SMSBENIN SMS service provides you with a much easier and faster way of sending text messages either in singles or in bulk from your computer to any mobile phone via the internet. Stated below are reasons why our SMS service remains unbeatable:

Ų Messages sent are delivered in seconds and the status of these messages can be viewed by the user. An additional advantage our users have is that they are not charged for messages sent to an invalid number.

Ų SMS can be sent as a flash message.

Ų Also, we provide a system whereby users can view history of their SMS activity and SMS credit. In order words messages sent can be recalled by users if need be, and users can also view a breakdown of how their SMS credit was spent right from the first recharge.

Ų We also make it possible for users to create sub accounts secondary to their own main account.

Ų Credits can be transferred from one account to another (be it sub account or main account).

Ų We also provide a scheduled SMS service, such that a user can decide to send a post dated message (message to be delivered at a later time or date) over a specified period of time. This enables users to decide when they want the message sent to be delivered.

Ų SMS groups can be created to make bulk messaging easier.

NEW USER-SIGN UP

A new user must first sign up on the site before using the SMS service. To sign up, visit the site www.smsbenin.com and click on register. Fill in all fields and click on submit. The fields in * are compulsory fields that must be filled for the registration to be processed while other fields are not compulsory. See screen shot below

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FIELDS

FIELD LABEL	DESCRIPTION
Login*	This is a compulsory field. Supply a user ID here, this ID will be used to login each time the site is visited.
Password*	This is a compulsory field. Supply a unique password combination for access to your account.
Confirm password*	This is a compulsory field. Enter the same password as supplied above.
Phone number	This field is not compulsory. you could choose to supply a valid phone number or leave it blank.
Name	This is not a compulsory field. You can either supply a name which will be tied to your SMS account or leave the field blank.
Email*	This is a compulsory field. Enter a valid email address, as your password will be sent there when you do a password reset. You will also receive notifications via this email address.

ACCOUNT LOGIN

To login, you must be an existing user. If you don’t have a user account, then you have to first sign up. For help on signing up, refer to new user-sign up above. If you already signed up, supply your Login ID and password and click on ‘sign in’. see screen shot below:

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FIELDS

FIELD LABEL	DESCRIPTION
Login	Enter the login ID you supplied on the sign up registration form
Password	Enter the corresponding password to your login ID

ACCOUNT CENTER

This is the first display page when a user logs in; it shows the credit available and monthly SMS summary (number of sent SMS and the credit balance per month). For a new user, the credit available will be zero since the account has not been recharged.

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RECHARGE

When a new user signs in for the first time, the credit available is zero. The account must be recharged in other to use the SMS service. To recharge your account, click on recharge, enter the recharge pin purchased and click on recharge. You get a prompt ‘operation has been successfully completed’ and the credit available now displays the number of units allocated to the pin used. See screen shot below:

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SUB ACCOUNTS

SUB ACCOUNTS (CREATION)

A user may decide to create sub-accounts as secondary accounts to his personal account. This enables the user to monitor the activities of all sub accounts under him. This can be done by clicking on sub accounts. On the page that displays(first screen shot below), click on new sub account and fill in all required details then click on submit. When you submit, you get the view as shown in the second screen shot below. You can create as many sub accounts as you wish.

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SUB ACCOUNTS (CREDIT TRANSFER)

To transfer credit to a sub account, the sub account must have been previously created. After log in, click on sub accounts to get a list of existing sub accounts. Key in the amount to be transferred in the ‘transfer credit amount’ field and click on transfer button of the receiving sub account. If transfer is successful, you get a prompt ‘transfer has been successfully completed’ and the number of units transferred now reflects under the available credit column of the sub account information. A sub account can also be recharged directly using a pin.

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TRANSFER SMS CREDIT

SMS credit can be transferred from one user account to another, be it a main account or a sub account. Click on ‘Transfer SMS credit’, enter the recipient’s user name and amount to be transferred, and then click on transfer. A dialog box opens up, this is to enable you confirm details of the transfer before the actual transfer is made. Click on ok to proceed or otherwise, click on cancel. If transfer is successful, the prompt ‘Transfer of SMS credits completed successfully’ is displayed.

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ADDRESS/GROUP MANAGEMENT

CREATING GROUPS

If a message(s) has to be sent to more than one person, the recipients may be grouped together such that all members of the group get the message when sent. To create groups, click on ‘address/group management’, type in the name of the group to be created and click on ‘create group’.

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ADDING PEOPLE TO A GROUP

To add people to an existing group, click on ‘manage group’ button of the particular group as shown in the first screen shot below. The second screen shot shows the displayed page. You can either add contacts one at a time or in bulk. To add one contact at a time, click on ‘add new contact’, supply all details and click on ‘create contact’. To add contacts in bulk, click on ‘add bulk contacts’, key in the phone numbers in the group separating the phone numbers with a comma or space and click on ‘create contacts’.

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SENDING SMS TO A GROUP

To send SMS to a group, click on ‘address/group management’, on the page that opens up, click on the ‘send SMS’ button of the group. Supply all information and click on send.

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FIELDS

FIELD LABEL	DESCRIPTION
From	Type in what you want the receiver to see as the message label, it could be a name or phone number. If a phone number is used, then a reply to that message gets delivered to the phone number.
SMS text	Type in the main message to be sent. 160 characters makes up a page, if your typed message exceeds 160 characters, the system breaks it down and sends it as two pages.
Flash message	A flash message is a message that opens up on the screen of the receiver when received, that is it displays the message on the receiver’s screen. Check this box if you want your message to be delivered as a flash message, but leave unchecked if otherwise.
Send	Click to send the message

EDITING GROUP INFORMATION

Group details can be edited by:

ü Clicking on ‘address/group management’

ü Clicking on the ‘manage group’ button of the group to be edited

ü A page displaying the group information opens up as shown in the screen shot below. Click on edit.

ü On the page that displays, edit the information as you wish and click on ‘modify contact’.

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SENDING SMS

INTRODUCTION

SMS may be sent to single numbers or bulk GSM numbers at the same time. To send SMS from your account, click on ‘send SMS’, supply all required details and click on send.

FIELDS

FIELD LABEL	DESCRIPTION
From	Type in what you want the receiver to see as the message label, it could be a name or phone number. If a phone number is used, then a reply to that message sent gets delivered to the phone number. NOTE: The Label you want the receiver to see MUST not exceed 11 characters (full stop and spaces included in counting). A phone number can be up to 13 characters.
SMS text	Type in the main message to be sent. 160 characters makes up a page, if your typed message exceeds 160 characters, the system breaks it down and sends it as two pages.
Paste bulk gsm numbers here	If sending to more than one number, enter all GSM numbers here separated by a comma and click on add GSM numbers.
GSM number	If sending message to a single number, enter the GSM number and name, then click on add GSM number.
Load GSM numbers from file	This is also another way of sending a message to more than one number. The numbers, saved in a notepad can be loaded from a location on the system. The numbers should be separated with a comma or space.
Flash message	A flash message is a message that opens up on the screen of the receiver when received, that is it displays the message on the receiver’s screen. Check this box if you want your message to be delivered as a flash message, but leave unchecked if otherwise
Send	Click to send the message

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SENDING SCHEDULED SMS

Sending a scheduled SMS is similar to sending a regular SMS, the only difference is the schedule part of it (specific time and date for message delivery). A scheduled SMS sent out is delivered repeatedly for a specified number of times over a pre-set duration. See screen shots below:

FIELDS

FIELD LABEL	DESCRIPTION
From	Type in what you want the receiver to see as the message label, it could be a name or phone number. If a phone number is used, then a reply to that message gets delivered to the phone number. NOTE: The Label you want the receiver to see MUST not exceed 11 characters (full stop and spaces included in counting). A phone number can be up to 13 characters.
SMS text	Type in the main message to be sent. 160 characters makes up a page, if your typed message exceeds 160 characters, the system breaks it down and sends it as two pages.
Paste bulk gsm numbers here	If sending to more than one number, enter all GSM numbers here separated by a comma and click on add GSM numbers.
GSM number	If sending message to a single number, enter the GSM number and name, then click on add GSM number.
Load GSM numbers from file	This is also another way of sending a message to more than one number. The numbers, saved in a notepad can be loaded from a location on the system. The numbers should be separated with a comma or space.
Flash message	A flash message is a message that opens up on the screen of the receiver when received, that is it displays the message on the receiver’s screen. Check this box if you want your message to be delivered as a flash message, but leave unchecked if otherwise
Schedule this message for	Set the start date and time for the scheduled message, i.e. when you want the first message delivered.
Is Repeatable	Check if you want the message delivered more than once, otherwise leave unchecked.
Description	Enter something meaningful here as this is the label of the scheduled message. It is used to distinguish one scheduled SMS from another one.
Execute every	This indicates the rate at which the SMS will be delivered, that is the intervals at which the message will be delivered (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly…)
during next	Duration of repeatability should be specified here, that is for how long you want the message delivered (one week, one month, one year…)
Send scheduled SMS	Click to send the scheduled message.

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UPDATE SCHEDULED ITEM

A scheduled item can only be deleted and re-created, it cannot be edited. If you want to terminate a scheduled item, click on ‘update schedule items’, select the existing schedule task from the drop down list and click on delete schedule. If you need to edit a scheduled task, just delete the existing one and re-create a new one.

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SMS ACTIVITY

This is a view of all messages sent out from an account and all corresponding sub-accounts since creation. It states the transaction date, GSM number, contact name (user ID), SMS Text (main message) and Return Code (message status) of each message per month. To view your SMS activity, click on ‘SMS activity’ and select the month/year from the drop down list. The page loads to display your SMS activity.

SMS ACTIVITY SUMMARY

This enables you to view SMS activity per day. The ‘SMS activity’ provides for a monthly view while ‘SMS activity summary’ provides for a daily view. Also ‘SMS activity summary’ displays only messages sent out from a user’s main account, messages sent from corresponding sub accounts is not displayed here. To view sub account SMS activity, refer to SMS activity above.

SMS CREDIT HISTORY

This gives you details of your credit recharge and transfer right from your first recharge. It displays the units recharged and transferred per date and time. To view these details, simply click on ‘SMS credit history’. Units transferred are displayed in negative value since they are subtracted from user account while units received or recharged are displayed in positive value since they are additions to the user account. See screen shot below:

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CHANGING PROFILE INFORMATION

A user’s profile information can be changed at any point in time by clicking on ‘change profile info’. On the registration form displayed, make the changes you wish to make and click on submit.

HOW TO BUY SMS RECHARGE VOUCHERS

You can buy sms recharge vouchers directly from our offices or from our resellers across the country.
You may also pay into our bank accounts and get credited within 30 minutes of confirmation of payment.

GT Bank
Account Name: Unival Infotech Ltd
Account Number: 422441180 110

Oceanic Bank
Account Name: Unival Infotech Ltd
Account Number: 3011101004744

Zenith Bank
Account Name: Unival Infotech Ltd
Account Number: 6217302212

Text your payment details to 08060364812 immediately after payment. You may also email us at info@smsbenin.com, unival2002@yaho.com