Today i am going to show you how you can send sms for free using you android phone when someone makes a order on your wordpress woocommerce site
First signup for free otp api on http://freeotp.ricomart.com/
Below is the panel that you would see . Now you need to go to API setting
As you can see below the lines with black are the important setting , just note it down somwhere .
AUTH KEY – Shown below
DEVICE – Z2 Plus
Sim – It should be either 1 or 2 , 1 means send via first sim and so on.
That is it. Let move on to linking this api to our wordpress site
After the above steps are followed you need to install this given plugin : Download Plugin This plugin is based on an sms alert plugin , it’s modified to fit this free sms service.
Now once you activate a plugin it would look something like below . By the way this can be found under woocomerce -> sms alert
Fill in the details that you have noted above in to the respective boxes and click on Save Auth Details. Then you can enter a phone number to test if the api is working as expected. Don’t enter the same phone number through which you will be sending sms.
Here you can modify the template and the timing when you would like the sms to trigger. Eg : Like below when you have the given box ticked like shown below , the sms will triggered to the user when he places a order. Similar other setting you play with.
Now let understand how to configure the android app, You can download the android app here : Download APK
After you install and open the app the below page will be shown in your phone. Just enter the server name https://freeotp.ricomart.com
Then you need to login in to the app using the same username and password that you had received in your email
How this work is pretty simple.
Your wordpress site connects to freeotp.ricomart.com site using the auth details and then that site pushed the message to the android app which is on ur phone. Make sure you always keep that app in the background.This way you phone is always connected the server.
Many people have sms plan which they never use ,this way you can put ur plan for ur business use.
If you are getting large nos of orders like in hundreds then better get a 3rd party sms api and configure it. This plugin is for small business who takes no more than 10-20 orders a day or for people who are just starting up.This plugin just helps you do keep your initial expense down.
If you are a developer and want to configure this on your platform of choice, you can download the api here : Download API
This api is build on php
