Getting started
Clickatell enables live agent messaging through our Chat Desk application that is included in the Interact and Transact packages.
What is Chat Desk?
For detailed information on how to use the Chat Desk product itself, see the Chat Desk User Guide.
What channels are supported?
- SMS
- Apple Messages for Business
What features are included?
- Live Chat Management
- Agent & Supervisor View
- Agent Assist and Auto-Responders
- Internal Chat with Peers and Supervisors
- Canned Replies
- Chat Routing & Transfers
- Tags, Notes, Flags, and Pending Chats
- Ticket Management
- Department Management
- Build Customer Profiles
- CSAT & NPS Surveys
- Reporting Dashboards
- 3rd Party Integrations (CRM Integrations)
Channels
Find the most up-to-date information about the channels available to communicate with your clients.
SMS
Enable any application, website or system to facilitate local or international one- or two-way SMS communication via an easy one-step integration with our HTTP API.
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One API
Communicate with your mobile customers via multiple communication channels with a single integration. You can send and receive messages on both WhatsApp and SMS without the overhead of programming individual channels.
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As an authorized WhatsApp Business Solution Provider, we assist you in applying for a WhatsApp Business account and number. Integrate with other powerful features available on our platform via our One API.
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Products
Find the most up-to-date information about the products we offer and how to elevate your engagement with customers.
Chat 2 Pay
Send payment requests to customers via chat for secure, contactless payment experiences.
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Chat Desk
An easy-to-use web-based application that enables real-time communication with your customers via a single web interface.
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Chat Flow
A web-based application that allows you to quickly and collaboratively design and deploy conversational experiences across multiple chat applications and connect it to your organization's core functional APIs.
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Campaign Manager
An online tool that allows you to create a custom SMS campaign within minutes - no coding or developers required.
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Marketplace
Find the most up-to-date information about Clickatell's Marketplace and how you can utilize it for the distribution and payment acceptance of digital products.
Bank Interfaces API
An explanation of the way Clickatell and banks interact with one another when dealing with purchases.
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Transact Result API
Initiates the delivery of the transaction result for a purchase that was made through Clickatell after Clickatell facilitated the dispensing of the product.
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Reserve and Transact API
Initiates a purchase and fund reservation request to Clickatell.
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Security Service API
Request authentication tokens to use in all other Clickatell API calls.
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Transact
A cloud-based platform that allows for the distribution and payment acceptance of multiple digital products.
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In-Flight Transaction Check API
Used prior to a purchase instruction to confirm that no similar transaction is in progress.
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User Transaction Lookup API
Identify if a new transaction is similar to one of the user's recent transactions so the response details can be used to pre-emptively complete the current transaction details.
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Customer Account Validation API
Validate a customer's bill payment account number prior to submitting the bill payment purchase request to the vendor.
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MNO Lookup API
Derive the specific mobile network operator (MNO) for the specified MSISDN.
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Token Lookup API
Look up tokens/vouchers to present back to the buyer/customer who purchased token-related products via Clickatell's platform.
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Notifications API
Send notifications to buyer/recipient using different channels.
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Transaction Lookup API
Used after a purchase to confirm the transaction status.
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Financial Terms Lookup API
Display the correct fee and settlement amounts as per the contractual agreement for the SKU being purchased.
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