# SMS marketing setup

> SMS marketing setup at ellul.ai: £395, a fixed price agreed in writing before work starts, never charged by the hour. A shop or local business whose customers want offers by text

- Price: £395 (one-off)
- Time: 3 to 5 days
- Page: https://ellul.ai/services/sms-marketing

## What is included
- Sender name and number set up on your SMS tool
- Opt-in forms with clear consent wording and STOP replies
- Welcome and abandoned-basket texts automated
- Two campaign templates ready to send

## What other providers charge
No provider read publishes a fixed price for this on the same basis. Every price with its source: https://ellul.ai/services/sms-marketing/readings.json

## How many people are asking for it
247 posts on Reddit asked to hire someone for SMS marketing setup between November 2025 and November 2026, 116 of them in the last 90 days, most on r/gohighlevel, r/freelance_forhire, r/B2BForHire.

## Paid separately, at cost
- Your SMS tool's subscription, billed by the vendor
- Message fees and number rental, paid to the SMS provider

## What the buyer supplies
- An account on your chosen SMS tool, in your name
- Access to your website or shop to add the opt-in forms
- Your offers, and approval of the template wording

## What the price does not cover
- Setup only; sending campaigns each month is a separate service
- Consent wording is drafted from the regulations' text; it is not legal advice
- How the sender name shows depends on the networks and your SMS tool

## Rules that apply
- UK PECR regulation 22 bans unsolicited marketing by electronic mail to individuals without prior consent, unless the soft opt-in applies: details taken in a sale or negotiation, only similar products marketed, and a free way to refuse offered at collection and in every message. Source: [legislation.gov.uk: The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, regulation 22](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2426/regulation/22)
- PECR regulation 2 defines electronic mail to include messages sent by SMS, so its electronic mail rules cover marketing texts. Source: [legislation.gov.uk: The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, regulation 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2426/regulation/2)
- PECR regulation 23 bans direct marketing by electronic mail that disguises or conceals who it is sent for, or that gives no valid address for asking such messages to stop. Source: [legislation.gov.uk: The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, regulation 23](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2426/regulation/23)

Get a written fixed quote: https://ellul.ai/services/sms-marketing#quote