A short code is a short (five- or six-digit), easy to remember, phone number that you use to address and route commercial text or multimedia messages through wireless networks. There are two types of short codes: vanity and random.

• A vanity short code is a five- or six-digit phone number that you specifically select to represent your brand.
• A random short code is a five- or six-digit phone number that will be randomly selected for you.