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SMS add-on 101

The SMS Add-on is a supplementary subscription for Gorgias account holders. This subscription gives you access to the Gorgias SMS channel, allowing you to send and receive customer messages directly in your helpdesk. When customers send an SMS to you

SMS FAQs

We offer SMS and MMS functionality for the United States and Canada phone numbers only. UK, Australian, and German mobile numbers have SMS functionality, but no MMS can be sent through them. By default, we allow receiving messages from all countries,

Set up SMS

You'll first need to have a phone number - if you don't have one yet, either create a new one by clicking on Add Phone Number under Settings -> Account -> Phone numbers or port your existing one over to Gorgias. 1. Go to Settings -> Channels -> SMS.

Toll-free Verification

Our phone provider - Twilio - mandates that all US-bound messages sent by toll-free SMS numbers are allowed only if they've passed the Toll-Free verification process. This information is then used to help identify the end business sending messages an

A2P 10DLC Registration

Our phone provider - Twilio - mandates that all US-bound messages sent by 10-digit SMS numbers are allowed only if they've completed the A2P 10DLC registration process. A2P 10DLC stands for Application-to-Person (A2P) type messaging via Standard 10-d

SMS Policy

Gorgias doesn't own phone numbers - this service is provided by Twilio as a 3rd-party service provider - so the content needs to be per the Twilio Terms of Service and Twilio’s Acceptable Use Policy which includes the Twilio Messaging Policy and Cont