Latest features, updates, and insights from WebSMS
Why more Australian developers and businesses are wiring AI agents and no-code automations straight to the WebSMS API — automated appointment, task, parking and travel reminders, priced the same as New Zealand from $0.10 per message.
Read MoreSend SMS on behalf of your own customers? Tag every send with a rateCode — your customer number or cost centre — and pull one API call at month end for a per-rateCode report of messages, segments and exact billed amounts. OTP and appointment traffic report on their own suffixed lines, and the delivery status query now returns each message's rateCode for per-message reconciliation.
Read MoreA new Composer package for Laravel 10/11/12 wraps the WebSMS Connexus API. Send SMS, OTP / 2FA codes, templated appointment reminders, and receive inbound replies and delivery reports as Laravel events. Includes a notification channel and NZ/AU phone number normalisation. Three lines of code from install to first send.
Read MoreA practical end-to-end walk-through of the WebSMS OTP API: get an access token, refresh before expiry, send a verification code (auto or self-supplied), verify on your server, and receive delivery reports and replies via webhook. Working examples in PHP, Node.js, Python and Go - download a single file or the full bundle.
Read MoreIntroducing our enhanced two-way SMS conversations feature. Send bulk messages to contacts or groups, receive replies via email notifications, and chat in a conversational interface just like iMessage.
Read MoreAfter more than two decades sending SMS for New Zealand schools, emergency services and businesses, the WebSMS public website has been refreshed. A look back at 22 years of helping kiwis stay in touch via text — and a tour of what is new on the site.
Read MoreJoin thousands of businesses using WebSMS to connect with their customers.