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Buy text credits and top up automatically

A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 6 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.

How to buy text credits and top up automatically

  1. 1Click Settings in the Administration section of the sidebar, then Modules & campuses
  2. 2Click Credits & settings on the Text messages row
  3. 3Credits left shows your balance; to add more, click Buy under the pack you want in the Buy credits card
  4. 4Buy opens Stripe's secure checkout — once you've paid, the credits appear on the Text messages page
  5. 5Under Top up automatically, tick Buy another pack automatically and choose a pack under Pack to buy — when the balance drops under 100 credits, that pack is bought again on the card you last used
  6. 6Click Save, and check Credit history at the bottom: every pack bought and every text sent

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