How do I get a Twilio short code?
To start the process, you can fill out the application in your Twilio project. The application will allow you to choose either a US, UK, or Canada short code, as well as to indicate your use case and message flow.
What is Twilio shortcode?
A short code is a 5 or 6-digit number that can send and receive messages with mobile phones. You can buy shortcodes from Twilio or port existing short codes to our platform. To send messages from your short code, see the Sending Messages documentation.
How do Twilio short codes work?
Short codes are used to send and receive SMS and MMS messages to and from mobile phones. Twilio currently offers short codes in multiple countries. Their name is derived from the fact that they are shorter (usually five to six digits) than their ten-digit long code counterparts.
Can Twilio receive short codes?
Upon request, Twilio can enable your account(s) to receive incoming messages from short codes. This will allow long code phone numbers on your account to receive messages from short codes.
Can I buy a shortcode?
Unfortunately, here in the United States, buying a short code isn’t an option—you can only lease. The Short Code Registry permits monthly, quarterly, biannual, or annual short code leases.
Why use a short code twilio?
Short codes can send SMS at 100 MPS (message segments per second) by default, and this high throughput is perfect for applications needing to send time-sensitive messages to many users at once. Short codes can also be enabled to send MMS messages if desired.
Who uses short codes?
A short code, or SMS short code, is a four-, five- or six-digit telephone number that’s used only for texting. In most cases, businesses use short codes to send or receive one-way communications (such as marketing messages, two-factor authentication and alerts) to reach a high-volume of customers.
Does WhatsApp use short codes?
Short codes are not allowed on the WhatsApp platform. To use a phone number already on WhatsApp, refer to the instructions on how to migrate a phone number below.
Are shared short codes going away?
A shared short code is a type of short code that thousands of organizations share to text their own customers. Many service providers, such as AT and Verizon, allow SMS shared short code services but not for long. As of June 1, 2021, all major wireless carriers will eliminate shared short codes entirely.
Does Twilio cost money?
For all locations globally, Twilio charges $0.0025/min for any call leg that connects to your softphone (“This PC”). PC softphone call legs are billed at a fraction of the rate compared to calls made from a phone, so for example in North America using your PC and a headset to place your outbound calls will save…
Can Twilio numbers receive SMS from a short code?
Services like Google Voice, Facebook, and Skype, which use short codes (e.g. 55555) to send SMS will not be able to send messages to Twilio phone numbers. This is because short code carriers have arrangements to exchange messages with mobile phone numbers only, and Twilio phone numbers are not considered mobile numbers .
Does Twilio support short code SMS?
A short code is a special 5 or 6 digit telephone number that’s shorter than a full phone number. Short codes are used to send and receive SMS and MMS messages to and from mobile phones. Twilio currently offers short codes in the US, Canada, and the UK.
What exactly does Twilio do?
Twilio (/ ˈ t w ɪ l i oʊ /) is an American cloud communications platform as a service company based in San Francisco, California. Twilio allows software developers to programmatically make and receive phone calls , send and receive text messages , and perform other communication functions using its web service APIs .