Create an SMS Marketing Channel in TextPeak

Video tutorial

An SMS Campaign sends from an SMS Marketing channel. The channel carries its own sender identity, consent rules and throughput-optimized routes, so create one channel per audience or per brand you promote to.

Creating the channel

Log in to TextPeak in your browser.
Click Channels in the main menu on the left.
The Channels page opens and lists every channel type, with the number of channels you have created under each one.

Screenshot of the TextPeak Channels page showing the intro banner and the start of the channel type grid — The **Channels** page in TextPeak

Add an SMS Marketing channel

Select the SMS Marketing card, then select Add channel.

SMS Marketing channel list, with the Add channel button and a table of existing channels — The channel list shows status, tags, route IPs and the default sender.

Name the channel

Enter a Channel name and a Channel description.

Set the IP ACL

To limit which IP addresses can call this channel, select Enable IP ACL and add the addresses under Add IP.

Add tags

Add Tags if you group channels by team, campaign or environment.

Use the demo sender

To try the channel without sending real messages, select Use Demo Sending.

Add new channel form for SMS Marketing, with channel name and description filled in — SMS Marketing has a single step: the channel is live as soon as you save

Save and activate

Select Save & activate.

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NOTE
Saving activates the channel straight away and it starts accepting traffic. You can pause or edit it at any time.

Check the channel status

The channel appears in the SMS Marketing list with the status Ready. Its Default sender column reads No default sender until you set one.