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Bulk Texter Pro now supports 8x8 and RingCentral

· 4 min read
Brian Smith
Brian Smith
Lead Engineer

Bulk Texter Pro v3.6.0 is out, and it adds two new texting platforms: 8x8 and RingCentral.

If your organization runs on either one, you can now send personalized bulk texts from your existing extension — the same mail merge you'd get from Google Voice, Dialpad, or Zoom Phone, using the number your recipients already have saved.

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Why this matters if you're on 8x8 or RingCentral​

Both platforms already have an SMS API, and both APIs are well built. They're also the wrong tool for most of the people who ask us about this.

Going the API route means creating a developer app, generating and storing credentials, writing code against an HTTP endpoint (or paying for middleware that will), and getting whoever administers your account to sign off on the whole arrangement. For a teacher with a class list or a front office with tomorrow's schedule, that's where the project quietly dies.

Bulk Texter Pro takes a different route. It drives the web app you already use — clicking, typing, sending — just faster and without typos. So there are no API keys, no developer app, and no permissions you don't already have. If your number can send a text today, you can be sending personalized batches in about five minutes.

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What you need first​

One prerequisite applies to both, and no tool can work around it: your number has to be SMS-enabled already.

Both platforms require registration before any number can send texts — brand and campaign registration on 8x8, SMS registration or toll-free verification on RingCentral. That's a carrier requirement across the industry, not something either company invented.

The quick test is the same either way: sign into the web app and text your own cell phone. If it arrives, you're ready. If it doesn't, your administrator needs to finish registration first.

On the Bulk Texter Pro side, your subscription has to cover the platform you're sending from — either the All Platforms subscription, or a subscription specific to 8x8 or RingCentral. You can sign up right inside the app, and if you're already a subscriber on a different platform, you can update your existing subscription to include 8x8 or RingCentral from the Account Menu at the top right of Bulk Texter Pro.

  • Full 8x8 guide → — includes links to 8x8's brand and campaign registration docs. Note that 8x8 Work for Web supports Chrome and Chromium-based Edge, but not Firefox.
    • Update for v3.6.3: Bulk Texter Pro now also supports sending 8x8 texts through the 8x8 app inside Microsoft Teams, for organizations that access 8x8 that way instead of at work.8x8.com.
  • Full RingCentral guide → — includes RingCentral's text messaging requirements, plus the number to send from field if your account has more than one number.

One RingCentral detail worth knowing​

RingCentral enforces a 1.4 MB limit on photo attachments, which is small — a photo straight off a modern phone will blow past it easily.

You don't need to do anything about it. If the photo you attach is larger than the limit, Bulk Texter Pro resizes it automatically before sending. (Animated GIFs are the exception — those aren't resized, so a large GIF will need compressing first.)

Also in v3.6.0​

  • Improved Firefox permission request flow.
  • Various bug fixes and improvements.

Full details are on our release notes page.

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Questions, problems, or a platform you'd like us to support next? Email support@bulktexterpro.com — we read everything.