SMS API for Guernsey: bulk SMS to +44 numbers
Guernsey
Calling code +44
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01417
- Messages for $100
- 7,057
- Local language
- English
- Encoding
- GSM-7
What a bulk SMS send to Guernsey costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.01417 | $0.02834 |
| 1,000 | $14.17 | $28.34 |
| 10,000 | $141.70 | $283.40 |
| 100,000 | $1,417.00 | $2,834.00 |
Number format in Guernsey
Mobile numbers in Guernsey have 10 digits after +44. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (07781 123456); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +44 7781 123456. Guernsey shares +44 with the United Kingdom; mobiles starting 7781, 7839 or 7911 price as Guernsey.
Alphabet and segments
English text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Guernsey holds 160 characters and each part of a longer text 153. Watch for curly quotes and emoji copied from other tools: one of them moves the whole text to Unicode at 70 characters per segment, and POST /v1/estimates shows the encoding before you send.
Time zone and timing
Guernsey changes its clocks: Guernsey is on UTC+0 in January and UTC+1 in July. 09:00 in Guernsey is 09:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example +00:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.
Send to Guernsey with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (GG) 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": "+447781123456", "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: "+447781123456", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01417", country: "GG"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+447781123456", "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"]) # "0.01417"What developers send to Guernsey
Payment receipts
Banks in St. Peter Port send SMS confirmations for transactions, ensuring users have a record of their payments.
Booking alerts
Travel agencies in Guernsey notify customers about their reservations, providing real-time updates on their plans.
Delivery updates
Courier services on the island send SMS notifications about package deliveries, offering transparency and reducing inquiries.
Event reminders
Local organizations send SMS alerts for community events, ensuring high attendance and engagement.
More countries in Western Europe
SMS to Guernsey: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Guernsey?
How many SMS to Guernsey does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Guernsey numbers for the API?
Should messages be formal or informal?
How does SMS perform during peak tourist seasons?
Start sending to Guernsey
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Guernsey at $0.01417 per segment, from the console or with one API call.