Sponsor Credits

It is possible to sponsor credit usage on other Bulksms accounts from your Bulksms account. An example of where this is useful is if you have a business in which you have several people who have Bulksms accounts, but you want to manage the purchasing and usage of credits from one central Bulksms account. This feature is called the Sponsor-Consumer feature as the central account sponsors the consumption of credits on sub-accounts. In the aforementioned, each of the people in the business has their own Bulksms account, but the credits consumed on these accounts are deducted from the central account. A quota for each consumer account can be set on the sponsor account. The sponsor account can also see the message history of the consumer accounts. To set this up, please follow these steps (should take around 5 minutes). The assumption is made that the Bulksms accounts that you want to work with are already in existence.

PART 1 - Setting up the Sponsor Account:

LOG into the account that you wish to make the sponsoring account.

CLICK on 'Other features', under the 'Advanced Features' section. Tick 'Credit Sponsor' box and click on 'Update'.

CLICK on 'My Account' at the top of the page, and then click on 'Sponsor Credits' under 'Commerce Centre'.

CLICK on the link shown to add consumers.

TYPE in the Bulksms account username that you wish to sponsor. Note that it is case sensitive. Select the number of credits per month that you would like to sponsor this account, and type a message to the account holder if you wish.

CLICK on the 'Offer' button.

CLICK on 'Add Consumer' if you wish to add another consumer. If not, click on 'User Home' to continue working in Bulksms, or log out.

PART 2 - Setting up the Consumer Acccount:

The owner of the account to be sponsored should log into his/her account. There will be a new link shown on the 'My Account' page called 'View Credit Sponsor'. CLICK on this link.

The information on the sponsorship is shown. ACCEPT or REJECT the sponsorship as desired.

The consumer can start sending.

Please note the following:

1) The agreement to sponsor/consume credits can be revoked at any time by the sponsor or the consumer.

2) If an account accepts a sponsorship, the message history on that account is visible to the sponsoring account.

3) The monthly quota set by the sponsor can be changed at any time.

4) If a consumer uses up credits to the level of the monthly quota and the quota is not increased by the sponsor, the consumer can purchase more credits in the normal way by clicking on the 'Buy Credits' link on the 'User Home' page.