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How it works?

HostBill SMS Gateway allows you to re-sell your SMS from one of HostBill-supported vendors. This module works with built-in HostBill notification modules (like Clickatell, Nexmo) to send your customer sms out.

Customers can post sms directly from client portal or using User API extension.


Installing module

  1. Download purchased module from clients.hostbillapp.com
  2. Upload archive contents into main HostBill directory
  3. Proceed to Settings->Module. Search and activate "SMS Gateway" module.
  4. You will be redirected to Settings->Apps to configure your SMS Gateway module. Configuration limits to selecting from one of HostBill Notification plugins you wish to use for this connection.
     

Configuring SMS product

  1. Proceed to Settings->Products & Services to configure your SMS package.
  2. Add new orderpage, from Product type select "Other Services"
  3. Add new product in this orderpage. Set its name and save changes, for configuring billing of sms package refer to separate section below. 
  4. In product configuration proceed to Connect with App section, select SMS Gateway module and app configured in previous steps. Save Changes
    Additionally, you can limit total number of SMS available for customer in billing period using SMS Limit option.

Proceed to Client Functions tab, enable functions available for your customer in this package. Save Changes


Note: It is advised to limit just one SMS package per customer under Other Settings in product configuration. 


 
 

Configuring SMS Product Billing

 

SMS products can be configured with at least 3 distinctive billing models, under related product configuration, general settings tab:

  1. Pre-Paid metered billing
     As per screenshot below, enable metered billing, change type to Pre-Paid. With this method customer pays X amount of money up-front and his credit account is decreased with each sms sent. 
    If customer credit balance reaches threshold level, new invoice to top-up his credit will be issued.  
  2. Post-Paid metered billing
    With this setup customer pays at the end of billing period (ie. Month) for the total amount of text messages he sent in this period. 


  3. Regular (recurring) billing
    Using regular billing you can give customer X amount of messages to sent in month, and charge him each month (no matter if customer used up all his messages or not)
     
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