Creating SMS Marketing Channels
Learn how to create an SMS Marketing channel in TextPeak, what each field on the channel details step does, and what happens when you activate it.
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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
- In the left menu, select Channels.
Channels groups every channel by type.
- Select the SMS Marketing card, then select Add channel.
The channel list shows status, tags, route IPs and the default sender.
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Enter a Channel name and a Channel description.
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To limit which IP addresses can call this channel, select Enable IP ACL and add the addresses under Add IP.
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Add Tags if you group channels by team, campaign or environment.
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To try the channel without sending real messages, select Use Demo Sending.
SMS Marketing has a single step: the channel is live as soon as you save
- Select Save & activate.
NOTESaving activates the channel straight away and it starts accepting traffic. You can pause or edit it at any time.
What happens next
The channel appears in the SMS Marketing list with the status Ready. Its Default sender column reads No default sender until you set one.
What to do next
- TextPeak Channel Types - the other channel types and what each one carries.
- Working with Channels - the channel list, the Manage channel view, and the actions that pause or remove a channel.
Updated about 14 hours ago