A2P 10DLC refers to a system in the United States that allows businesses to send A2P, or application-to-person messaging via a standard 10-digit long code, or 10DLC. Starting on April 1st, 2021, A2P 10DLC will launch on AT&T. Along with the launch, businesses that intend to send messages with AT&T will be required to complete a new registration in order to use local area code numbers in the United States. This registration must be completed by October 1, 2021 to avoid any additional filtering.

What is A2P?

A2P is an industry that stands for “application-to-person”. This term is used to reference sending computer programmed text messages to individual people. It’s the simple process of sending a text message from an application directly to a mobile phone. A2P messages are also commonly referred to as “professional” or “enterprise” text messages. This form of text messaging is the most common and cost effective for businesses. A2P removes the manual labor of texting and enables businesses to send bulk text messages. 

Even though TextP2P is meant to seem like you have person to person conversations, all messages sent through TextP2P are considered A2P by US carriers. Businesses can use A2P text messaging for several reasons: sending notifications, sending mass text messages, tracking click-through rates, and delivering time-sensitive alerts. Unlike A2P, P2P messaging refers to person to person. P2P is a standard conversation between two people. However, A2P also allows for 2-way conversations. The difference is that your businesses messages will be sent through an application, and on behalf of your business, not from an individual.

In order to send an A2P message, you must first access an A2P messaging platform, such as TextP2P. You can then send out either mass or inividual SMS and MMS messages. One the A2P message gets sent through a network, it will arrive to your subscribers like a regular text message. There are many benefits to using A2P messaging, such as high response rates, fast respond times, and high volume messaging.

What is 10DLC?

10DLC stands for “10-digit long code” and is also referred to as a “commercial long code”. A 10DLC looks like the standard 10-digit phone numbers used by individuals. However, these codes can actually support the high-volume message output used by businesses. The use of these phone numbers is now becoming the new industry standard for A2P messaging. 

Until recently, 10-digit phone numbers were not designed to send mass text messages. Furthermore, dedicated phone numbers that were built for bulk-texting are called short-codes (5-6 digit numbers) were too expensive for businesses to use. Before 10DLC became an option, most companies would use short codes or toll-free long codes for sending a high volume of text messages. One issue with the previous options is that they can be very expensive, and also appear more corporate than a regular phone number. When your customers see a normal phone number on their screen, they’ll feel more comfortable engaging with your campaign.

By using a 10DLC number, you will be able to send mass text messages without spending a lot of money and lower overhead costs of your business. With a 10DLC codes you’ll also be able to send messages at a rate of 5 to 10 messages per second. The daily limit of text messages that you can send with 10DLC is somewhere between the amount a short code and toll-free long codes can send, which is a large range of a few thousand to a few million. By using a 10DLC code, your business or organization will have it’s own dedicated phone number to send SMS messages with.

Why should you use 10DLC?

10 DLC numbers give businesses the best of both worlds: mass text messaging support, with lower overhead costs. This is what you can expect from 10DLC.

Higher SMS message volumes

10DLC numbers are capable of supporting SMS message volumes that are somewhere between the limits of short-codes and toll-free long codes. Currently, 10DLC messaging can send messages at a rate of 1 message per second, and that number may go up in the future.

Lower costs

10DLC numbers have lower monthly costs than dedicated short codes. So, businesses that can’t afford a short code number or don’t send enough messages to justify paying for a short code have a cost-efficient alternative. Additionally, businesses will be able to convert their existing landlines to 10DLC numbers. This means businesses can send more messages from their existing phone number to get 10DLC capabilities.

Better deliverability

Because 10DLC numbers are sanctioned by the carriers, messages are less likely to be filtered and more likely to reach the recipient.

How does A2P 10DLC work?

There are two important requirements under the new A2P 10DLC system:

1. Businesses must identify who they are to carrier networks (brand registration).
2. Businesses must register what type of messages they are sending, i.e. notifications (campaign registration).

Registration is done entirely through TextP2P’s Trust Center and we will communicate with the The Campaign Registry (TCR) to meet the requirements of carriers, while making it easy for businesses to onboard. See example screenshot below:

Customers will also be required to provide a couple use cases to define their “campaign” to the carriers. Customer’s will need to provide 2 sample messages of the types of text messages they will be sending. These are just examples only for the carriers:

When you complete your A2P Profile (Brand Registration), The Campaign Registry will give your brand a Trust Score of either Low, Medium, or High Trust. This rating influences the maximum message throughput that will be allocated to each of your campaigns. Se table below for AT&T and T-Mobile.

If you would like to learn more about A2P 10DLC and how to register with TextP2P, check out our help page.

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In today’s society, your political campaign strategy cannot afford to overlook text messaging. The average young voter, a group every campaign should target, receives an average of 87.7 text messages each day. Make sure at least one of them is from your political campaign.

If that isn’t enough to convince, here are five more reasons to use text messaging in your political campaign.

1. Increase funds raised for the campaign 

Send a text message asking voters to donate and get immediate results using text messages. Including a button to donate will show results within minutes. A follow-up text can thank them and inform them where their contribution is making a difference.

2. Stay connected with volunteers and supporters

Keep your supporters and campaign volunteers up to date. Send text messages to respond to questions or suggestions. Sending responses to every message can become increasingly difficult as your campaign gains momentum. Use a custom autoresponder! Voters and volunteers need to hear from your campaign to increase their enthusiasm.

3. Get out the vote (GOTV) initiatives

We need more people participating in our elections. Elections give people their largest voice in decisions that impact significant issues (i.e., healthcare, retirement, economy, foreign affairs, etc.). Every vote counts! Outcomes are determined by turnout. Use text messaging to inform people of upcoming deadlines and polling locations. Ensure everyone knows when it’s time to vote! Using text messages or updates via Ringless Voicemail can reach more people in a shorter amount of time.

4. Send surveys and polls

Learn what voters want with a text message survey. It’s the fastest and easiest way to gather valuable feedback from your districts, to understand the issues voters really care about and improve your chances of winning. TextP2P uses MMS text messages, so each question, and answer choices, can contain a picture and 1600 characters.

5. Organize your volunteers

Need to mobilize your volunteers? No problem! They’ll be on the move with just the click of a button. Use TextP2P to deploy volunteers into the community. You can communicate assignments, upcoming events, canvassing efforts, and more.

TextP2P Political Case Studies

Here are three political GOTV text campaigns delivered to thousands of voters with an average open rate of 98%.

Features of TextP2P include:

• MMS messages with pictures, videos, and up to 1600 characters
• Shared inbox where your team can respond to any text message
• Call forwarding to your campaign number
• Local 10-digit virtual number for the state or district you want to target
• Detailed reporting
• Stop campaigns
• Automated responses based on keywords
• Automated drip text campaigns

Political campaigns impact all of us! TextP2P provides technology that offers candidates an easy way to reach and keep voters. We support your efforts, and the best part is that we do it for you! Provide us with the voter list, photo, and text message body. Let us know when you want the message sent, and we will handle the rest. 

How to Get Started Immediately with Text Marketing

Get started with text messaging today and be ready for election day! Sign up for a FREE 14-day trial, which includes 100 credits.

How Does the Free Trial Work?

  Sign-up for a FREE TextP2P account. Take a tour of the system and watch a demo.

  Sign up for a FREE trial by entering your credit card to start and immediately receive a local area code phone number matching your cell phone and receive 100 FREE text credits.  You credit card will not be charged until your trial is over unless you go over your 100 free texts. After the trial ends your membership begins for just $20/month with our Starter Package Plan.

  You’re in control! Upgrade, Downgrade, Buy Additional Credits, or Cancel at Anytime.

TextP2P offers bulk personalized texts, surveys, drip campaigns, Ringless Voicemails, keyword signups, scheduling, and more. 

Our mission is to empower people with the right tools to share their message so they can make a positive impact in the world.

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4 Ways Network Marketers Can Use Text Messaging: 

Manage your Network Marketing Team: Running a network marketing is not easy and keeping your team on track and focused is hard work. If you are trying to management your team with email, messaging apps, and social media then I’m sure you are feeling frustrated. Setting up automated text drip campaigns is a great way for onboard training of new distributors to keep them engaged with a nearly 100% open and read rate!

Create Attractive Messages: Business text messaging keeps you top of mind with your customers. Spending some time creating your message message will pay off later. TextP2P offers 1600 characters on MMS messages, providing and excellent canvas for personalized communication.

Use Call-to-actions: Most network marketers work from home and therefore, it becomes difficult for them to increase customer engagement. But, with the help of a call-to-action strategy, they can easily do this. If you don’t know how it works, you don’t have to worry. We have simplified it below:

• Click here is one of the most effective call-to-actions. Send people a link to your website or blog to learn more about you or your product.
• Buy now is another call-to-action for those network marketers who know their customers very well. In this case, you have to send a promotional text message along with a picture, up to 1600 characters of text, including a direct link to the product in your online store.

Create Conversations: The most effective form of texting is by keeping it conversational. Personalize your text messages and ask them a question. Ex. “Hey Mary, how are you enjoying your new XYZ product?” You can setup automated check-in text messages that follow up with your customers at scheduled intervals.

To learn more about how you can better utilize text messaging for your business, please read SMS Text Marketing For Businesses

How to Get Started Immediately with Text Marketing

The next step is to decide which platform to use to run your text message marketing campaign. We highly recommend our system, TextP2P – Group Texting Made Personal.

TextP2P is an easy to use web application designed to used on a computer or mobile device. TextP2P provides a SMS & MMS text marketing system designed to help small-midsize businesses cultivate better relationships with customers and streamline follow-ups. Send your customers text messages from a virtual 10 digit local number with a maximum of 1600 characters! It offers features like: Sending bulk personalized texts, surveys, drip campaigns, Ringless Voicemails, keyword signups, scheduling, and more.

At TextP2P we offer a FREE 14 day trial where you will receive 100 text credits to use.

Start Free Trial

How Does the Free Trial Work?

  Sign-up for a FREE TextP2P account. Take a tour of the system and watch a demo.

  Sign up for a FREE trial by entering your credit card to start and immediately receive a local area code phone number matching your cell phone and receive 100 FREE text credits.  You credit card will not be charged until your trial is over unless you go over your 100 free texts. After the trial ends your membership begins for just $20/month with our Starter Package Plan.

  You’re in control! Upgrade, Downgrade, Buy Additional Credits, or Cancel at Anytime.

Creating Your First Text Marketing Campaign is Easy

Once you have activated your account by starting your free trial or subscription, you easily send your first text message marketing campaign in just 3 simple steps and in less than 2 minutes.  Watch the video below to see an example of how easy it really is.

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5 Ways Retail Stores Can Use Text Messaging: 

Promote Special Offers: Text marketing is a fast, low cost and easy way to tell your customers about sales or special promotions. Create your message and send it to all of your customers or a targeted group with just a few clicks. Send pictures along with links to your products or store.

Send Thank You Texts: Let your customers know that you appreciate their patronage with SMS automation for business. Create automated messages to thank your customers for their purchase, send a receipt or provide  delivery information along with a thank you message through an automated text message.

Loyalty Programs: Reward customer loyalty by text-exclusive deals and offers.

Announce New Products: Have an exciting new product in your store? Send a quick text to get the word out.

Collect new leads: Have people who visit your store text a keyword to receive a discount and opt-in to receiving future text messages from you. You can also integrate your existing website and contact form into your text messaging service.

To learn more about how you can better utilize text messaging for your business, please read SMS Text Marketing For Businesses

75% of people surveyed say that they prefer a text message over other forms of communication from a business. Also businesses who communicate to their customers in the way they prefer are rewarded!

How to Get Started Immediately with Text Marketing

The next step is to decide which platform to use to run your text message marketing campaign. We highly recommend our system, TextP2P – Group Texting Made Personal.

TextP2P is an easy to use web application designed to used on a computer or mobile device. TextP2P provides a SMS & MMS text marketing system designed to help small-midsize businesses cultivate better relationships with customers and streamline follow-ups. Send your customers text messages from a virtual 10 digit local number with a maximum of 1600 characters! It offers features like: Sending bulk personalized texts, surveys, drip campaigns, Ringless Voicemails, keyword signups, scheduling, and more.

At TextP2P we offer a FREE 14 day trial where you will receive 100 text credits to use.

Start Free Trial

How Does the Free Trial Work?

  Sign-up for a FREE TextP2P account. Take a tour of the system and watch a demo.

  Sign up for a FREE trial by entering your credit card to start and immediately receive a local area code phone number matching your cell phone and receive 100 FREE text credits.  You credit card will not be charged until your trial is over unless you go over your 100 free texts. After the trial ends your membership begins for just $20/month with our Starter Package Plan.

  You’re in control! Upgrade, Downgrade, Buy Additional Credits, or Cancel at Anytime.

Creating Your First Text Marketing Campaign is Easy

Once you have activated your account by starting your free trial or subscription, you easily send your first text message marketing campaign in just 3 simple steps and in less than 2 minutes.  Watch the video below to see an example of how easy it really is.

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4 Ways Restaurants can use Text Messaging: 

Brand Promotion: When it comes to brand promotion for your restaurant, a text marketing strategy can be an ideal option. Promote new menu items, send coupons and point customers to your website to keep your name top of mind with your customers.

Reservations: Text messages are perfect for sending reservation reminders to guests. You can schedule messages to be sent whenever you want and even allow guests to text you back to confirm or cancel.

Gather Customer phone numbers: By creating a keyword you can ask users to text a particular keyword to opt into your loyalty program. Ex. “Text the word SAVE to XXX-XXX-XXXX to save 10% off your meal. Then you have their number to bulk text them whenever you are running special promotions.  

Communicate With Employees: Business text messaging is an excellent, low-cost way to make announcements and share other personalized group communications with your staff. Additionally you can carry on two way conversations to coordinate work schedules.

To learn more about how you can better utilize text messaging for your business, please read SMS Text Marketing For Businesses

How to Get Started Immediately with Text Marketing

The next step is to decide which platform to use to run your text message marketing campaign. We highly recommend our system, TextP2P – Group Texting Made Personal.

TextP2P is an easy to use web application designed to used on a computer or mobile device. TextP2P provides a SMS & MMS text marketing system designed to help small-midsize businesses cultivate better relationships with customers and streamline follow-ups. Send your customers text messages from a virtual 10 digit local number with a maximum of 1600 characters! It offers features like: Sending bulk personalized texts, surveys, drip campaigns, Ringless Voicemails, keyword signups, scheduling, and more.

At TextP2P we offer a FREE 14 day trial where you will receive 100 text credits to use.

Start Free Trial

How Does the Free Trial Work?

  Sign-up for a FREE TextP2P account. Take a tour of the system and watch a demo.

  Sign up for a FREE trial by entering your credit card to start and immediately receive a local area code phone number matching your cell phone and receive 100 FREE text credits.  You credit card will not be charged until your trial is over unless you go over your 100 free texts. After the trial ends your membership begins for just $20/month with our Starter Package Plan.

  You’re in control! Upgrade, Downgrade, Buy Additional Credits, or Cancel at Anytime.

Creating Your First Text Marketing Campaign is Easy

Once you have activated your account by starting your free trial or subscription, you easily send your first text message marketing campaign in just 3 simple steps and in less than 2 minutes.  Watch the video below to see an example of how easy it really is.

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SMS text marketing is one of the hidden gems of the advertising world. Texting service is the future of marketing for businesses, and it is just as easy as sending a text message to a friend from your phone. Text marketing has endless benefits that cannot be achieved by other marketing strategies. If you want to know what these are, you have to understand the features of SMS text marketing.

Texting is the most valuable marketing tool for your business today!

No other  form of marketing will even come close to delivering the open, read, and response rate you get from texting your customers.  Nearly 100% of all text messages are opened and read within 30 seconds, and if people are going to respond they do so within 3 minutes on average.

What To Expect In 2020

With the advancement of technology, mobile phones have become part and parcel in our life. Research has shown that people touch their smartphones more than 2,620 times in a day and more than 40 million people have opted in to receive text messages regarding business. It is a fact that consumers use their mobile phones to make almost all decisions such as purchasing products, checking price and reviews etc. 

How to Get Started Immediately with Text Marketing

The next step is to decide which platform to use to run your text message marketing campaign. We highly recommend our system, TextP2P – Group Texting Made Personal.

TextP2P is an easy to use web application designed to used on a computer or mobile device. TextP2P provides a SMS & MMS text marketing system designed to help small-midsize businesses cultivate better relationships with customers and streamline follow-ups. Send your customers text messages from a virtual 10 digit local number with a maximum of 1600 characters! It offers features like: Sending bulk personalized texts, surveys, drip campaigns, Ringless Voicemails, keyword signups, scheduling, and more.

At TextP2P we offer a FREE 14 day trial where you will receive 100 text credits to use.

Start Free Trial

How Does the Free Trial Work?

  Sign-up for a FREE TextP2P account. Take a tour of the system and watch a demo.

  Sign up for a FREE trial by entering your credit card to start and immediately receive a local area code phone number matching your cell phone and receive 100 FREE text credits.  You credit card will not be charged until your trial is over unless you go over your 100 free texts. After the trial ends your membership begins for just $20/month with our Starter Package Plan.

  You’re in control! Upgrade, Downgrade, Buy Additional Credits, or Cancel at Anytime.

Creating Your First Text Marketing Campaign is Easy

Once you have activated your account by starting your free trial or subscription, you easily send your first text message marketing campaign in just 3 simple steps and in less than 2 minutes.  Watch the video below to see an example of how easy it really is.

Step 1 – Create New List

The first step to simply create a new list to organize and store your contacts. You will name your list whatever you like, optionally indicate what website the contacts came from, and then check the box that the contacts have opted-in to being contacted by you.

 

Step 2 – Import Your Contacts

The next step is import your contacts from a .csv (Comma Separated File) which can be created from Excel or Numbers. Most CRMs and existing systems support exporting data directly to a .csv format. When you import you will asked to label / map each field. Any fields you don’t want to import can be set to ignore.

 

Step 3 – Create New Text Campaign

The final step is to create your text message campaign which will be sent to your entire list.  Simply name your campaign, select your list, and type your message. You can optionally schedule your message to go out at a particular date and time, add multimedia like pictures, videos, pdfs, or audios), and filter your contacts further by tags.  Once you are done editing, hit SEND… and you’re done.

How Text Marketing can be Used by Different Industries

Restaurants & Breweries

Restaurants can ask customers to Text a keyword to sign up for the loyalty program and they could automatically receive a coupon as a response.  They could text their customers to let them know of special events or new menu items. They could text their customers to remind and confirm their reservations. They could text their customers coupons

Gyms

Gyms could text their members to remind them of classes or membership dues. They could text their previous members to offer them special promotions on new signups.  They could collect opt-ins from their webpages and automatically send coupons to interested leads. They could check in with members who have be absent for a long time.

Realtors

Realtors could use text marketing to tell their clients about an open house they are listing. They could advertise to people looking to buy or sell by asking them to text a keyword to their local number for more information. They could use their website forms to gather new leads to immediately text and carry on a two-way conversation. They could use text to ask for referrals and reviews from their previous clients.

Non-profits

Non-profits could use Text Marketing to text donors about fund raising events and activities. They could use the use the keyword to ask people to text the word DONATE to get a link to the donation page. They could use text to coordinate volunteers to help when needed. They could use text to reach out and communicate with those in need.

Network Marketers

Network Marketers could use Text Marketing to market their products and promotions to their clients. They could also use text drip campaigns for onboard training of new distributors. They could use text to follow up with their customers by automatically scheduling text messages.

Retail Shops

Retail stores can ask customers to Text a keyword to sign up for the loyalty program and they could automatically receive a coupon as a response.  They could text their customers about special sales like Black Friday. They could text their customers to remind and confirm their reservations. They could text their customers coupons to drive more traffic and sales.

testimonials

TextP2P has revolutionized the way we communicate with our most valued customers and clients. There are so many cool features that make communication easy and effective. We've especially enjoyed the ringless voicemail features. We used to depend mostly on email communication, but now we're able to send text messages or voicemails in an instant, and with a nearly 100% open rate. TextP2P has been a phenomenal tool for our corporation.

Craig Coylar

General Manager, North America Modere

TextP2P has made such a difference! I was feeling scattered and lost until this came into my life. Now, I feel more in control. TextP2P has made my follow-ups easy by scheduling bulk and individual reminders, making connections and sending notifications. I’ve been able to organize my sales funnel which has helped with making sure that every potential client, business partner or booth renter is communicated with on a regular basis. TextP2P has helped me grow my business, build trust, and solidify client relationships. I love it!​

Kerri Spencer

Profession Network Marketer ・ Salon Owner

We’re so excited! We just finished our annual leadership event, It’s All About You 2018 and it was a complete success! We would not have reached as many people with our message had it not been for TextP2P. Because of TextP2P, because of their personal coaching and because of their message and marketing and their ability to help us share this message, in only 90 days, they helped us have so many people here. I would recommend them to anyone without a doubt. Hands down.

Dr. Sherri Yoder & Crystel Smith

Authors ・Speakers ・Entrepreneurs

TextP2P has transformed my business. Since adding this service to my communication strategy, TextP2P has helped me stay in better contact with my customers and increase my overall response rate by 90% over email or chat. Since implementing this system to automate important processes, I have had more time to devote to other income bringing activities in order to expand my business and empower my leaders. TextP2P has saved me time, helped build and renew relationships and increased my overall ROI. To say the least, I’m a big fan!

Greg Armfield

Health & Fitness coach・leader・Entrepreneur

TextP2P has provided much better engagement for our team! We've seen an immediate increase in engagement on our team with information we send out through TextP2P. We are confident it will be a game changer for our business moving forward. Truly we have found it to be very user friendly We have had more people take action on the business initiatives we are creating than ever before.

Joy Bowen

Business Owner ・JAB Fitness

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