SMS API for Albania: bulk SMS to +355 numbers

Albania, on the Balkan Peninsula with Tirana as its capital, has a growing tourism and energy sector alongside agriculture. Travel agencies, bus companies, and remittance services in cities like Durrës and Vlorë use SMS to coordinate with customers nationwide. Messages confirm hotel bookings along the Albanian Riviera, update departure times for furgon minibuses, or notify families of money transfers from abroad. With high mobile penetration but uneven data coverage in rural areas, SMS remains the most reliable channel.

Albania

Calling code +355

Per SMS segment
$0.01357
Messages for $100
7,369
Local language
Albanian
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Albania costs

Every message is priced at $0.01357 per segment to Albania. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.01357$0.02714
1,000$13.57$27.14
10,000$135.70$271.40
100,000$1,357.00$2,714.00

Number format in Albania

Mobile numbers in Albania have 9 digits after +355. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (067 212 3456); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +355 67 212 3456.

Alphabet and segments

Texts in Albanian fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use ë and ç: those letters are outside GSM-7 and turn the message into Unicode at 70 characters per segment (67 per part). For short alerts, write them without those letters to keep one segment; for longer texts, the console names each letter that changed the encoding.

Time zone and timing

Albania changes its clocks: Tirane is on UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July. 09:00 in Tirane is 08:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example +01:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.

Send to Albania with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (AL) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.

For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.

curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+355672123456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Albania

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in Albania.

Bus schedules

Transport companies text passengers when Tirana to Sarandë routes are delayed by mountain roadworks.

Remittance pickup

Western Union agents in Shkodër SMS recipients when euros sent from Italy are ready for collection.

Beach bookings

Ksamil guesthouses confirm sea-view room reservations by SMS with directions from the ferry terminal.

Power cuts

Utilities in Berat notify subscribers via SMS when planned outages will affect their neighborhood.

SMS to Albania: questions

More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Albania?

Each message segment to Albania costs $0.01357. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $13.57 and 10,000 cost $135.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to Albania does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 7,369 one-segment messages to Albania at $0.01357 each. The first top-up adds a bonus on top, which raises that number. The balance is shared by every country, so the same top-up also pays for messages anywhere else on the list.

How do I write Albania numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +355 67 212 3456 becomes "+355672123456" in the to field. The API also accepts spaces, dashes and a 00 prefix and cleans them, and numbers that cannot be read are listed in set_aside instead of being charged.

Should SMS use Albanian or English for tourism?

Albanian reaches all locals, but English is better for coastal hotels targeting Italian and Greek visitors. Use simple phrases for older recipients in rural areas.

Are there regions where SMS delivery is slower?

The Accursed Mountains (Albanian Alps) have intermittent coverage. For Theth or Valbona valley homestays, allow extra time for delivery confirmations.

Start sending to Albania

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Albania at $0.01357 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Albania: Bulk SMS to +355 From $0.01357 | BulkSMSAPI