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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
Explore how configurable failover options for SMS personalized microsites enhance user experience and ensure uninterrupted communication for enterprises in South Africa.
In today's competitive digital landscape, the importance of seamless user experience cannot be overstated, especially for enterprises leveraging SMS personalized microsites. Configurable failover options represent a crucial component in ensuring uninterrupted service and optimal user engagement. This post delves into how configurable failover options for SMS personalized microsites function, their significance in maintaining customer connectivity, and the technical mechanisms that support robust performance during peak times or system failures.
Configurable failover options are designed to provide alternatives when a primary communication channel experiences issues. For SMS personalized microsites, these options ensure that users remain engaged even if the initial messaging channel encounters disruptions. This involves redirecting traffic to alternative solutions that maintain user access and interaction quality.
Enterprises can implement various types of failover options to enhance SMS microsite functionality:
Setting up configurable failover options requires a well-thought-out technical architecture that integrates various components seamlessly. The primary mechanisms include:
Implementing configurable failover options for SMS personalized microsites yields numerous benefits that can substantially enhance the customer experience and operational efficiency:
Different sectors can adopt configurable failover options tailored to their specific operational demands:
Healthcare providers can utilize failover options to redirect patients to emergency care information during system outages, ensuring continuous access to critical services.
Banks and financial institutions can notify customers using emails or other channels when SMS alerts are unresponsive, maintaining communication integrity.
To successfully integrate configurable failover options, enterprises should follow a structured approach:
Configurable failover options for SMS personalized microsites are essential for enterprises seeking to enhance their user engagement and ensure uninterrupted service delivery. By adopting a robust strategy that incorporates these mechanisms, organizations can improve reliability, maintain customer trust, and ultimately drive business growth.
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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
Get answers to common questions about Sms And Svsms
Discover our comprehensive solution features designed to transform your business communication experience

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.