SMS API for Samoa: bulk SMS to +685 numbers
Samoa
Calling code +685
- Per SMS segment
- $0.00907
- Messages for $100
- 11,025
- Local language
- English and Pacific languages
- Encoding
- GSM-7
What a bulk SMS send to Samoa costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.00907 | $0.01814 |
| 1,000 | $9.07 | $18.14 |
| 10,000 | $90.70 | $181.40 |
| 100,000 | $907.00 | $1,814.00 |
Number format in Samoa
Mobile numbers in Samoa have 7 digits after +685 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 72 12345 becomes +685 72 12345 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
English and Pacific languages text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Samoa 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
Samoa keeps UTC+13 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Apia is always 20:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Samoa with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (WS) 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": "+6857212345", "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: "+6857212345", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.00907", country: "WS"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+6857212345", "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"]) # "0.00907"What developers send to Samoa
Booking confirmations
Hotels in Apia send SMS with booking details and check-in times after reservations are made.
Payment receipts
Banks notify customers with SMS confirming successful transactions and account balances.
Appointment reminders
Clinics send SMS to patients a day before scheduled visits to reduce no-shows.
Emergency alerts
Government agencies broadcast SMS to residents and tourists during cyclones or other natural disasters.
More countries in Oceania
SMS to Samoa: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Samoa?
How many SMS to Samoa does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Samoa numbers for the API?
What language should SMS be in?
Are there seasonal peaks in SMS traffic?
Start sending to Samoa
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Samoa at $0.00907 per segment, from the console or with one API call.