Mobile carriers like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile charge certain recurring fees based on number type. These fees can be broken out into two main categories that we’ll explain in more detail below:

We pass these fees directly to you with no additional markup.

If you see carrier fees on your bill and have no idea what they’re for, don’t panic. These are industry-wide charges set by wireless carriers (like T-Mobile, Verizon, etc).

How much you’ll pay in carrier fees depends on:

Each time SimpleTexting pushes messages to carriers, the carriers check what type of message it is and what kind of number it’s coming from—then charge us the applicable fees.

At SimpleTexting, carrier fees are passed through on outgoing messages from local and toll-free phone numbers in the U.S. and Canada.

In most cases, carrier fees will be charged on your monthly or annual cycle billing date or when accumulated fees are greater than $500—whichever comes first.

If you’re on a monthly plan, you’ll prepay your message credits at the beginning of the month. Then, 30 days later, you’ll receive the bill to prepay the next month’s credits and pay the carrier fees from the previous month.

On an annual plan, you’ll prepay for the year’s credits every 365 days, and your carrier fees will accrue throughout the year. Your renewal bill will include the upcoming year’s credits and the previous year’s carrier fees.

📚 Read more: When Will I Be Billed Each Month?

Since your unique contact list determines which messages will be sent through which carriers, it’s difficult to predict the exact cost. That said, for most customers, the impact is minimal.

If you want to estimate the additional cost, here’s a rough breakdown of the average percentage of messages our customers send to AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint and other carriers.

You can use these percentages to estimate your carrier fees based on the rates in the next section.

For more information and current carrier fee rates for each number type, please click the links below:

Curious what carrier fees on your bill may look like? Here's a sample sales receipt, which includes carrier fees from U.S. and Canadian carriers.

If you're using a local number, you'll see a $10* monthly number registration fee — which is used to maintain your registration — on your bill.

*Some legacy customers may have lower monthly number registration fees.

Have questions about how recurring fees work? Reach out to our support team by clicking on the blue chat box in the bottom right corner.