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Bulk SMS Plugin

PRE-REQUISITES

  • The plugin requires you to install the Nop-Station Core plugin first.
  • Also, you need a subscription to BulkSMS SMS API

INSTALLATION

  • Download the BulkSMS Plugin from our store https://nop-station.com/customer/downloadableproducts
  • Go to Administration → Configuration → Local plugins
  • Upload the NopStation.BulkSMS.com zip file using the "Upload plugin or theme" button

    local-plugins-page

  • Go to Administration, reload the 'list of plugins'. Install 'Nop-Station Core' Plugin first and then install 'Nop-Station BulkSMS.com' plugin.

    install nopStation core

    install bulksms

  • To make the plugins functional, restart the application.

    restart application

CONFIGURATION

  • Sign up to BulkSMS Account and Username and Password from https://www.bulksms.com/
  • Go to Admin → NopStation → Plugins → BulkSMSSms → Configuration

    configure-bulk-sms

  • Check the Enable Plugin checkbox to enable the SMS Plugin
  • Enter the Username and Password info into the username and password fields and keep it separate from all the rest
  • Check phone number reg-ex to validate phone number using regular expression
  • Check intl. dial code to validate phone number using country code
  • Remove first N' digits when local number to remove any start digit from local phone number

SMS TEMPLATE

  • The plugin provides a total of 19 SMS templates which you can use.
  • Go to Admin → NopStation → Plugin → BulkSMSSms → SMS templates to view all the available templates.

    bulksms-sms-templates

  • You can enable/disable or modify the templates based on your requirements

    bulksms-edit-sms-templates

  • You can also set this to limited customer roles and limited stores

QUEUED SMS

  • Go to Admin → NopStation → Plugin → BulkSMS → Queued SMS
  • Here you can see the messages queue that have already been sent to the customer

    bulksms-queued-sms

  • You will get the details of the Sent SMS by clicking on the View button in Queued SMS page