How to Set Up Vendor Pricing and MCC/MNC Cost Rates for Margin Tracking

You can’t manage margin without knowing what each message costs you. Vendor Pricing stores every vendor’s cost by country and network (MCC/MNC), alongside your selling price and a minimum (“least”) selling price. Each SMPP Connect is linked to a vendor pricing plan through its Price Map field.

Step 1: Create a vendor pricing plan

  1. Open Vendor Pricing → Add.
  2. Vendor Name: the vendor this plan belongs to.
  3. Type: HQ, WHOLESALE, DIRECT, SIM, LOCAL, SS7, PROMOTIONAL, TRANSACTIONAL or INTERNATIONAL. Use this to label route quality; it helps when comparing vendors.
  4. Save Changes.

A vendor can have several plans, e.g. one DIRECT and one WHOLESALE.

Step 2: Add MCC/MNC prices

Click Manage Pricing on the plan.

One at a time: Add → choose the MCC MNC → enter:

FieldMeaning
Cost PriceWhat the vendor charges you
Selling PriceYour standard price to clients
Least Selling PriceThe lowest price your team may sell at: your margin floor

In bulk (recommended):

  1. Click Download Sample and fill in the rates per country/network.
  2. Leave a cell blank if you don’t want that rate imported. Empty entries are skipped.
  3. Tick Flush Current Pricing and Apply new one only for a full replacement (e.g. a new vendor rate card). Leave it unticked to add or update entries.
  4. Upload and click Save Changes.

Use Export before any flush-and-replace, so you keep a copy of the old rate card.

Step 3: Link pricing to connects

Edit each SMPP Connect and set Price Map to the correct vendor plan. Also set the connect’s Cost/Rate and Billing Method (Submit/Delivered) to match the contract.

Keeping rates accurate

  • Update on every vendor rate change. Vendors usually send revised rate cards with notice. Import them on the effective date, not when you get around to it.
  • Keep least price above cost. A least price below cost price lets sales sell at a loss without anyone noticing.
  • Use country-level entries carefully. In MCC/MNC price notifications and CSVs, country-level network values show as * / All. Make sure network-level rates you intend to be different are actually entered.
  • Check margins weekly. Compare the billing summary against vendor invoices, especially after changing routes.

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