SMS API for Liberia: bulk SMS to +231 numbers

Liberia is a West African country with Monrovia as its capital, known for its mining and agriculture sectors. Software products like mobile money apps, delivery services, and schools send text messages to their users. Messages are triggered by events such as payment confirmations, delivery updates, or exam reminders. Developers choose SMS because it works on all mobile phones, including basic models, and is reliable for reaching a wide audience.

Liberia

Calling code +231

Per SMS segment
$0.01127
Messages for $100
8,873
Local language
English
Encoding
GSM-7

What a bulk SMS send to Liberia costs

Every message is priced at $0.01127 per segment to Liberia. 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$0.01127$0.02254
1,000$11.27$22.54
10,000$112.70$225.40
100,000$1,127.00$2,254.00

Number format in Liberia

Mobile numbers in Liberia have 9 digits after +231. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (077 012 3456); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +231 77 012 3456.

Alphabet and segments

English text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Liberia 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

Liberia keeps UTC+0 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Monrovia is always 09:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to Liberia with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (LR) 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": "+231770123456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Liberia

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

Payment confirmations

Mobile money apps in Monrovia send SMS notifications to users after successful transactions.

Delivery updates

Delivery services notify customers in Gbarnga with SMS alerts when their packages are out for delivery.

Exam reminders

Schools in Buchanan send SMS reminders to students about upcoming exam schedules.

Appointment reminders

Clinics in Kakata send SMS reminders to patients about their scheduled medical appointments.

SMS to Liberia: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Liberia costs $0.01127. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $11.27 and 10,000 cost $112.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 8,873 one-segment messages to Liberia at $0.01127 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 Liberia numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +231 77 012 3456 becomes "+231770123456" 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 messages be in English or local languages?

English is widely understood and preferred for formal communication. Local languages can be used for informal contexts.

Are there peak times for SMS traffic?

SMS traffic increases during the holiday season, when businesses send greetings and promotions.

Start sending to Liberia

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Liberia at $0.01127 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Liberia: Bulk SMS to +231 From $0.01127 | BulkSMSAPI