nopStation's CEQUENS SMS Integration Plugin enables seamless integration of CEQUENS' powerful SMS services into nopCommerce-based online stores. CEQUENS, a leading CPaaS provider in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, offers secure and scalable omni-channel messaging solutions for businesses. With this plugin, store owners can easily activate SMS-based notifications for orders, shipments, payments, promotions, and other key events using customizable SMS templates. This enhances customer engagement by delivering real-time, reliable SMS alerts through CEQUENS’ robust communication platform.
PRE-REQUISITES
The plugin requires you to install the Nop-Station Core plugin first.
Go to Administration → Configuration → Local plugins
Upload the Nop-Station. CEQUENS zip file using the "Upload plugin or theme" button
Go to Administration, reload the 'list of plugins'. Install'Nop-Station Core' Plugin first and then install 'Nop-Station. CEQUENS' plugin
To make the plugins functional, restart the application.
CONFIGURE
Sign up to CEQUENS Account and API Key and SenderId from www.cequens.com
Go to Admin → NopStation → Plugins → CEQUENS SMS → Configuration
Check the Enable Plugin checkbox to enable the SMS Plugin
Enter the API Key and SenderId info into the API Key and SenderId fields
Enter the From field value, it's a value that represents the name or number the message should be sent from.
Note that alphanumeric SenderIds are not supported in all countries, see Global Messaging for more details. If alphanumeric, spaces will be ignored. Numbers are specified in E.164 format
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 that you can use.
Go to Admin → NopStation → Plugins → CEQUENS SMS → SMS templates to view all the available templates.
You can enable/disable or modify the templates based on your requirements
You can also set this to limited customer roles and limited stores
QUEUED SMS
Go to Admin → NopStation → Plugins → CEQUENS → Queued SMS
Here you can see the messages queue that has already been sent to the customer
You will get the details of the Sent SMS by clicking on the View button on Queued SMS page
