SMS API for Isle of Man: bulk SMS to +44 numbers

The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, known for its finance sector and tech startups. Software teams at banks, logistics companies, travel agencies, and utilities send SMS messages to their users. Messages are triggered by events like transaction alerts, parcel delivery updates, travel bookings, and service outages. SMS is preferred because it reaches every phone, works for residents and visitors, and does not require an app.

Isle of Man

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 the Isle of Man costs

Every message is priced at $0.01417 per segment to the Isle of Man. 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$0.01417$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 Isle of Man

Mobile numbers in the Isle of Man have 10 digits after +44. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (07924 123456); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +44 7924 123456. The Isle of Man shares +44 with the United Kingdom; mobiles starting 7524, 7624 or 7924 price as the Isle of Man.

Alphabet and segments

English text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to the Isle of Man 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

The Isle of Man changes its clocks: Isle of Man is on UTC+0 in January and UTC+1 in July. 09:00 in Isle of Man 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 Isle of Man with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (IM) 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": "+447924123456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to the Isle of Man

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in the Isle of Man.

Transaction alerts

Customers in Douglas receive an SMS whenever a transaction is made on their bank account for security purposes.

Parcel updates

Residents in Ramsey get an SMS when their online order is out for delivery, with an estimated arrival time.

Travel bookings

Passengers flying from Isle of Man Airport receive SMS confirmations for their flight bookings and seat assignments.

Service outages

Households in Peel are notified by SMS when there is a planned power outage or water service interruption.

SMS to Isle of Man: questions

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

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to the Isle of Man?

Each message segment to the Isle of Man costs $0.01417. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $14.17 and 10,000 cost $141.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to the Isle of Man does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 7,057 one-segment messages to the Isle of Man at $0.01417 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 Isle of Man numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +44 7924 123456 becomes "+447924123456" 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 is used for SMS on the Isle of Man?

English is the primary language for SMS on the Isle of Man.

Start sending to The Isle of Man

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to the Isle of Man at $0.01417 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Isle of Man: Bulk SMS to +44 From $0.01417 | BulkSMSAPI