{"id":2708,"date":"2023-01-18T15:03:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmsworks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2023-12-15T10:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T10:44:50","slug":"emoji-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmsworks.co.uk\/blog\/emoji-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Emoji Removal Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Reduce your SMS spend by removing emojis<\/h1>\n

Sending emojis to your customers is almost always a bad idea.<\/p>\n\n

Whether or not your customers find them irritating or unprofessional, there\u2019s an even stronger argument for not using them in your text campaigns.

Sending emojis<\/a><\/strong> costs more than sending them using plain text. A lot more.

If you use an emoji, the maximum number of characters available reduces from 160 to just 70.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

That\u2019s because emojis are not part of the GSM character set<\/a> <\/strong>and are sent as unicode<\/a><\/strong>. Unicode texts contain just 70 characters per message.<\/p>\n\n

So a text containing 150 characters and an emoji will use 3 text credits rather than 1. That could have a huge impact on the overall cost of a campaign.<\/p>\n\n

We developed the emoji removal tool to solve this problem of unintended overspend<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

If you enable the filter, we\u2019ll strip all the emojis from your messages before they are sent.<\/p>\n

You’ll probably want to make sure that the emoji doesn’t convey any specific meaning before removing them. The texts need to make sense without the emojis.<\/p>\n

How to easily tell if you are sending unicode or emojis<\/strong><\/h2>\n

SMS insights, our complete SMS analytics tool<\/a><\/strong>, will show you, at a glance if you are sending unicode characters or emojis.
\"Unicode<\/p>\n

To access SMS Insights simply log into your account and go to SMS Insights.<\/p>\n\n

How to enable the emoji stripping tool?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Log into your account and go to SMS Credits<\/strong> on the left, then select the Cost Saving tab<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"enabling<\/p>\n\n

Then scroll to Emoji Removal<\/strong> and switch on Enable Emoji Filtering<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

What are the potential savings of emoji removal?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

If you sent a 160 character text that contained an emoji, you would use 3 text credits per message. The cost to send to 1000 recipients would be \u00a397.50 + VAT (Text cost per credit is 3.25 pence + VAT)<\/p>\n\n

If you had enabled the emoji stripping tool, only 1 text credit per message would have been used and the cost would have been just \u00a332.50 + VAT, a saving of \u00a365.00 + VAT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Any questions?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

We hope you find the emoji removal tool useful for keeping a lid on your SMS costs. We\u2019re here to help if you have any questions or want to discuss any element of your SMS activity.<\/p>\n\n

support@thesmsworks.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Henry.<\/p>\n

Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another cost saving tool we’ve developed – Unicode character replacement<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Explore All our SMS feature and tools<\/a><\/strong> on one short page<\/p>\n

What’s the maximum length of a text?<\/a><\/strong> Is there a limit?<\/p>\n

AI SMS message optimiser <\/a><\/strong>Save credits, use chatGPT to optimse your texts<\/p>\n

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