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The industry standard for text messaging is 160 characters across all carriers in U.S. and Canada.
Depending on how long your message is, you have three different sending options through Salesmsg.
Introduction
Not all Text messages are created, sent, or received equally. This breakdown will help one understand the different formats available to you, their potential, their limitations, and costs.
Ever looked at these numbers in the top right corner of the message box and wondered what their significance was or what they mean as they change?
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SMS Message
This is a GSM Encoded Segment: 1-160 characters. (SMS) ο»ΏGSM Encoded Segment: 1 Credit
Here's a helpful breakdown to estimate the credit cost of a message:
0 β 160 characters β 1 credit
161 β 306 characters β 2 credits
307 β 459 characters β 3 credits
460 β 612 characters β 4 credits
613 β 765 characters β 5 credits
766 β 918 characters β 6 credits
919 β 1,071 characters β 7 credits
1,072 β 1,224 characters β 8 credits
1,225 β 1,377 characters β 9 credits
1,378 β 1,530 characters β 10 credits
MMS Message
MMS Segment: 1-1600 characters.(picture messages) MMS Segment: 2 Credits
UCS2 SMS Message
UCS2 Encoded Segment: 1-70 characters. (SMS messages with Emojis) UCS2 Encoded Segment: 1 Credit
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do I use Message Credits for inbound messages as well as outbound?
Yes, you do.
Are message credits consumed any other ways?
Yes, they are also used for call forwarding Voice Minute: 2 Credits
I'm using message credits a lot faster than I anticipated?
This is usually because of really long messages, however, when one copy-pastes messages from other text editing platforms weird character formatting may carry over. This can cause Salesmsg to encode your message as a UCS2 SMS which will use about 2x as many message credits if you would compose your message in Salesmsg.
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