SMS API for US Virgin Islands: bulk SMS to +1 numbers

The US Virgin Islands, a Caribbean territory, has Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas as its capital and thrives on tourism and financial services. Software products sending SMS include travel agencies, cruise lines, local banks, and government services. Messages are triggered by booking confirmations, payment receipts, appointment reminders, and emergency alerts. Developers choose SMS because it reaches all mobile users instantly, including tourists with international phones and residents without smartphones.

US Virgin Islands

Calling code +1

Per SMS segment
$0.00707
Messages for $100
14,144
Local language
English
Encoding
GSM-7

What a bulk SMS send to the US Virgin Islands costs

Every message is priced at $0.00707 per segment to the US Virgin Islands. 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$0.00707$0.01414
1,000$7.07$14.14
10,000$70.70$141.40
100,000$707.00$1,414.00

Number format in US Virgin Islands

The US Virgin Islands uses the North American Numbering Plan: +1, a three-digit area code and a seven-digit number, such as +1 340 642 1234. The API reads the area code (340 here) to price the number as the US Virgin Islands 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 the US Virgin Islands 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

The US Virgin Islands keeps UTC-4 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in St Thomas 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 US Virgin Islands with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (VI) 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": "+13406421234", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to the US Virgin Islands

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in the US Virgin Islands.

Booking confirmations

Hotels in Charlotte Amalie send SMS with room details and check-in times after guests complete their reservations.

Payment receipts

Local banks notify customers in St. Croix with SMS confirming successful transactions and account balances.

Appointment reminders

Clinics in St. John send SMS to patients a day before scheduled visits to reduce no-shows.

Emergency alerts

Government agencies broadcast SMS to residents and tourists during hurricanes or other natural disasters.

SMS to US Virgin Islands: questions

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

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to the US Virgin Islands?

Each message segment to the US Virgin Islands costs $0.00707. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $7.07 and 10,000 cost $70.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to the US Virgin Islands does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 14,144 one-segment messages to the US Virgin Islands at $0.00707 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 US Virgin Islands numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +1 340 642 1234 becomes "+13406421234" 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.

What language should SMS be in?

English is the primary language for SMS, as it is widely spoken by residents and tourists. Spanish and Creole are also used for specific audiences.

How to reach tourists effectively?

Tourists often use international roaming, so SMS works well.

Start sending to The US Virgin Islands

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to the US Virgin Islands at $0.00707 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API US Virgin Islands: Bulk SMS to +1 From $0.00707 | BulkSMSAPI