Esendex SMS for OpenCart — order texts through your Esendex account (UK)

Esendex SMS Notifications connects OpenCart 4 with your Esendex account: a new order sends a text to the buyer and to you, a status change sends a text to the buyer. You buy credits from Esendex at their rate; the module does not sell SMS.

This module has never run against the real Esendex.

What the buyer gets and what you get

For a new order the buyer gets one text (from a template: name, number, total) and you get an alert on your own number. A status change has its own text: in the free version for one status, in Pro for each status. The same status never sends two texts. British mobile numbers are put into the 447… form by the module; a landline or empty number is skipped and the log says why.

What the admin gets

Username, API password and account reference (the settings list the credits of every account of the login), a “Save and check the connection” button and a test text. A log with CSV export and a queue with retries: if Esendex answers with a server error or the credits run out, the text waits and goes again, and after several tries stays in the log with the reason. An order is never blocked by a failed text.

What Pro adds

Your own text for each status, delivery reports (Esendex push notifications: “delivered” or “not delivered” with the reason), an opt-out list check, quiet hours that hold the buyer texts back, and extra shop numbers.

How it works, step by step

1. At Esendex you take a username, an API password and an account reference.
2. You enter them in the module and press “Save and check the connection”.
3. You set the templates and the shop number.
4. A buyer places an order and the texts join the queue.
5. The background sends them through Esendex and records the result in the log.

Under the hood

• The API password is stored encrypted and never printed back.
• Delivery reports are accepted only at the address that carries the key.
• The settings survive an update and a reinstall.
• The module language is English.

How to install

1. Extensions → Installer: upload cc_esendex.ocmod.zip.
2. Extensions → Modules → Esendex SMS Notifications: install and open.
3. Enter the credentials and press “Save and check the connection”.
4. Send a test text to your own number.
5. For Pro: paste the key or start the 7-day trial.

The module is not on opencart.com yet: the free version and Pro are one archive. Without a key it works as the free version.