What fees are associated with 10DLC registration?
10DLC Cost Summary for a Typical Political Use Case
The average cost for 10DLC Registration and Vetting fees for a Political Customer use case is $114. This will vary depending upon whether you are in a rush (expressed Brand vetting costs), enter incorrect information at any point in the registration process (costs to resubmit), and other special treatments. This is a typical set up cost, costs will increase with rushed registrations, failed vets and resubmittals. See below for more details and variables, and costs for other use cases.
| Fee | Political Use Case |
| $4 | Brand Registration (one time fee) |
| $30 | Campaign Registration (initial 3 mos fee; $10/mo renewal starts at month 4) |
| $15 | Campaign Registration Application Fee (one time fee) |
| $65 | Brand Vetting (one time, annual fee) |
10DLC Billing Process
TextOut passes The Campaign Registry (TCR) and related vetting fees to the customer with no markup. TCR and/or the carriers may change their fee structure, and if so, this article will be updated accordingly.
- Every Campaign will be charged a minimum first 3 months monthly fee, and this monthly fee is renewed monthly until the Account Owner deactivates the Campaign. For political use cases, the fee is $10/month (minimum 3 months /$30 charge).
- Campaign fees are billed monthly at the end of the calendar month. TextOut will add these to your monthly invoice as additional line items.
- All carriers charge significantly increased carrier fees for unregistered traffic. This is passed through to the customer with Civitech's unregistered messaging surcharge.
The following billing example is provided for illustrative purposes only:
| Campaign Creation | For example, on May 5 |
| First Monthly Charge ($30 for first 3 months) | Appears on May 31 Invoice from TCR to TextOut (end of the calendar month of campaign creation) |
| Cancellation notice due (to avoid renewal billing). | June 4 (day before campaign renewal) |
| First Campaign Renewal ($10/mo on each anniversary date). | June 5 |
*The campaign continues to be renewed and billed on a monthly cycle until the Account Owner deactivates the campaign. Deactivation can be done on each Campaign screen in TextOut.
10DLC Fees
These fees will be passed through to you in your monthly TextOut invoice.
One-time fees
- $4.00 per Brand Registration (one-time TCR Fee) (This charge excludes any 3rd party vetting fees or non-standard review procedures as mandated by the carriers, see Vetting Fees below.)
- Mandatory vetting fee of $15 for all new 10DLC campaigns, charged by the aggregators.
- T-Mobile Fees:
- T-Mobile charges a $50 one-time fee per Campaign (in addition to the monthly recurring Campaign fee (see below) to be paid to TCR).
- For Brands requiring 50 or more numbers, special pre-approval is needed, plus a one-time $500 fee to T-Mobile upon application submission.
- For Brands requiring daily messaging volumes above 200k, special pre-approval is needed by T-Mobile, plus a one-time $5000 fee upon application submission.
Contact support@civitech.io if you require 50 or more numbers per Campaign, or daily volumes per Brand over 200k.
Recurring fees
- Monthly fees of $2 - $10/month (depending upon use case) are associated with each Campaign. They are invoiced monthly for an initial three-month period, which will renew until you deactivate the Campaign.
- Regular Campaigns, $10/mo
- Low Volume/Mixed Campaigns, $2/mo
- Political Campaigns, $10/mo
- Charity Campaigns ((501(c)(3) only), $3/mo
- Special Use cases may have different associated fees than standard use cases. Some customers that successfully register for the Charity / 501(c)(3) or Emergency special use cases may be eligible for per-message fee discounts or waivers at the carriers’ discretion.
Brand Vetting Fees
| Standard Vet | Enhanced Vet | Political Vet | Failed Standard Vet | Failed Political Vet | Appeal |
| $40 each | $95 each | $65 (email or standard PIN delivery) $91.95 (express mail PIN delivery) |
$5 each | $22 each | $10 each |
Make sure the information entered is correct. A mistake will cause the verification to fail, and another fee will be required to resubmit with corrected information.
What are Carrier Fees?
In addition to migrating to the 10DLC ecosystem, carriers still charge various Network Access Fees (NAF), called "Carrier Fees." These fees are passed through to us from the aggregators and are included in our Service Fees per our contract terms.
Not included in our Service Fees are unregistered surcharges and fines. These, if present, will be added to the Customer's monthly invoice. We reserve the right to increase our Service Fees as carrier fees increase.