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The business SMS guide
For business ownersAbout 9 min read
How messages travel from your dashboard to a phone, GSM-7 vs Unicode, why Bangla SMS uses more parts (with a worked example), masking vs non-masking, every delivery status and how billing works.
- SMS length
- Bangla SMS
- Delivery reports
- Billing
The SMS API, explained simply
For business owners and developersAbout 4 min read
What an SMS API is for, common uses such as OTP and order updates, what you need to start, one cURL example and the key ideas: scopes, idempotency, statuses and webhooks.
- API keys
- OTP
- Idempotency
- Webhooks
Send SMS from your WordPress site
For business ownersAbout 5 min read
Contact-form alerts, registration notices and OTPs for WordPress. Step-by-step setup with a scoped API key in wp-config.php, security tips, troubleshooting and FAQs.
- WordPress
- Contact forms
- Security
WooCommerce order notifications by SMS
For business ownersAbout 6 min read
Which order updates to send, sample English and Bangla texts with part counts, templates with variables, duplicate-safe setup and customer consent.
- WooCommerce
- Order SMS
- Bangla templates
Guides from the blog
Guide · SMS basics
SMS character limits explained: GSM-7, Unicode and Bangla SMS
For business owners and developersAbout 6 min read
Why a short Bangla message can cost two parts, how GSM-7 and Unicode differ, and how to write SMS that fit in one part, with verified English and Bangla examples.
Guide · Integrations
How to send WooCommerce order notifications by SMS
For business owners and developersAbout 6 min read
Send order received, COD, shipped, completed, cancelled and refunded SMS from WooCommerce using the SMSGELY API, with English and Bangla templates and a PHP snippet.
Guide · Developers
SMS API security checklist for developers
For developersAbout 6 min read
A practical checklist for keeping SMS API keys and webhooks safe: least-privilege scopes, IP allowlists, secret storage, rate limits, idempotency and key rotation.
Guide · SMS basics
Understanding SMS delivery reports and statuses
For business owners and developersAbout 6 min read
What queued, submitted, sent, delivered, failed, rejected and unknown really mean, when you are charged, and how to use reports and webhooks to act on results.
More articles on SMS marketing and sender IDs are on the SMSGELY blog.
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