TextPremium Capabilities

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
• Three free-to-use, end-user online applications:
  • Access the applications through your online account
  • Free to use, just pay for your Short Code and Keyword
  • Run multiple, serial services on a single Short Code/Keyword
• Developer Toolkit support:
  • Send and receive premium SMS from your application
  • Support for Web Service and HTTP(S) methods
  • Complete control over what is sent and received
  • 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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