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SMS Platform

Contact Lists

Organize SMS recipients into lists for bulk sending.

Contact lists help you organize recipients for bulk SMS campaigns.

Create a contact list

  1. Go to Contact Lists in the SMS Portal dashboard
  2. Click Create List
  3. Enter a name for the list

Add contacts

Manual entry

Add contacts one at a time with phone number and optional name.

CSV import

Upload a CSV file to bulk-import contacts:

phone,name
+254712345678,Alice
+254712345679,Bob
+254712345680,Charlie

Send bulk SMS

  1. Go to Send SMS
  2. Select your sender ID
  3. Select a contact list as the recipient
  4. Compose your message
  5. Click Send

Each message is charged individually based on the recipient's country pricing.

Managing lists

  • View contacts — Browse and search contacts in a list
  • Edit — Rename a list
  • Delete — Remove a list and all its contacts permanently

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