SMS API for Dominican Republic: bulk SMS to +1 numbers
Dominican Republic
Calling code +1
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01157
- Messages for $100
- 8,643
- Local language
- Spanish
- Encoding
- GSM-7 or Unicode
What a bulk SMS send to the Dominican Republic costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.01157 | $0.02314 |
| 1,000 | $11.57 | $23.14 |
| 10,000 | $115.70 | $231.40 |
| 100,000 | $1,157.00 | $2,314.00 |
Number format in Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic uses the North American Numbering Plan: +1, a three-digit area code and a seven-digit number, such as +1 809 234 5678. The API reads the area code (809 here) to price the number as the Dominican Republic rather than the United States, so keep the full eleven digits in your list.
Alphabet and segments
Texts in Spanish fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use á, í, ó and ú: 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
The Dominican Republic keeps UTC-4 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Santo Domingo is always 13:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Dominican Republic with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (DO) 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": "+18092345678", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'const res = await fetch("https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BULKSMSAPI_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ to: "+18092345678", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01157", country: "DO"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+18092345678", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}).encode(),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BULKSMSAPI_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "northwind-app/1.0"},
method="POST",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as res:
print(json.load(res)["price"]) # "0.01157"What developers send to the Dominican Republic
Booking confirmations
A resort in Punta Cana sends SMS confirmations to guests after they book a stay, ensuring a smooth check-in process.
Payment alerts
A bank in Santo Domingo texts customers about successful transactions, providing immediate confirmation and peace of mind.
Delivery updates
An online store in Santiago notifies customers by SMS when their package is out for delivery.
Event reminders
A festival organizer in Puerto Plata sends SMS reminders to ticket holders a day before the event, reducing no-shows.
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SMS to Dominican Republic: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to the Dominican Republic?
How many SMS to the Dominican Republic does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Dominican Republic numbers for the API?
Should SMS content be in Spanish or English?
Are there peak times for SMS traffic?
Start sending to The Dominican Republic
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to the Dominican Republic at $0.01157 per segment, from the console or with one API call.