Business SMS Services
Reach customers and staff instantly with New Zealand’s most flexible business SMS platform. From one-off campaigns to fully automated, two-way messaging built into your systems.
Bulk SMS Marketing
Campaigns of any volume — fast
Send marketing and notification campaigns to thousands at once. SMS has far higher open and read rates than email, and most texts are read within minutes.
- Over 2,000 messages per second to the carriers
- Copy – paste – send: no software or CSV uploads
- Call-to-actions: tap to call, reply, or visit a landing page
- Automatic duplicate removal & opt-out washing with credit refunds
SMS Reminders
2-way appointment reminders
Cut no-shows by sending automated reminders with the date, time and location. Customers reply Y to confirm or N to cancel — and you refill the gaps.
- Replies come straight back to you in real time
- Reusable message templates — just change the date & time
- Send via web, email-to-SMS, or API integration
- Fire a text to your waiting list to fill cancellations
SMS Alerts & Notifications
Reduce costs & prevent problems
Alert staff, customers, students or parents about anything, instantly. Integrate directly into your systems to send alerts and receive responses automatically.
- Two-factor authentication (2FA) via SMS
- IT & server alerts (Nagios and other systems)
- Overdue account, school closure & login alerts
- Forward inbound SMS to a whole team or list at once
Email to SMS
Send & receive SMS from your inbox
Send a text straight from Outlook or Gmail to a special address and we convert it to an SMS. When the recipient replies, it lands back in your inbox as an email.
- No new software — works from any email client
- Full two-way conversation, tracked by thread
- Save each contact’s “email-to-SMS” address
- Choose to send from the subject line or body
Why Be Connect SMS?
Be Connect SMS makes business messaging simple, reliable, and powerful. Send reminders, alerts, and notifications directly from your dashboard, integrate messaging into your systems, or build automated communication workflows with your team.
With Be Connect, you get the best of both worlds — a platform powerful enough for developers yet simple enough for everyday business use.
FULLY HOSTED SERVICE
Our SMS platform is on cloud that means no reliance on your own infrastructure accessible from a wide range of devices.
API & INTEGRATIONS
Utilise APIs to future-proof solution; tools and technology can be plugged into our platform.APIs include REST, FTP HTTP GET and SMTP.
LOCAL SUPPORT
With a local support team, you can expect faster response and tailored solutions.
FAST & RELIABLE
Be Connect SMS is delivered via the fastest, most reliable connections to Spark, Skinny, Vodafone and 2 Degrees.
Feature-Rich SMS Platform
Everything you need to run professional SMS at scale — on one simple, powerful platform.
Schedule Anytime
Schedule messages for any future date and time — set campaigns and reminders to send exactly when they should.
Unlimited Templates
Save unlimited reusable SMS templates so your team can send consistent, on-brand messages in seconds.
Unlimited Lists
Store unlimited contact lists of any size and send to a whole list with a single click or API call.
Full Unicode Support
Full unicode support for emojis and international characters, so your messages look right for every audience.
SMS API & Integrations
Connect SMS directly into your software with our simple but powerful gateway. Send, receive, schedule and automate two-way messaging at scale — or plug straight into the tools you already use.
Send & receive
Fire single or two-way messages and pull replies back via webhook or polling.
Schedule & modify
Queue a send for any date/time; modify or delete up to 5 minutes before.
Bulk campaigns
Up to 1,000 numbers per POST — blast 100k recipients in seconds.
Lists API
Store lists of any size and send to a whole list with a single call.
Credit & top-up
Check balances and auto top-up sub-accounts programmatically.
Auto clean
Duplicate removal and opt-out washing, with credits refunded automatically.
# Send a message with a single request curl https://api.beconnect.co.nz/v1/sms/send \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "to": "+6421234567", "from": "BeConnect", "message": "Your appointment is Wed 10am. Reply Y to confirm.", "reference": "clinic-reminders" }' # 200 OK { "status": "queued", "id": "sms_8f2a…", "credits": 1 }
Integrates with the tools you already use
No-code or low-code — connect Be Connect SMS to thousands of apps through our integration partners, or wire it straight into your own workflows.
Need something bespoke? We build custom integrations.
Our team can develop custom API integrations and connect Be Connect SMS directly into your CRM, booking system, ERP or in-house software — so messaging just works, automatically, behind the scenes.