How To: Set up SMS Notifications Add-on

  1. In the Administration panel, go to Add-ons → Manage add-ons.

  2. Change the status of the SMS notifications add-on to Active.

    Hint

    If you do not see this add-on in the Installed add-ons tab, switch to the Browse all available add-ons tab and click the Install button near the SMS notifications add-on.

  3. Click on the name of the add-on to open its settings.

  4. Fill in the following fields:

    • Phone number—the phone number to which all SMS notifications will be sent.
    • Specify Clickatell settings:
      • API ID—the unique API key that you generate in your account on the Clickatell side. You can learn how to get the API key in this article.
      • Use Unicode—select to send SMS in the Unicode format.
      • Split long SMS into several parts—choose whether or not to split long SMS into shorter parts to avoid possible loss of information.
    • Configure the settings in the Send SMS if and SMS content sections:
      • Send SMS if:
        • New order has been placed—choose whether or not to receive notifications about new orders.
        • New customer has been registered—choose whether or not to receive notifications about newly-registered customers.
        • Product quantity is less than zero—choose whether or not to receive notifications about out-of-stock products.
        • Only send when order total amount is more than—select the minimum order subtotal; you won’t be notified via SMS about orders with lower subtotal.
        • Only send for these shipping methods—select the shipping methods that must be used in an order; if an order uses other shipping methods, you won’t be notified about that order via SMS.
      • SMS content
        • Add payment info—if you tick this checkbox, then SMS notifications will include payment details.
        • Add customers e-mail—if you tick this checkbox, then SMS notifications will include customers’ email addresses.

  5. Click the Save button.

    Note

    If you have configured everything, but do not receive SMS notifications, please refer to this article.