Rent a phone number for one verification code. Over a hundred services are covered, from Apple and Amazon to Airbnb and Badoo, across the UK, US, Canada, Germany and more. You pick the service and the country, the number appears, and the code arrives in your dashboard. Pay in naira by Korapay, bank transfer or USSD.
Some sign-ups will not finish without a phone number in the right country, and your Nigerian number is not it. That is the whole problem this solves. People use it to register for services that are not available here, to keep a personal number off a site they do not trust, and to create a second account on a platform that allows one per number. It is one code for one sign-up, not a phone line you keep.
How renting a number works
Choose the service and the country, and a number is assigned to you from that country. Enter it on the site you are registering with and ask them to send the code. The code appears on your order in your dashboard, usually within a minute or two. Use it, and the number is finished. If no code arrives within the window the order is cancelled and the money returns to your wallet automatically, which is why most orders on this page end as refunds rather than failures.
What you get, and what you do not
You get one number and the codes it receives for one short session. You do not get a number you can keep, reuse next month, or receive calls on. If the service you are registering with later asks to re-verify, that number will not be yours any more, so use this for sign-ups where the number is a gate rather than a permanent recovery method.
Choosing the service and the country
Pick the exact service where you can. A number assigned for Apple is routed for Apple, and using a general number for a service that has its own entry is the usual reason a code never lands. Where a service is listed for several countries, pick the country the account is being made in. Availability changes constantly because the numbers are allocated live, so a service listed today may be unavailable for an hour and back later.
Questions about SMS verification
How do I get an SMS verification code in Nigeria?+
Pick the service and country on this page, order, and the number appears on your dashboard. Enter it on the site you are registering with, request the code, and it shows up on the same order page. The whole thing takes a couple of minutes.
What happens if the code never arrives?+
The order is cancelled and the money goes back to your wallet by itself. You are not charged for a number that received nothing, so a failed attempt costs you time rather than money.
Can I reuse the number later?+
No. A rented number covers one verification session. If you need to receive a code for the same account again later, rent another number, and bear in mind it will be a different one.
Which countries can I get numbers from?+
The UK, the US, Canada, Germany and others, depending on what is available at that moment. The country is part of the listing name, so what you see on the page is what can be had right now.
Can I use this to verify WhatsApp or Telegram?+
Both are listed. Bear in mind that messaging apps tie the account to the number permanently, so if you lose access to that number you lose the account. For anything you intend to keep, use a number you control.
