SMS API for French Polynesia: bulk SMS to +689 numbers

French Polynesia, located in the South Pacific with Papeete as its capital, is known for tourism and pearl farming. Software products like travel agencies, resorts, and local businesses send text messages to their users. Messages are triggered by events such as booking confirmations, activity schedules, and payment reminders. SMS is chosen because it reaches all mobile phones, including those of international visitors on remote islands like Bora Bora.

French Polynesia

Calling code +689

Per SMS segment
$0.01847
Messages for $100
5,414
Local language
French
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to French Polynesia costs

Every message is priced at $0.01847 per segment to French Polynesia. 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$0.01847$0.03694
1,000$18.47$36.94
10,000$184.70$369.40
100,000$1,847.00$3,694.00

Number format in French Polynesia

Mobile numbers in French Polynesia have 8 digits after +689 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 87 12 34 56 becomes +689 87 12 34 56 in the to field.

Alphabet and segments

Texts in French fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use â, ê, î, ô, û, ç, ë and ï: 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

French Polynesia spans several time zones, from UTC-10 in Tahiti to UTC-9 in Gambier (January offsets). A send_at of 19:00 UTC lands at 09:00 in Tahiti in January; for a nationwide reminder, split the list by region and give each batch its own send_at.

Send to French Polynesia with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (PF) 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": "+68987123456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to French Polynesia

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in French Polynesia.

Booking confirmations

Resorts in Bora Bora send SMS confirmations to guests with their booking details and arrival instructions.

Payment reminders

Local businesses in Papeete send SMS reminders to customers for unpaid invoices or subscription renewals.

Ferry updates

Ferry services notify passengers by SMS about schedule changes or delays between Tahiti and nearby islands.

SMS to French Polynesia: questions

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

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to French Polynesia?

Each message segment to French Polynesia costs $0.01847. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $18.47 and 10,000 cost $184.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 5,414 one-segment messages to French Polynesia at $0.01847 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 French Polynesia numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +689 87 12 34 56 becomes "+68987123456" 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.

What language should SMS messages be in for French Polynesia?

French is the official language, but Tahitian is also widely spoken. Use French for broader reach.

How can SMS reach visitors in French Polynesia?

SMS works for international roaming numbers, making it ideal for reaching tourists on islands like Bora Bora and Moorea.

Start sending to French Polynesia

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to French Polynesia at $0.01847 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API French Polynesia: Bulk SMS to +689 From $0.01847 | BulkSMSAPI