Pricing

Purchasing Text Units / Pricing

The number of text units that a school purchases will depend on the size of the school and how frequently a school will use the service.

• As a guide, calculate the number of families in your school and estimate the number of times that the school will need to communicate with parents/guardians, staff etc
• Choose the number of text units that you wish to purchase
• Please note that character length for text messages will vary and is dependent on whether a text message is sent using standard or non-standard characters - up to 160 characters (standard) and 70 characters (non-standard). Online or cheque payment can be made to purchase your TextaParent.ie text units
• Additional text units can be purchased at any time

*TextaParent.ie, an IPPN service, as a Registered Charity 17227, will charge and return VAT at a rate of 23% on all credit purchases from non-member schools and organisations from January 1st 2017. 
This will mean that any transactions made by non- member schools or organisations on or after January 1st 2017 will be subject to a 23% VAT charge. Should you have any queries in regards to these changes, please e-mail [email protected]

Online Payments

To purchase text units, simply log-in to your TextaParent account or create a TextaParent account. Go to the ‘Manage Credits’ tab to purchase your text units via the PayPal or Stripe .

• A minimum of 500 and a maximum of 10,000 text units can be purchased online
• Text units can be purchased in quantities of 500 e.g. 500, 1000,
• 5.5cent per text message (up to 160 characters (standard) and 70 characters (non standard)).

Cheque Payment

Cheques are to be made payable to TextaParent and sent to the IPPN Support Office, Glounthaune, Co. Cork. Please include the school roll number on the back of the cheque to identify the school.When your cheque has been received, you will be notified by email that your account has been updated and available for immediate use.