Registration Best Practices
- 03 Nov 2023
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Registration Best Practices
- Updated on 03 Nov 2023
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Registration Best Practices
Please review the best practices below prior to submitting your registration. Failing to comply with any of these will very likely result in campaign denial and filtering or blocking of messages.
Best Practices: Consistency & Content
| Issue | Best Practice |
Do not include forbidden use cases to avoid resulting in Campaign rejection | Make sure your A2P Campaign does not involve prohibited content such as cannabis, hate speech, etc. |
Consistency in brand, website and sample messages | The brand and website need to be the same that the ones you include in your sample messages. |
| Consistency in sample messages and use cases | If you register a political campaign, but your sample messages say "Your one-time password is: 123456", your campaign will be rejected. |
| Consistency in email domain and company name | If you register a brand as Mogli , but you provide an email address with the gmail domain, your campaign will be rejected. This only applies to large corporations that should have dedicated email domains. |
| Send messages according to the brand that you registered | If you register a brand for a technology company, but end up sending messages for a different customer from a construction company, your campaign will be rejected. |
| Embedded Number or Links | If you expect to include a phone number or link within messages, provide sample messages containing that LIVE phone number or link. Without this, messages sent including phone numbers or links will likely be filtered. and not received. |
Best Practices: Opt In
| Issue | Best Practice |
| Submit only real, working websites | You must provide a website address that is accessible. If your website opt in is gated, you must provide screenshots along with an explanation of the opt in process. |
The opt-in language needs to be available on your website anywhere that a phone number field is included on a form. | If you collect the opt- in your website, you should have something like “By providing your phone number, you agree to receive text messages from Mogli. Message & data rates may apply. Message frequency varies.” |
| Include the opt-out language in at least one of the sample messages included in your registration submissions | You need to include the opt out option in your sample messages, something like "Please reply STOP to opt out". |
Express Opt In | Every place which captures a phone number must have opt -in language as well as a checkbox. This applies to contact pages, donation pages, etc. Opt in language must include consent and opt out instructions. |
| Privacy Policy | The privacy policy CANNOT allow for the sharing/selling of end user information to their parties or affiliates. |
Make sure consumer opt-in is collected appropriately & provable | Ensure you send messages only to the people who really want to receive them. Generally, business message senders should:
Please refer to the CTIA guidelines to see detailed instructions and best practices on handling consumer consent. |
Want more details? Please refer to the CTIA guidelines to see detailed instructions and best practices on handling consumer consent, privacy policies, etc.
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