When you're ready to get your Salesmsg business number, you'll be prompted to select either a toll-free number or a new 10-Digit Long Code number (referred to as a 10DLC number - any phone number with a local area code).

If you choose to move forward with a local area code phone number, you'll be required to register and be approved for A2P 10DLC compliance.

In this guide, we'll go over step-by-step what you'll need to successfully submit your 10DLC registration with our new, streamlined compliance flow!

Here's an overview of what you'll need to provide during the registration process:

An Admin or Owner of the account can complete the Business Profile section in a few simple steps.

To start your Business Profile registration, navigate to the Compliance page, and under Business Profile, click Register.

First, we'll need some basic information about your business: name, address - that sort of thing.

1. For the General Info, you can leverage the built-in company finder "Find Your Business" by searching for the EIN:

2. Alternatively, you can complete the General Info fields manually:

We reccomend you to attach your EIN letter (IRS Form CP-575) on this page as well, and click Continue.

In this step, we're taking a deeper dive into your business info. No sweat though, we're still keeping it simple.

We need to know who's in charge -- the big cheese, the boss, the leader.

Once you submit your Business Profile, it will be sent for review. Once your Business profile is "In Review" you can move onto Step 2: the 10DLC Brand & Campaign Registration step.

Once your Business Profile is in review, you're ready to register your Brand and Use Case Campaign!

The use case is why you're sending texts to your customers.

1. Select a campaign use case from the available options:

2. Next, provide a Use Case Description. This tells the carriers what your business does or offers, and how the Use Case you selected applies to your business. Ex. "As a paper and office supplies wholesale company, we'll send Delivery Notifications to provide tracking, and updates on our customers' shipment."

3. Provide two sample messages of the types of texts you'll be sending. You can also see a list of up to 10 outbound real messages you sent out to your contacts to select from:

💡 Pro tip: Use the following tips to craft sample messages that demonstrate you'll be adhering to SMS best practices:

a. Address people by name: You can use {first.name}

b. Sender ID: What business is being represented? "It's the Salesmsg team"

c. Call-to-action: Why are you sending the text? What's the action to be taken?

d. Opt-out verbiage: "Reply STOP to end" - should be included on all first outbound messages

4. Select your Opt-in method(s). This can be via Text (text-to-join Keyword), Online Form, Paper Form, or QR Code.

Note: The opt-in method is where your end-users initially provided their phone number and gave permission for your business to send them texts. Opt-in consent is a requirement.

5. Opt-In Method Description. This is how your end-users opt-in to receive text messages. Please describe where an end-user goes, and what steps they take in order to opt-in to receive texts from your business.

Note: You would need to provide separate image and information for each of your opt-in methods. If you are using a web form to collect SMS consent, your description should include the website URL that points to that web form.

Ex. "End users opt-in by visiting {Your Website URL Link HERE} and adding their phone number. They check a box agreeing to receive texts messages from {Your Business Name HERE}."

6. Provide images of what the opt-in looks like. This is where the end-user gives you their phone number and agrees to receive SMS from your business.

Note: This image should show your business name, a phone number field, the user consent, and the link to your Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.

User consent should state that the user agrees to receive the messages to the provided phone number and suggest an opt-out method.

7. Confirm that you don't send messages related to forbidden topics by reviewing the list and checking the confirmation box.

There are two types of 10DLC Packages to choose from based on your anticipated daily usage:

*1 message segment is considered a text of 160 characters or less

Registration steps are as follows:

If you choose a "Public" Business Type, you'll get a secondary option to input your Company Stock Ticker Symbol and the Stock exchange.

Not exactly sure which package to choose? Ask our customer support team on LIVE chat, and they can help determine which package is right for you.

You'll see the fees associated with your registration. There will be one-time fees for registration and potentially recurring charges for your campaign use case fee. These are pass-through fees that carriers require.

Okay, so…what's next? Thumb twiddling?

Here's the status: we have your information, and that's all we need. Now, we've just got to sit tight and wait for the carriers to receive, review, and move your information through their systems.

If at any point, you're curious about the status, feel free to check your Compliance page in Salesmsg for the latest update.

As long as you provided all relevant information on 1) Who you are 2) The types of messages you intend to send 3) Your opt-in workflow, your submission should go through within 5-7 business days - and in some cases, sooner!

Once Salesmsg and your Contacts' Carrier Networks review your information you will be provided a Trust Score you can reference on your Organization Settings. Your trust score is an indicator of how many messages you can send without worrying about Carrier Filtering.

A2P (application-to-person) messaging is the process of sending text messages from an application, like Salesmsg, via 10DLC (10-digit long code) phone numbers, otherwise known as a phone number with a local area code.

A2P 10DLC registration, means that your local phone number is registered through a third-party organization called The Campaign Registry (TCR). This compliance was started by the major carriers to help weed out spam sent by bad actors, while making sure legitimate businesses continue to get their messages delivered.
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10DLC is the new norm, but we're committed to making sure you're set up for success. If you have questions on any part of this registration process, just let our Support team know by starting a live chat!

The long and short of it - Yes.
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If you use an A2P platform like Salesmsg, and plan to send texts to U.S phone numbers from a local phone number, then it's absolutely a requirement.
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Effective September 1st, 2023: all messages sent from unregistered or unapproved 10DLC phone numbers to U.S. phone numbers will be blocked, and your messages will fail, receiving error code (30034)
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Yes, there are both one-time and monthly fees. Please refer to the chart below:

* Low Volume Mixed use cases support up to 2,000 SMS segments and MMS per day toward T-Mobile, and are given a lower message throughput (MPS) than other use cases, regardless of Trust Score.

Both carrier fees and 10DLC setup fees are passed through, and are non-refundable.

There are the following types of campaigns:

Each campaign has several use cases that are supported by Salesmsg.

Standard Campaign Use Cases:

Low Volume Mixed Use Case:

In addition to the standard "Mixed/Marketing" use case, there is a separate Campaign use case designated as "Low Volume Mixed". This use case is perfect for low daily message volume and throughput requirements. This option supports the same multiple use cases but has a lower monthly fee than a standard Campaign and is fixed at the lowest throughput tier below, regardless of your Trust Score.

Contact us on live chat or send an email to us at [email protected].