TextBlue now have a Short Code that can be used in the Republic of Ireland (51777), at the same price as our U.K. Short Codes (60777 and 66777).

If you would like to promote to people in the Republic of Ireland, you can have you own Keyword on our Irish Short Code (51777) for your customers to text you. Your keyword is the word that is included in the beginning of the text, for example to get more information on this service text “TextBlue” to our U.K. Short Code 60777.

Short Codes are a great way to receive information or gather feedback from your customers. From within your online account screen you will be able to see all incoming texts in real-time and you can then respond to each user individually or to everyone at the same time very quickly and easily using bulk SMS text messaging.

Bulk SMS text messaging is available in Ireland at the same rate as in the U.K., at just 1 credit per text.


You should always try and keep your keyword short to make it easy to remember and it should match the theme or brand of your campaign.

The cost to your customer for sending the text to your keyword is just the standard network rate.

The cost of obtaining a keyword on our Republic of Ireland Short Code (51777) is £25 + VAT (Paid Quarterly in advance) with £50 Set-up cost if you sign up online or Free Set-up if you sign up over the phone.

To set-up a Short Code, please call us on 0800 633 8485 to discuss your requirements.

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