How to Send an SMS to Verizon Customers

Verizon website
1. Go to the 'Send a Text Message' page on the Verizon website.
2. Click inside the 'Send To' box. Enter the Verizon customer's phone number, without spaces, dash marks or other punctuation, inside the box (For example '9595959595').
3. Type your name inside the 'From' box. Enter your cell or home number inside the 'Callback Number' box. This step is optional.
4. Click either 'Normal' or 'Urgent' underneath the 'Priority' category. Messages that are 'Urgent' will be listed as such on the Verizon customer's phone.
5. Type the SMS message inside the 'Your Message' box. The message can't be greater than 140 total characters.
6. Click 'Send.' The SMS message is sent to the Verizon phone.
Email
7. Sign into the email account. All email clients can send SMS messages to Verizon customers.
8. Type the Verizon number (as described in Step 2 of section 2) inside the 'Send,' 'To' or 'Send To' box (For example '9595959595').
9. Type the address '@vtext.com' right after the phone number (For example '9595959595@vtext.com').
10. Enter the SMS message inside the 'Message' box. Messages longer than 140 characters are sent to the Verizon phone as two or more messages.
11. Click 'Send.' The SMS message is delivered.