Ideas, guides & stories
Guides and ideas from the AppLink team: no-code Wizard apps, API integrations, and how to earn from services on Banglalink.
The Applink Skill: AI coding agents that get telco integrations right
Ask an AI agent to integrate the APIs and it will write confident code that marks failures as successes. The Applink Skill gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot and twenty more agents the full contract, so the first draft is the right one.
What AppLink handles, so you can focus on the product
Reaching 38 million subscribers takes more than an SMS gateway. A tour of the work the platform takes off your plate, from consent to settlement.
USSD still matters: building menus that work on every handset
No data plan, no app store, no smartphone. A USSD menu reaches the people other channels miss. How sessions work, and how to design one people finish.
Carrier billing: the payment method every subscriber already has
Cards and wallets need sign-ups, top-ups and trust. A mobile balance needs none of that. Why charging through AppLink converts, and how the money reaches you.
Your first API app: a two-way SMS service in an afternoon
Receive a message on your short code, work out a reply and send it back. The whole loop, in about forty lines of Node.
Eight Wizard app ideas you can launch this week
Four templates, no code, and far more range than people expect. Eight services audiences pay for, and the template behind each one.
Wizard or API: picking the right way to build on AppLink
AppLink gives you two ways into the same network. Here is how to tell, in about five minutes, which one your idea belongs in.