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“Thank you Bidvest team for your great service throughout 2024.”
- MTN
“Working with the Bidvest team is a real pleasure. We've thoroughly enjoyed partnering with a local provider for our business' WhatsApp profile - invoicing is simple and our templates are loaded and approved speedily. Prepaid24 would highly recommend Bidvest. Such a seamless process from setup to production!”
- Prepaid24
“We're incredibly grateful to the Bidvest Data Team who go above and beyond to support us with vital customer communication. Their commitment and innovation has kept us at the forefront of electronic customer engagement.”
- Sanlam Retail Mass
“Dear Bidvest team, Just wanted to take the time to say a very special thank you to TEAM BIDVEST. Everyone at OUP thanks all the people involved over the last few weeks and trust me, everyone in our organization now knows how much we can depend on Bidvest and we're all truly grateful for your efforts. Your responsiveness to our changing needs and requests is truly appreciated”
- Oxford
Discover the key benefits of integrating Smart View SMS with failover capabilities into your enterprise communication strategy to ensure uninterrupted messaging and enhanced customer engagement.
In today's competitive business landscape, effective communication is vital for enterprises across various sectors. Smart View SMS with failover capabilities combines innovative technology with robust operational strategies to deliver seamless messaging solutions. This blog post explores the numerous benefits that Smart View SMS can provide to medium and large businesses in South Africa, helping them to enhance customer engagement, improve operational continuity, and ensure compliance with industry regulations.
Smart View SMS is a sophisticated messaging platform designed to enhance communication strategies by providing real-time insights, analytics, and intelligent messaging capabilities. The failover feature ensures that businesses maintain uninterrupted communication by automatically redirecting messages through alternative channels in case of system failures or outages.
Implementing Smart View SMS with failover capabilities presents numerous advantages for South African enterprises, ranging from improved efficiency to enhanced customer satisfaction. Here are some of the most significant benefits:
The failover feature ensures that communication is not interrupted, even during technical difficulties. Businesses can maintain constant contact with customers, partners, and stakeholders, which is essential for operational continuity.
By providing timely updates and critical information through SMS messaging, companies can enhance the customer experience. Proactive communication reduces customer anxiety and builds trust, especially in industries where timely information is crucial, such as healthcare or finance.
Utilizing Smart View SMS reduces the costs associated with traditional communication methods. The automation and streamlining of messaging processes minimize the need for extensive manual intervention, thereby saving resources and time.
With real-time analytics, decision-makers can track and analyze messaging campaigns effectively. This data-driven approach allows for better strategy refinement and optimization based on customer behavior and communication trends.
Various industries can benefit from implementing Smart View SMS with failover capabilities:
Banks and financial institutions can use Smart View SMS for secure transaction notifications, alerts, and reminders, ensuring customers are informed in real-time.
Healthcare providers can send appointment reminders, test results, and emergency alerts, providing critical information in a timely manner to enhance patient trust and engagement.
In conclusion, using Smart View SMS with failover is an essential investment for enterprises looking to enhance their communication strategies, maintain customer relationships, and ensure operational efficiency. By implementing this innovative solution, South African businesses can leverage the power of seamless messaging to gain a competitive edge in their respective markets.
Contact Bidvest Data today to learn more about how Smart View SMS with failover capabilities can revolutionize your messaging processes and boost your enterprise communication.
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Bidvest Data sends on average more than 10 million personalized SMS/SV SMS messages per month, with daily peaks exceeding 2 million messages. This comprises mainly of transactional notifications and hosted transactional data.

The SMS channel delivers a secure, shortened personalized URL to the consumer, directing them to their unique microsite. All consumer activity can be tracked.

PDF documents, HTML content, videos and animations can be hosted on our Zero Rated Data domains. Reverse billing of data on these domains ensure access for end users to content at no cost. Bidvest Data offers this service on all South African and Namibian mobile networks.

Bidvest Data offers custom-built, screen adaptive, HTML environments, enabling features like animation, rotating GIFs, and interactive buttons.

Our service includes automated large file batch sending through sFTP data transfer. The data can selectively drive template messaging. Near real-time SMS sending is facilitated through our API, using templates or dynamic text.

Where another channel in our omnichannel platform is unsuccessful in delivering a message, we can automatically fail over to SMS. Priority and fail over channels are configurable.

Bidvest Data provides near-real-time and periodic aggregate batched reporting on consumer engagement, including link tracking, SMS and SV SMS delivery status, and customized reports on microsite access.
“Thank you Bidvest team for your great service throughout 2024.”
- MTN
“Working with the Bidvest team is a real pleasure. We've thoroughly enjoyed partnering with a local provider for our business' WhatsApp profile - invoicing is simple and our templates are loaded and approved speedily. Prepaid24 would highly recommend Bidvest. Such a seamless process from setup to production!”
- Prepaid24
“We're incredibly grateful to the Bidvest Data Team who go above and beyond to support us with vital customer communication. Their commitment and innovation has kept us at the forefront of electronic customer engagement.”
- Sanlam Retail Mass
“Dear Bidvest team, Just wanted to take the time to say a very special thank you to TEAM BIDVEST. Everyone at OUP thanks all the people involved over the last few weeks and trust me, everyone in our organization now knows how much we can depend on Bidvest and we're all truly grateful for your efforts. Your responsiveness to our changing needs and requests is truly appreciated”
- Oxford