{"id":2979,"date":"2026-09-18T14:43:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2979"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:13:05","password":"","slug":"what-do-the-rcs-brand-statuses-mean","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/what-do-the-rcs-brand-statuses-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What do the RCS brand statuses mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each brand in <strong>RCS &gt; My RCS Brands<\/strong> shows a status:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Status<\/th><th>Meaning<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Internal approval pending<\/strong><\/td><td>Your brand has been submitted and is being reviewed. You can&#8217;t register bots under it yet.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Unverified<\/strong><\/td><td>The brand exists but has not yet been verified.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Verified<\/strong><\/td><td>The brand is approved. You can now register RCS bots under it.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why can&#8217;t I create a bot?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You need at least one <strong>verified<\/strong> brand before applying for a bot. If you see the message &#8220;You need at least one verified brand before applying for a bot&#8221;, open <strong>My RCS Brands<\/strong> and check the status of your brand. If it stays pending for a long time, contact support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each brand in RCS &gt; My RCS Brands shows a status: Status Meaning Internal approval pending Your brand has been submitted and is being reviewed. You can&#8217;t register bots under it yet. Unverified The brand exists but has not yet been verified. Verified The brand is approved. You can now register RCS bots under it. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2258],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2979","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-rcs-brands"],"year_month":"2026-09","word_count":106,"total_views":"2","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Brands","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/rcs-brands\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2979"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}