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Text message notifications (SMS)

Both agents and users can be notified via text message when a new message comes in. Text message notifications are provided by Twilio.

Twilio is a paid service, but it is cheap, and you can use the trial version to test text message notifications for free.

Activation​

  1. Go to https://www.twilio.com/referral/5GOe1g and create a new account.
  2. Verify your phone number.
  3. Complete the form and choose SMS.
  4. Once in the dashboard, click Get a Trial Number, then Choose this number.
  5. Enter the Chat24Plus admin area, go to Settings > Notifications > Text message notifications, and paste the Account SID, Auth Token, and Trial Number (or a purchased phone number). Find all details in the Twilio dashboard.
  6. If you're using the trial version, you can send notifications only to verified numbers. Enter the Twilio dashboard, click the left button # (Phone Numbers), then click Verified Caller IDs and add your phone number.
  7. To start using the service live and to receive text messages in Chat24Plus, you need to purchase a phone number. After the purchase, go to Phone numbers > Manage > Active numbers, click your number, and enter the URL of Chat24Plus. Get it from Chat24Plus > Settings > Notifications > Text message notifications > Get configuration URL.
  8. You're done.

Information​

  • All phone numbers must have the country code starting with the symbol + (e.g., +15558675310).
  • You can get the user's phone number via the registration form, follow-up message, subscribe message, or via the [email] shortcode. You can also manually enter the user's phone from the admin area or via API.
  • When a user sends their first message, if the conversation is assigned to a department, a text message is sent only to the agents assigned to that department. If the conversation is assigned to a specific agent, a text message is sent only to that agent. Otherwise, a text message is sent to all agents who are not online at the moment. Subsequent text messages are sent only to the last agent in the conversation.
  • Text message notifications are sent only if the last agent in the conversation is offline.
  • If you're using the Dialogflow App, and Settings > Dialogflow > Human takeover is active, no text messages are sent if the chatbot knows the answer.
  • To use the Sender ID feature, enter the sender name in the Sender number field.