Interactive messaging has become immensely popular since they allow people to reply to your SMS messages. A short code is a number between 3 and 7 digits in length that can be used by customers, suppliers and employees to reply to your messages. These are extremely useful for marketing campaigns or promotions. They are also ideal for customer interactions since they can easily remember the number.

Short codes are country specific and therefore cannot be used to receive replies from international locations. There are two types of short codes: