Additional conversations ($15 per 100)

When you use your plan's included conversations, Textiful keeps taking text-ins and adds extra conversations in blocks of 100 for $15 on your next bill. You can set a monthly limit.

Your keywords and QR codes keep working after you've used your plan's included conversations. Extra conversations are $15 per 100, added to your next bill automatically, so nobody at your event is turned away.

How extras are billed

  • Extras come in blocks of 100 for $15. The first extra conversation in a month adds a block, which covers that one and the next 99.
  • Blocks are added to your next invoice. Nothing is charged to your card mid-month.
  • The first time you go over in a billing month, owners and admins get an email: "Your business has used this month's included conversations".
  • Settings > Billing shows how many extras you've had this month and what they've added to your next bill.

If you go over most months, a plan with more included conversations usually costs less. Compare them on pricing.

Set a limit on extras

If you'd rather cap the spend:

  1. Go to Settings > Billing.
  2. Under Conversations this month, click Set a limit on extra conversations.
  3. Turn on Limit extra conversations each month.
  4. Enter a Monthly limit in dollars. Below the field, Textiful shows how many extra conversations that allows.
  5. Save.

To change or remove it later, click Change limit.

With a limit, new text-ins stop once that month's extras reach it. People who text in are told "This keyword is not active right now. Please check back soon." At a live event, that can mean the room goes quiet, so set the limit with your biggest event in mind. People already partway through a flow can finish.

Frequently asked questions

Do my keywords stop working when I use up my conversations?
No. On a paid plan, text-ins keep coming in past your included conversations and extras are billed automatically. They only stop if you set a monthly limit and reach it.
Do I have to buy extra conversations ahead of time?
No. There's nothing to buy. Extras are added automatically, in blocks of 100, as you need them.

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