Bulk SMS

Bulk SMS Campaigns from Bitrix24 CRM

One send. Thousands of people. Personalized for each of them. Segment by deal stage, country, or custom fields — and track every single delivery.

What Is Bulk SMS from Bitrix24 CRM?

Ever needed to reach 300 customers with an urgent update, and realized your only options were a mass email (that nobody reads) or manually texting them one by one? That's exactly the problem bulk SMS solves. Not just "we'll send a lot of texts" — we're talking targeted, personalized campaigns that go out in minutes, reach 98% of recipients, and cost a fraction of what most marketing channels charge.

We've processed campaigns of 50,000 SMS across 12 countries in under 4 minutes. That's not a benchmark — that's a real campaign from a real customer who needed speed. The infrastructure is there. It handles the scale. What matters is whether your list is clean and your message is worth reading.

SendSMS integrates directly with Bitrix24 CRM Marketing, so you're using your existing contact segments — no exporting phone numbers to external tools. Your CRM's the single source of truth for customer data, and every sent message is logged in the CRM timeline for full visibility.

Bulk SMS is also far more cost-effective than individual outreach at scale. Sending a promotion, service update, or announcement to 500 contacts costs as little as €5–€15 depending on the destination country — with virtually guaranteed delivery to every phone that receives an SMS signal.

Reach is instant. Delivery is confirmed. Cost is transparent. And everything logs back into your Bitrix24 CRM automatically — no copy-paste, no manual updates, no confusion about which contact got which message and when.

Your first campaign, in four steps:

  1. Open CRM Marketing. Find it in your Bitrix24 left sidebar.
  2. Create a segment. Filter by country, deal stage, or any custom field.
  3. Write your message. Add merge fields. Keep it under 160 characters.
  4. Launch or schedule. Watch delivery stats appear in real time.

Start to finish: under 10 minutes. Your team can run this independently, without any technical help, after the first time they see it done once.

CRM Marketing Contact Segmentation Merge Fields Campaign Tracking
Bulk Campaign Dashboard 1 message → 500 contacts → instant delivery

Segment Your Contacts for Targeted Campaigns

Send the right message to the right people. Use Bitrix24's built-in filters to create precise audiences for every campaign.

Filter by CRM Fields

Bitrix24 CRM Marketing lets you create contact segments using any combination of CRM fields as filters. The options are genuinely broad. Target contacts by country or phone prefix for localized campaigns in the recipient's language, by deal stage to re-engage inactive leads or reward loyal customers, or by custom fields like product category, subscription tier, or last purchase date.

Segments can be static — a fixed list chosen once — or dynamic, meaning they update automatically as CRM data changes. Dynamic is usually the better choice for ongoing campaigns. A segment of "all contacts with active deals" always includes the latest leads. You don't rebuild it before each send. It's just ready.

Combine multiple filters with AND/OR logic for precise targeting. For example: contacts in Germany OR Austria, with deal stage = "Proposal Sent," AND last contacted more than 14 days ago. SendSMS receives the final list and handles delivery to each recipient individually.

Honestly, most bulk SMS tools require you to export your contacts to a CSV, upload them to an external platform, design the campaign there, and then somehow reconcile the delivery data back into your CRM — which is exactly the kind of friction that SendSMS eliminates by operating entirely inside Bitrix24 from day one.

Example Segmentation Filters

Country = Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Deal Stage = "Proposal Sent"
Custom field: Product = "Enterprise Plan"
Last activity > 30 days ago
Consent status = "SMS opt-in confirmed"
Campaign template
Hi {first_name}! Exclusive offer
for {company}: 20% off until Friday.
Reply STOP to opt out.
John → Thomas → Maria 3 unique messages

Personalize Every Message with Merge Fields

Bulk SMS doesn't have to feel like bulk. It really doesn't. SendSMS supports merge fields that replace placeholders in your template with real data from each contact's CRM record at send time. Every recipient gets a unique message that feels personally written for them — even when you're sending to thousands at once.

The most impactful personalization? First name. Opening line. Studies consistently show personalized SMS messages achieve 30–40% higher response rates compared to generic mass texts. Adding the company name or a relevant deal detail makes the message even harder to ignore. Our users confirm this every time they run a first-name campaign against a generic blast — the click-through difference is visible in the numbers before the campaign is even fully delivered.

It works. Here's what's available:

  • {first_name} — Contact's first name
  • {last_name} — Contact's last name
  • {company} — Associated company name
  • {manager} — Assigned manager's name
  • {custom_field_*} — Any custom CRM field

All merge field substitution happens server-side before delivery. If a field value's missing for a contact, the system gracefully omits that variable — no broken {first_name} placeholders reaching anyone. That's the kind of detail that matters at scale.

Delivery Tracking per Bulk Campaign

Know exactly how your campaign performed. Real-time statistics on every send.

Campaign Overview Stats

After launching a campaign, the SendSMS dashboard shows a real-time overview: total sent, delivered, failed, and pending. The delivery percentage updates as carrier acknowledgements come in. Fast. You'll have a clear picture of campaign reach within minutes of launch — not hours later when it's too late to act on anything.

Per-Contact Delivery Status

Drill into any campaign to see the delivery status for each individual contact. Status values include Delivered, Failed, Sent (pending confirmation), and Expired (undeliverable after 48-hour carrier window). Failed numbers can be exported for follow-up via alternative channels. No important contact gets left out just because their phone was off that day.

Cost per Campaign

Every campaign shows the total credit consumed and the average cost per SMS for the specific countries targeted. You can accurately measure campaign ROI — total sending cost versus revenue generated from that segment. Credit's deducted only for messages actually dispatched to the carrier, not for failed lookups or invalid numbers. Pretty fair, we think.

Campaign History Archive

All campaigns are stored in SMS History with full details: send date, segment used, message content, and final delivery stats. Use it to compare performance over time, identify which segments respond best, and refine your targeting strategy. Filter by date range, status, or campaign name to find exactly what you need. Audit trail. Learning tool. One place.

Best Practices for Bulk SMS Campaigns

Most issues are avoidable. Follow these and you'll be fine.

What NOT to Do with Bulk SMS

A few things we've seen go wrong. Don't let them happen to you.

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Don't blast your entire contact list at once

Start with your most engaged segment. A poorly targeted blast generates opt-outs that can't be undone. Test first, scale second.

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Don't use SMS for messages that need 300 words

SMS is for short, actionable messages. "Check out our new blog post about our company's journey..." — no. Offer, action, deadline. That's it.

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Don't ignore failed deliveries

If 15% of your campaign shows "Failed," something's wrong with your number list. Clean it before the next send — not after another expensive campaign with the same problem.

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Don't send without identifying yourself

If your message doesn't make clear who it's from in the first 10 words, recipients ignore it or report it as spam. Set a recognizable sender ID and open with your brand name.

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