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Bulk SMS to China from $0.00565 per message

Beijing and Shanghai are China's economic powerhouses, with manufacturing, finance and retail relying on bulk messaging. Factories, universities and e-commerce platforms send texts to coordinate shifts, announce results and promote sales. High-volume moments include factory shift changes, university exam results and online shopping festival reminders. Paying per message suits organizations sending many short alerts to large, dispersed lists.

  • 7,079 messages for a $40 top-up, credit that never expires
  • Numbers start +86; local formats accepted with a default country
  • Failed messages refunded to credit automatically
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9:41

Your business

Text Message

Your parcel 48213 arrives tomorrow between 10:00 and 12:00. Track it with the link in your order email.

China, +86

$0.00565

per SMS segment, USD

1,000 SMS
$5.65
10,000 SMS
$56.50
100,000 SMS
$565.00

Bulk SMS cost to China by volume

The price per segment stays $0.00565 at every volume. A segment is 160 plain characters or 70 Unicode characters; longer texts are billed per part.

Messages1 segment2 segments
1,000$5.65$11.30
10,000$56.50$113.00
50,000$282.50$565.00
100,000$565.00$1,130.00
250,000$1,412.50$2,825.00

Price your own list to China

Destination

10,000 messages to China, 1 segment each

$56.50

$0.00565 per segment. Failed messages are refunded to credit.

A $100 top-up covers this campaign, with +20% extra on a first top-up.

Top up $40

7,079

messages to China

First top-up: 7,787 with +10% bonus credit

Top up $100

17,699

messages to China

First top-up: 21,238 with +20% bonus credit

Top up $500

88,495

messages to China

First top-up: 119,469 with +35% bonus credit

Top up $1,000

176,991

messages to China

First top-up: 247,787 with +40% bonus credit

Number format for China

Mobiles in China carry 11 digits after +86 with no trunk 0, so 131 2345 6789 is sent as +86 131 2345 6789. Set China as the default country and local numbers need no prefix at all.

+86 131 2345 6789

Alphabet and message length

Mandarin Chinese is written in Chinese characters script, which SMS carries as Unicode: 70 characters fit one segment and each part of a longer text holds 67. An English or Latin-letter version of the same notice fits 160 characters per segment, so bilingual senders often run two short campaigns instead of one long one.

Local time in China

China spans 2 offsets in January, from UTC+6 to UTC+8, so a national list reads the same text at different local hours. A 09:00 start in Shanghai is 01:00 UTC; the console shows both times when you schedule.

Who sends bulk SMS to China

Factory shifts

Manufacturers in Guangdong notify workers of updated shift schedules during peak production periods.

Exam results

Universities in Beijing send grades and admission decisions to students at the end of each semester.

Shopping alerts

E-commerce platforms remind customers of discounts and delivery times during the annual Singles' Day shopping festival.

Questions about bulk SMS to China

How much does bulk SMS to China cost?
Each SMS segment to China costs $0.00565. A plain message of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 10,000 messages cost $56.50. Longer or Unicode texts use more segments, and the console shows the exact total before you send.
Are failed messages to China refunded?
Yes. When the network reports a message as failed, its price returns to your credit automatically and appears as a refund line on your ledger. Numbers the console leaves out before sending, such as duplicates or invalid formats, are never charged.
How many messages to China does a $40 top-up buy?
$40 buys 7,079 single-segment messages to China. A first top-up adds +10% bonus credit, which raises that to 7,787. Credit never expires and works for every destination.
Should we use Mandarin or local languages?
Mandarin works nationwide. Regional languages may suit specific areas, but Mandarin gives broad understanding.
How often can we send updates?
Keep texts concise and relevant. Weekly updates work best, increasing frequency during promotions or emergencies.

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