There are two ways to send bulksms on the SkyTechNG SMS Platform

1. Quick Send
2. Campaign Builder

The Menu Items can be found under the “SMS” Menu

1.0 Quick Send

This process is used when you are sending a message  to 100 Numbers

• Select the Sender ID
• Select the Country Code
• Input your phone numbers manually, please note that you can separate the numbers with comma, Semicolon, Bar, Tab and New line. you must select the mode of separation. (Maximum numbers is 100)
• Type in your message
• Click the “Send Button”

2.0 Campaign Builder

This process is used when you are sending messages to more than 100 numbers (Multiple Numbers) at the same time, but in this process you must create a contact list. 

Process (Creating Contacts):

• Click on “Contacts” 
• Click on “Add New” to add a contact group

• Type the Contact Group Name and click on “Save”

• You can decide to add the contacts one after the other or do a bulk import. The “Add New” Button is to add the contacts one after the other, while the “Import” button is to import large amount of numbers

2.1 Add Contact: If you want to add the contacts, one after the other, click on “Add New’ Button,  Type in the phone number with country code e.g 2349042115323, type in the First Name & Last name, Click on the the “Save Button

2.2 To import large quantity of numbers, click on “Import”, Download the sample data to guide you

• The sample data will look like the image below

• Complete the name, First name and last name. for message field please leave it empty and save file. see image below

Note: if the numbers does not appear correctly, it appears like 2.34904E+12, please select all the numbers, Right click and click on “Format cells” on th nume category, select “Number”, Reduce the “Decimal Places” to “0” , under “Negative Numbers” select “1234”, click on the “Ok” button.

• Move the file to the Import Area or click on “Click here to upload” to upload bulk contacts, on the next page, please select the corresponding , Phone Number, First Name and Last name as you can see in image below and click on “Import Button”

2.3 You can also select the “Paste Text” button to paste numbers, the numbers must be a maximum of 1000 per batch. (this process is faster)

Process (Creating Campaign:

• Write down the campaign name
• Select the Sender ID you want to use
• Select contact group if you have created
• Select the Template if you have created any, else you will have to type your message manually in the message text area.
• You can decide to schedule the campaign by checking the “Schedule” box or  click on the “Send” button to send the message