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5. Payments and Invoicing

5.1.Buy credits using a Credit Card

5.2.View Invoices for Credit Card purchases

5.3.Buy credits by depositing or transferring of funds

5.4.View credit history

5.1. Buy Credits using a Credit Card

In order to be able to send SMS text messages to colleagues, customers, friends or family using the Email to SMS advanced feature, you will need to buy credits. This can be done by going to www.bulksms.co.za and logging into your account.

To buy credits using a Credit Card:

Step 1: Log into your BulkSMS account and go to your ‘My Accounts’ page

Step 2: Click ‘Buy Credits’ under the ‘Commerce Centre’ heading

Step 3: Choose the number of credits you want to buy from the drop down menu. If you would like to buy more credits than are available here, please contact support at support@bulksms.com

Step 4: Choose ‘Credit Card’ as your payment method

Step 5: Click ‘Continue’

Step 6: Confirm the transaction details by Clicking ‘Purchase Credits’

Step 7: The screen will go to the WorldPay website. Choose the Credit Card type you wish to use (i.e. Visa or MasterCard)

Step 8: Enter both the ‘card’ and ‘cardholder’ details.

Step 9: Click ‘Make Payment’

Step 10: Confirm the payment details.

Step 11: Click ‘Continue’ to return to your BulkSMS account

You will also receive an email confirming your transaction.

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5.2. View Invoices for all online purchases

You can view the invoices issued for all your online purchases, all you need to do is:

Step 1: Log in to your BulkSMS account and go to your ‘My Accounts’ page

Step 2: Click ‘View Invoices’ under the ‘Commerce Centre’ heading

Step 3: This will show a list of all invoices. To view one, Click on the ‘invoice number’. This will bring up the invoice for you to view and/or print.

Step 4: Click on ‘My Account’ to go back to your accounts page.

Example of an online invoice:

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5.3. Buy Credits by depositing or transferring of funds

In order to be able to send SMS text messages to colleagues, customers, friends or family, you will need to buy credits. To buy credits using buy depositing funds or by doing an electronic funds transfer:

Step 1: Log into your BulkSMS account and go to your ‘My Accounts’ page

Step 2: Click ‘Buy Credits’ under the ‘Commerce Centre’ heading

Step 3:Choose ‘Bank Deposit’ as your payment method

Step 4: Click ‘Continue’

Step 5: Click ‘Buy Credits’ under the ‘Commerce Centre’ heading

Please note that you may request an invoice for an electronic funds transfer and it will be faxed/emailed to you. Please email invoice requests, along with your BulkSMS account username to admin@bulksms.com

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5.4. View Credit History

To see a list of credits bought and used per day, follow these steps:

Step 1: Log in to your BulkSMS account and go to your ‘My Accounts’ page

Step 2: Click ‘Credit History’ under the ‘Commerce Centre’ heading

Step 3: View all the credits bought and their relevant Invoices (if bought online via a credit card), as well as when they were used.

To view an invoice you can Click on the highlighted invoice in the ‘Linked Document’ column.

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