SMS API for Macao: bulk SMS to +853 numbers
Macao
Calling code +853
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01067
- Messages for $100
- 9,372
- Local language
- Cantonese Chinese and Portuguese
- Encoding
- Unicode (UCS-2)
What a bulk SMS send to Macao costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.01067 | $0.02134 |
| 1,000 | $10.67 | $21.34 |
| 10,000 | $106.70 | $213.40 |
| 100,000 | $1,067.00 | $2,134.00 |
Number format in Macao
Mobile numbers in Macao have 8 digits after +853 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 6612 3456 becomes +853 6612 3456 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
Text in traditional Chinese characters is always Unicode, so a message to Macao written in Cantonese Chinese carries 70 characters in one segment and 67 in each part of a longer one. Codes and alerts written in English or plain Latin letters fit 160 characters, which halves the cost of a long notice.
Time zone and timing
Macao keeps UTC+8 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Macau is always 01:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Macao with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (MO) 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": "+85366123456", "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: "+85366123456", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01067", country: "MO"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+85366123456", "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"]) # "0.01067"What developers send to Macao
Reservation confirmations
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Flight updates
Airlines notify passengers in Macau about flight delays or gate changes via SMS.
Payment receipts
Retail stores in Taipa send SMS receipts to customers confirming their purchases.
Event reminders
Event organizers in Coloane send SMS reminders to attendees about upcoming concerts or festivals.
More countries in East Asia
SMS to Macao: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Macao?
How many SMS to Macao does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Macao numbers for the API?
Which language should SMS messages be in?
Are there seasonal peaks in SMS traffic?
Start sending to Macao
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Macao at $0.01067 per segment, from the console or with one API call.