OpenCart - SMS Integration Module

Owned by Panayiotis Halouvas (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Sept 08, 2023
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The SMSto SMS Integration is an integration with the OpenCart e-commerce platform. This Integration enables OpenCart store admins to configure automated SMS notifications to the administrator and customers for important order status updates, and also allows sending bulk SMS messages to customers. The Integration is free, but a SMSto account is required to send messages. Signup with our service is free as well, and you pay only for the SMS messages. The Integration offers great flexibility, in sending individual SMS or bulk SMS messages to various groups.

No contracts, no commitments, pay only for what you use. In case of high volume SMS API usage, our sales team is prepared to give out additional discounts.

Integration Compatibility

  • OpenCart Version 4.0.2.2

Features

Order Management

SMS Notifications can be sent in all phases of order management. the following are the triggers when the SMS is sent to the customers:

  • When a new order is placed

  • When the order status is changed

Send SMS

  • Send individual message

  • Send bulk SMS messages to pasted numbers

  • Send bulk SMS messages to list

Customer Individual and Bulk SMS

  • Send individual message to customer from the customer list

  • Send Bulk Messages to customer from the customer list

SMS Log History

  • Capability to see the log of the SMS's sent from various modules. SMS log history allows you to check the status of the sms, sent date, sender id and content.

Others

  • Check the account balance any time within OpenCart

Installation

Download from Releases · intergo/opencart-sms-integration (github.com) file smsto.ocmod.zip

From OpenCart administrator area navigate to Extensions → Installer and click upload button.

Then click the plus button.

Then navigate to Extensions → Extensions and filter by modules.

Find module SMSto and click plus button.

Configuration

To edit module parameters click button edit.

and fill in the necessary details as below.

Bulk SMS

During installation a new item is created in left administrator menu in order to be able to navigate to SMSto.

Contacts, Lists & Un-/Subscription

You can create your lists with the phone numbers you wish to bulk send. For a complete guid of SMSto contacts usage please read Contacts, Lists & Un-/Subscription : SMS.to

The basic functionality is also available this package.

To view, create, edit or delete any list you can do it to Lists tab as shown in below image.

The same applies for contacts.

There are filters per list, whether it is subscribed, and search for specific phones. Each contact can be a part of one or more lists. For example below image:

Each contact you can optin/optout, delete, or edit with the buttons on the right. When create/edit a contact you can define the follow that can be used when sending a list as merge fields.

Sending SMS messages

Sending message can be done from Send tab. For a single message:

For pasted numbers like below

And to one or more lists as below:

Reports

From tab Reports is available the status of the messages sent. The filters available is by recipient number, date and status.

Send message to customers from the customer list

Enable account phone numbers

In order to be able to send sms to customers the phone number must be enabled enabled. Navigate to System → Settings

And then to Option → Account

Enable the phone number as below so customers can add their phone number.

To send SMS to selected customers navigate to customers list view

From there just select the customers you wish to send the message and click balloon button.

Notification upon order status change

Upon new order the SMS notification will be send both to store administrator and customer.

When an administrator changes the status of an order from history, can choose whether to notify customer.

License

Open Software License 3.0

OSL 3.0 is a copyleft license that does not require reciprocal licensing on linked works. It also provides an express grant of patent rights from contributors to users, with a termination clause triggered if a user files a patent infringement lawsuit.

Permissions

  • Commercial use

  • Distribution

  • Modification

  • Patent use

  • Private use

Limitations

  • Trademark use

  • Liability

  • Warranty

Conditions

  • License and copyright notice

  • Disclose source

  • State changes

  • Network use is distribution

  • Same license