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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 cost-effective SMS message tracking solutions tailored for South African enterprises to enhance customer engagement and operational efficiency.
In today's fast-paced business environment, effective communication is crucial for operational success. SMS messaging has emerged as a pivotal channel for reaching customers, stakeholders, and teams promptly. However, tracking the success and performance of these messages can be equally important. This guide delves into cost-effective SMS message tracking solutions tailored for South African enterprises, exploring their capabilities, best practices, and the significant benefits they bring to various sectors.
SMS message tracking refers to the process of monitoring and analyzing the delivery and engagement of SMS communications. By utilizing tracking technologies, businesses can gather data on delivery status, open rates, recipient interactions, and more. This data is essential for refining messaging strategies, improving customer engagement, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
The implementation of SMS message tracking solutions delivers several key benefits to enterprises, including:
With tracking data, businesses can refine their messaging strategies to increase engagement rates. Understanding which messages resonate leads to better-targeted communications.
By analyzing performance data, organizations can optimize SMS campaigns, reducing costs per message and enhancing return on investment (ROI).
To ensure effective implementation of SMS message tracking, consider the following best practices:
Different industries can benefit uniquely from SMS message tracking:
Banks can enhance customer communication through transactional alerts, ensuring messages are delivered and effectively communicate critical information.
Healthcare providers can send appointment reminders and track message delivery status to improve patient compliance.
To assess the effectiveness of SMS message tracking, enterprises must track metrics such as:
Bidvest Data offers comprehensive and cost-effective SMS message tracking solutions designed to meet the specific needs of South African enterprises. By implementing our advanced tracking systems, businesses can enhance customer communication, drive engagement, and boost operational efficiency.
Contact us to learn how our SMS tracking solutions can transform your messaging strategies and deliver measurable results in your enterprise communications.
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Get answers to common questions about Sms And Svsms
“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 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.