941.<\/p>\n

Shared<\/span>
\nA shared short code is a number that is shared between several businesses that use a specific and unique keyword to identify which business each campaign belongs to. For example,<\/p>\n

On the short code 33369 Channel Mobile use the keyword \u201cINFO\u201d and ABC Motors use the keyword \u201cWIN\u201d. Both keywords operate on the short code 33369.<\/p>\n

After your customer sends a SMS to the short code, a reply or Message Terminating (M.T) SMS is immediately pushed back to the sender confirming that his\/her mobile originating (M.O.) SMS was successful and received. An email notification is also forwarded to the campaign administrator notifying them of a new entry.<\/p>\n

The revenue generated by the SMS is shared between the Network Operator (Cell C, MTN and Vodacom) and the WASP (Channel Mobile in this case).\u00a0 In turn we pass on a majority of the revenue share we receive, back to our customers after the MT message deductions.<\/p>\n

The Short Code rate bands are as follows:
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

R0.50
\nR1.00
\nR1.50
\nR2.00
\nR3.00
\nR5.00
\nR7.50
\nR10.00
\nR15.00
\nR20.00
\nR25.00
\nR30.00<\/p>\n

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Features<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Short Codes can be used to<\/p>\n