In order to utilize SMS texting within your sport account your athletics admin must complete the steps outlined in this article in order for your university to become an authorized sender. If you wish to utilize texting please have your athletics admin get in touch with ARI support at support@arirecruiting.com.
How to Purchase and Assign a Phone Number:
ARI Messaging is a great way to reach your recruits, current athletes, and contacts via SMS text messages. You can choose to have one centralized phone number or one number per team member. Phone numbers cost $1.00/month/number. This cost is deducted directly from your balance. If your balance has not been funded, complete the steps to Add Funds to Your Account.
Follow these instructions on how to search, select, and purchase a dedicated phone number and assign it to each ARI user in your account.
Purchase:
Navigate to the Settings icon in the left-hand navigation bar.
Click SMS Settings.
Note: Only users with team admin privileges see SMS Settings. Learn more here.Click # Buy a Number in the top right-hand corner of the page.
Type in the area code you are looking for and click Search.
TIP: Search using the area code associated with the location of your institution.
We are limited to the phone numbers that are available through our vendor. If there are no numbers available in the area code you searched, we encourage you to check back often as phone numbers become regularly available.Select the Purchase button to the right of the number you would like.
On the next screen, review and ensure that the information is correct and then click Buy (XXX) XXX-XXXX.
You now own that number, and can be assigned to a team user.
Assign:
Select the pencil icon to the right of the number you want to assign.
Type in your name (or the assigned users name) under Name.
Select the user you wish to associate to that number.
Select Save.
Happy Texting!