Text Settings

The Text Settings page, once set up, provides an overview of the Text Messages phone number, credits, and registration options.

Event Phone Number

This will be the number used for texting messages to and from. See Texting Set Up for more information.

Note

Phone numbers are only associated directly with a single auction at a time although they can be used for any event managed by the organization.

Text Messages

Text credits are shared across all events associated with an organization. The number of "Current Text Credits", "Texts Sent", and "Texts Received" will be summarized in this section.

Text Based Registration

• Assume bidder's phone# is text capable
  A bidder can have a phone# and a cell phone# set. If this option is enabled then texts will be sent a bidder's phone# if the cell phone# is not specified. Otherwise only bidders with a cell phone# set will receive texts.

• Allow bidders to register by text message
  If this option is enabled then bidders will be able to register by texting 'register name' to the auction phone number.

• Automatically register bidders when they bid/donate:
  If this option is enabled then bidders will be registered automatically if they participate in bidding or donate to the auction.

• Allow bidders to associate their bidder# by texting:
  If this option is enabled then bidders will be able to associate their cell phone with their bidder number by texting 'claim bidder#' or 'claim email' to the auction phone number.

• Include a payment link in the response to Donate Messages
  When a bidder texts in a donation, when enabled this will automatically include a link for them to pay online (requires credit card processing be enabled).
  This will add a pay at <link> part to the "response message".

• Response message when a donation is successful
  Specify how the system responds to someone texting in a donation. The default message can be modified to some extent.

  Donation of {{ Amount | currency }} successful!
  

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Actions

• Transfer Phone Number
  You can use this action to move a phone number from one auction to another. A popup window will appear with a drop-down selector to choose the auction.
  
• Buy 1000 text credits
  Clicking on this will take you to the Auctria online store pre-populated with the details for 1000 credits to be purchased.
• Buy 2000 text credits
  Clicking on this will take you to the Auctria online store pre-populated with the details for 2000 credits to be purchased.
• Buy 3000 text credits
  Clicking on this will take you to the Auctria online store pre-populated with the details for 3000 credits to be purchased.
• Send Text Message
  Opens the Send Text page.
• Send Text Statement
  Opens the Text Statements page.
• Refresh Settings
  This refreshes the page.
• Back to Communication
  This returns back to the main Communication dashboard page.