SMS API for Vanuatu: bulk SMS to +678 numbers
Vanuatu
Calling code +678
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01977
- Messages for $100
- 5,058
- Local language
- English and Pacific languages
- Encoding
- GSM-7
What a bulk SMS send to Vanuatu costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.01977 | $0.03954 |
| 1,000 | $19.77 | $39.54 |
| 10,000 | $197.70 | $395.40 |
| 100,000 | $1,977.00 | $3,954.00 |
Number format in Vanuatu
Mobile numbers in Vanuatu have 7 digits after +678 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 591 2345 becomes +678 591 2345 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
English and Pacific languages text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Vanuatu 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
Vanuatu keeps UTC+11 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Efate is always 22:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Vanuatu with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (VU) 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": "+6785912345", "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: "+6785912345", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01977", country: "VU"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+6785912345", "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"]) # "0.01977"What developers send to Vanuatu
Booking confirmations
Resorts in Port Vila send SMS with booking details and arrival instructions 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 Vanuatu: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Vanuatu?
How many SMS to Vanuatu does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Vanuatu numbers for the API?
What language should SMS be in?
How to reach remote islands effectively?
Start sending to Vanuatu
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Vanuatu at $0.01977 per segment, from the console or with one API call.