Messente Zapier integrationAutomate Messente with Zapier.
The Messente Zapier integration gives you 0 triggers, 1 action and 0 searches. That single action, Send SMS, texts a phone number from your Messente account whenever something happens in another app you already use, with the sender name and wording you set.
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What the Messente Zapier integration does
Messente is an SMS service for sending business notifications and marketing messages. On Zapier it brings one move: send a text. You build a Zap (the automation you set up on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time the trigger event happens) where another app supplies the event and Messente sends the message.
A text that confirms what just happened. A new row lands in your spreadsheet, and Send SMS texts the phone number written in it, using your approved sender name. Nobody copies numbers by hand.
An alert for the person on duty. When a form tool records an answer that matters, the Zap texts a colleague's mobile so the news does not wait in an inbox.
A short message to a list, one person at a time. Each new contact in your contact tool gets the same message, sent from Messente, with the wording you set once in the Zap.
Know the limits too. Messente brings no trigger to Zapier, so no Zap starts from it, and no search, so no Zap looks up an earlier message. Every send needs enough available credits on your Messente account, and its price depends on the number of SMS and the destination country. Recipient also wants the number in international format, with the plus sign and the country code. For more, see our Zapier review.
Zapier words in one minute
Eight terms come back across this page. Here they are in plain words.
- Zap
- The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time the trigger event happens.
- Trigger
- The event in an app that starts the Zap. Messente has none on Zapier, so the trigger always comes from another app.
- Action
- What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or moves something for you. Here, Send SMS.
- Task
- The unit Zapier bills: one action your Zap completes successfully. Each text that goes out through Send SMS is one task.
- Polling vs instant trigger
- A polling trigger is checked by Zapier on a timer; an instant trigger is reported by the app the moment the event happens. Your other app decides which.
- Filter
- A step that lets the Zap go on only when what arrived meets the condition you set, and stops it otherwise.
- Multi-step Zap
- Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. A second action or a filter makes one, and it then needs a paid plan.
- Connection
- Your Messente account linked to Zapier once, then reused by every step that uses the app, in any Zap.
What it really costs you
On Zapier you pay in tasks. The trigger of your other app never costs one, and neither does the waiting in between.
- Trigger of the other app0 tasks
- Each SMS sent1 task
- Free plan100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps
- Premium appNo, works on the free plan
Every Send SMS that goes through counts as one task; a send that fails is not counted. The free plan offers 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps, each held to two steps, so one trigger plus Send SMS fits. A filter or a second action makes the Zap multi-step, which needs a paid plan. Messente is not a premium app. The grid below is how often Zapier checks a polling trigger on each plan: it applies to the other app's trigger when that trigger is a polling one.
Connect your Messente account
- 01
Open Apps and add a connection
In your Zapier account, open the Apps page and click + Add connection. Type Messente in the search box of the dialog, pick it, then click Add connection.
- 02
Sign in and grant access
A tab opens on Messente. Sign in there and grant Zapier access to the account. You need an account on the app, plus read or write access on anything you do not own yourself and want the Zap to touch.
- 03
Reuse it in every Zap
The account is now linked to Zapier once. Every Send SMS step you add later, in this Zap or the next one, picks up that same connection, so you sign in to Messente from Zapier only this once.
Your first Zap: text the right rows only
GoalSend an SMS for each new spreadsheet row that meets a condition you choose, using the phone number in the row.
- 01
Build the trigger
Start a new Zap and pick your spreadsheet app with its new-row event as the start. Connect the account, then test: Zapier brings back the three most recent items so you work on a real row.
- 02
Add the filter
From the plus icon, add Filter and set its three boxes: the field to look at, the rule, and the value to compare with. Use a text rule on text. The filter makes this a multi-step Zap, so a paid plan.
- 03
Add Send SMS
Pick Messente and Send SMS. Choose your approved sender name in From / Sender Name, map the phone column into Recipient, and write Message Content, mixing fixed words with values from the row.
- 04
Check the number format
Recipient wants the mobile number in international format, with the plus sign and country code. If your sheet stores numbers another way, fix the column before testing.
- 05
Test and publish
Test the action once and read what came back, then publish the Zap to switch it on. Each text sent is one task. For a guided start, see our Zapier training.
The action
Messente gives you 1 action. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.
Send SMS
ActionIn Zapier“Send an SMS to any country in the world. It's pre-required to have a Messente account with enough available credits. The price of the service depends on the SMS amount and destination country. Calculate the cost”
Texts one mobile number from your Messente account, with the sender name and content you set, to a recipient in any country.
When it breaks
Zapier links no help article to Messente. What follows is how every Zap behaves, plus the conditions Send SMS spells out itself.
Four cases are worth checking before you blame either app. If the Zap still misbehaves, see our Zapier troubleshooting guide.
Not enough credits
Send SMS needs a Messente account with enough available credits. Check the balance before you switch on a Zap that will send a lot.Sender name not approved
From / Sender Name only accepts a sender Messente has already approved. Apply for a numeric or alphanumeric sender before switching the Zap on.Nothing from before the Zap
A Zap only reacts to what happens after it is switched on. Rows or contacts that already existed are never texted; sending to that backlog is a separate job.A sudden flood held back
After a bulk import or a migration, a trigger that suddenly returns a huge batch can be held back by Zapier's flood protection.
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