SMS API for Maldives: bulk SMS to +960 numbers
Maldives
Calling code +960
- Per SMS segment
- $0.00927
- Messages for $100
- 10,787
- Local language
- Dhivehi and English
- Encoding
- Unicode (UCS-2)
What a bulk SMS send to the Maldives costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.00927 | $0.01854 |
| 1,000 | $9.27 | $18.54 |
| 10,000 | $92.70 | $185.40 |
| 100,000 | $927.00 | $1,854.00 |
Number format in Maldives
Mobile numbers in the Maldives have 7 digits after +960 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 771-2345 becomes +960 771 2345 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
Text in Thaana is always Unicode, so a message to the Maldives written in Dhivehi 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
The Maldives keeps UTC+5 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Maldives is always 04:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Maldives with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (MV) 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": "+9607712345", "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: "+9607712345", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.00927", country: "MV"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+9607712345", "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"]) # "0.00927"What developers send to the Maldives
Reservation confirmations
Resorts in Malé send SMS confirmations to guests booking stays in the Maldives, ensuring a smooth arrival process.
Payment receipts
A Malé bank sends SMS receipts for transactions, keeping customers informed about their financial activity.
Health alerts
Government agencies send SMS alerts about vaccination campaigns or health advisories to residents across the islands.
Tourist updates
Travel agencies in Malé notify tourists via SMS about flight changes or excursion details for their Maldives trip.
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SMS to Maldives: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to the Maldives?
How many SMS to the Maldives does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Maldives numbers for the API?
What language should SMS messages use?
How do I reach remote islands?
Start sending to The Maldives
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to the Maldives at $0.00927 per segment, from the console or with one API call.