SMS API for Palau: bulk SMS to +680 numbers

Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean with Koror as its largest city, has an economy centered on tourism and fishing. Messages are triggered by booking confirmations, tour schedules, and public service announcements. SMS is preferred because it works reliably across the islands, even in remote areas, and reaches all mobile phones.

Palau

Calling code +680

Per SMS segment
$0.01327
Messages for $100
7,535
Local language
English
Encoding
GSM-7

What a bulk SMS send to Palau costs

Every message is priced at $0.01327 per segment to Palau. 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$0.01327$0.02654
1,000$13.27$26.54
10,000$132.70$265.40
100,000$1,327.00$2,654.00

Number format in Palau

Mobile numbers in Palau have 7 digits after +680 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 620 1234 becomes +680 620 1234 in the to field.

Alphabet and segments

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

Palau keeps UTC+9 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Palau is always 00:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to Palau with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (PW) 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": "+6806201234", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Palau

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

Booking confirmations

Resorts in Koror send SMS confirmations to guests after booking their stays.

Public alerts

Government agencies send SMS alerts to residents about emergencies or important announcements.

Event reminders

Event organizers send SMS reminders to attendees in Melekeok about upcoming cultural festivals.

SMS to Palau: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Palau costs $0.01327. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $13.27 and 10,000 cost $132.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 7,535 one-segment messages to Palau at $0.01327 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 Palau numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +680 620 1234 becomes "+6806201234" 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.

Start sending to Palau

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Palau at $0.01327 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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