SMS API for Montserrat: bulk SMS to +1 numbers

Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, has Plymouth as its de jure capital and is known for its tourism and small-scale agriculture. Software products like travel agencies, e-commerce platforms, and utility services send text messages to users. Messages are triggered by events such as booking confirmations, order updates, or service notifications. SMS is chosen because it reaches all mobile users, including tourists with roaming phones, and is read promptly.

Montserrat

Calling code +1

Per SMS segment
$0.02207
Messages for $100
4,531
Local language
English
Encoding
GSM-7

What a bulk SMS send to Montserrat costs

Every message is priced at $0.02207 per segment to Montserrat. 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$0.02207$0.04414
1,000$22.07$44.14
10,000$220.70$441.40
100,000$2,207.00$4,414.00

Number format in Montserrat

Montserrat uses the North American Numbering Plan: +1, a three-digit area code and a seven-digit number, such as +1 664 492 3456. The API reads the area code (664 here) to price the number as Montserrat rather than the United States, so keep the full eleven digits in your list.

Alphabet and segments

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

Montserrat keeps UTC-4 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Montserrat is always 13:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to Montserrat with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (MS) 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": "+16644923456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Montserrat

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

Booking confirmations

Travel agencies in Brades send SMS confirmations to customers with details of their hotel or tour bookings.

Order updates

E-commerce platforms notify customers in Salem when their orders are shipped or delivered via SMS.

Service notifications

Utility companies in St. John's inform customers about scheduled maintenance or outages via SMS.

Event reminders

Event organizers in Cork Hill send SMS reminders to attendees about upcoming concerts or festivals.

SMS to Montserrat: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Montserrat costs $0.02207. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $22.07 and 10,000 cost $220.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 4,531 one-segment messages to Montserrat at $0.02207 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 Montserrat numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +1 664 492 3456 becomes "+16644923456" 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.

Which language should SMS messages be in?

Messages are typically sent in English, as it is the official language.

Are there seasonal peaks in SMS traffic?

Yes, traffic increases during the St. Patrick's Festival and the summer holidays, when businesses send promotions and event updates.

Start sending to Montserrat

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Montserrat at $0.02207 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Montserrat: Bulk SMS to +1 From $0.02207 | BulkSMSAPI