We can configure both promotional and transactional SMS routes to you, so that you can send any business SMS hassle-free! With platinum telecom partnership and intelligent routing technology, Textlocal SMS gateway assures you best-in-class delivery rates for both bulk SMS and SMS alerts. What is promotional SMS? As the name states, these are messages which are sent with the objective of marketing, advertising or promoting one’s products or services. This category includes any sales & marketing messages which may or may not be solicited by the recipient. This Messages are sent only on hours of 9am>9pm on the recipient timezone.There are multiple benefits to using promotional SMS. The biggest of them is that you can send targeted SMS campaigns and reach a wider set of audience without it cost you a lot. Another major advantage is that SMS have an open rate of 95–98% whereas e-mails have 2–5%. What is Transactional SMS? This can also be referred to as Service messages. Basically, These are messages you send to your customer regarding important information necessary for using your product or service. Advantage is that since these SMS are not for marketing & promotional, therefore even the numbers that are included in the National Do Not Call list get these messages. Delivering bulk urgent information to people eg -Alert SMS, urgent notifications to students and parents. Transactional SMS can be sent at anytime, without any time constraint.