Transactional SMS

Transactional message" means an SMS containing LIKE BELOW.

1. Information sent to its customer(s) by the Bank or financial institution or insurance company or credit card company
2. Information given by Airlines or Indian Railways or its authorized agencies to its passengers regarding travel schedules, ticket booking and reservation;
3. Information from a registered educational institution to parents or guardians of its students;
4. Information sent by e-commerce agencies in response to ecommerce transactions made by their customers;
5. Information sent by a company or a firm or depository participant, registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) or Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) or Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) or National Commodity & Derivative Exchange Ltd. (NCDEX) or Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) to its clients pertaining to the account of the client;
6. Information sent by a registered company to its employees or agents or to its customers pertaining to services or goods to be delivered to such customers;

Transactional Gateway will be allocated only to following category of business for sending transactional messages

1. Registered Companies
2. Registered Banks & Financial Institution
3. Insurance Company
4. Credit Card Companies
5. Registered Education Instituted (Only for sending information to parents)
6. Airlines & Railway (Only for sending ticket & PNR details to passengers)
7. Stock Market Alerts (Only to subscribed customers)
8. E-Commerce website sending response to ecommerce transactions made by their customers

Sender ID/Header for Transactional Messages

AM-INFORM

Where 'A' stands for the operator code here its "Airtel"
'M' stands for the service area here its "Mumbai"
'INFORM' indicates six alphabets for company or organization sending transactional SMS
Only one Sender ID is allowed per account & maximum 6 Characters (alpha numeric)
Sender ID is subjected to approval.

Message Submission Timings

Transaction Gateway is open for 24 hours

Message Templates

Transaction gateway works with template based system, you can create any number of message templates from your account. Once your template is approved by us you can start sending transactional messages to numbers registered with NCCPR Registry If the template and sender id does not match with our records sms will not be processed.

Some Examples :-

1) Retail Outlets

• Send thanking alert message for their purchase.
• Updating customers on the status of their purchase / repairs / delivery etc

2) Educational Institutions

• Send Exam Dates & Exam Results to parents.
• Update parents with the performance of their children
• Informing School Opening & Closure Dates.
• Fee payment and pending payment reminders.
• Inform the parents about the non attendance of their children.
• Announcement & Parents day, Annual Day, Picnic etc
• Any delays or issues with school bus service
• Send important alerts to teachers

3) Educational Consultancies

• Send Admission Notification.
• Inform students to prepare for an interview.
• Inform students to submit original mark sheet & documents.
• Inform the date of joining.
• Inform/remind the date of journey in case of going abroad for studies.

4) Banking & Financial Sector

• Loan Application Status.
• Loan Approvals.
• Reminding EMI Date.
• Account Updates / Balance details / Low balance/ installments etc
• Transaction details & Cheque bounce.
• Payment Reminder Alerts.
• Insurance / SIP reminders.
• Interest rates / Charges revision.

5) Travel & Tourism

• Send thanking message on ticket or hotel booking.
• Send confirmations on hotel bookings / Ticket booking /reservations etc.
• Informing the tour date.

6) Automobile Industry

• Vehicle Service Reminders.
• Service Confirmation Alerts.
• Driving Tips.
• Insurance, RTO reminders.

7) Stock Market Companies

• Trade Transaction details.
• Stock Tips & Advices.
• Market Updates.

8) Job Consultancies

• Interview Date & Place.
• Interview Confirmation.

9) IT & ITES Service Companies

• Integration with Websites.
• System failure notifications.
• Inform Virus alerts.
• New Email Alerts.
• Password Retrievals.
• Server / website down alerts.
• Shopping alerts.
• Human verification code for transaction security.

Document Required For Transactional SMS For NDNC :-

• Undertaking Form.
• Legal Agreement For NDNC On 100 Rs Stamp Paper .
• Some Sample Templates.

SMS API's :-

There are 3 types of API: -

1- HTTP API
2- XML API
3- SMPP API

1) HTTP API : Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

HTTP API is one of the most popular, simple and flexible API which can be easily integrated with any website or applications.

Using our HTTP API you can,

a. Send SMS from your Website or Application.
b. Receive SMS to your application.
c. Get Delivery Reports.

HTTP API LINK:- http://mainadmin-sms.com/sendsms.jsp?user=XXXXX&password=XXXXXX&mobiles=91XXXXXXXXXXX&sms=msgbody&senderid=XXXXXX

2) XML API :-

XML API is the solution in which you can send different SMS matters to multiple numbers.
You can integrate this in your application or software.

3) SMPP API :-

SMPP (Short Message Peer to Peer) API is perfectly suitable for the businesses having high monthly SMS push requirements. SMPP Connectivity Pre-requisites from customers:

a. Customer should have a SMPP Client installed at his server.
b. SMPP Connectivity will be provided to the customers having monthly SMS Consumption more than 1mn (10 Lakh), as SMPP is basically meant for the high volume SMS usage. All the customers having monthly SMS consumption less than 1 mn can use our extremely popular HTTP API.