[sinisterlee]

Anyone got some recommendations for services that allow you to long term rent a virtual mobile number that can receive text messages?

Ideally looking for:
1)Numbers in Europe and in the US.
2) An easy to use plaftorm where you can read the messages sent to that number
3) Payment either by card or crypto
4) Rental period at least a month
5) Fair prices

Seen some sites charging crazy money to rent their "real numbers" like 140 euro a month.
When you can buy a sim card from anywhere in the world for next to nothing, plus shipping it doesn't make any sense.
Prefer a convenient platform to having to buy, store and change sms every time to check messages.

[EquitableEngineer]

Ive had similar problems myself. I opted for the laborious buying the physical sim and doing everything one at a time method but your post made me wonder if there was a better way. After a little bit of poking around it seems that if you are up to it you could build a solution using an Arduino and multiple Arduino GSM Shield's.

GSM Shield


It appears that up to 8 of the GSM shields can be hooked up in parallel. This would be a fun project if i had the time.

[KingDead]

There's an app called Text Me by Text Me Inc. that lets you burn almost as many numbers as you want 10+ a week. I only once had them limit me after burning a shitload of numbers harrassing a bitch on WhatsApp. You get a week trial and then you can get a second week for like $1.99 before it goes up.

[sinisterlee]

Ive had similar problems myself. I opted for the laborious buying the physical sim and doing everything one at a time method but your post made me wonder if there was a better way. After a little bit of poking around it seems that if you are up to it you could build a solution using an Arduino and multiple Arduino GSM Shield's.

GSM Shield


It appears that up to 8 of the GSM shields can be hooked up in parallel. This would be a fun project if i had the time.

I mean it is not really that much work but it would be much nicer to have one platform from where you could access multiple sims from multiple countries. Looking at how much some people charge for a single message (5 GBP), it looks like doing the manual work could make for a decent business if you have good hardware and a decent website setup. Especially if you offer services for countries where people have to register their ID to get a sim card working.

[mothered]

I'm not sure whether It will serve your needs, but check out this.

[EquitableEngineer]

I mean it is not really that much work but it would be much nicer to have one platform from where you could access multiple sims from multiple countries. Looking at how much some people charge for a single message (5 GBP), it looks like doing the manual work could make for a decent business if you have good hardware and a decent website setup. Especially if you offer services for countries where people have to register their ID to get a sim card working.

You absolutely could make some decent legit money from doing that. What countries do you need ID to get a sim card working ?

I'm not sure whether It will serve your needs, but check out this.

Can you vouch for this service ?

[killerkeemkeem]

Anyone got some recommendations for services that allow you to long term rent a virtual mobile number that can receive text messages?

Ideally looking for:
1)Numbers in Europe and in the US.
2) An easy to use plaftorm where you can read the messages sent to that number
3) Payment either by card or crypto
4) Rental period at least a month
5) Fair prices

Seen some sites charging crazy money to rent their "real numbers" like 140 euro a month.
When you can buy a sim card from anywhere in the world for next to nothing, plus shipping it doesn't make any sense.
Prefer a convenient platform to having to buy, store and change sms every time to check messages.

https://smspva.com

fairly cheap, buy with bitcoin. you can rent phone numbers for as long as you like.

Also- you can get the TextMe app on iPhone which gives you a number for $10.49 a month. You can also switch out that number as many times as you'd like.

[mothered]

Can you vouch for this service ?

I haven't used It.

Stating the obvious, always look Into the Ins and outs of any kind of service prior to committing.

[EquitableEngineer]

I haven't used It.

Stating the obvious, always look Into the Ins and outs of any kind of service prior to committing.

Roger

[sinisterlee]

I'm not sure whether It will serve your needs, but check out this.

Thanks, looks good. Three countries covered US, UK and Canada and fair prices.
I am looking for more European countries but that definitely helps.

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Anyone got some recommendations for services that allow you to long term rent a virtual mobile number that can receive text messages?

Ideally looking for:
1)Numbers in Europe and in the US.
2) An easy to use plaftorm where you can read the messages sent to that number
3) Payment either by card or crypto
4) Rental period at least a month
5) Fair prices

Seen some sites charging crazy money to rent their "real numbers" like 140 euro a month.
When you can buy a sim card from anywhere in the world for next to nothing, plus shipping it doesn't make any sense.
Prefer a convenient platform to having to buy, store and change sms every time to check messages.

https://smspva.com

fairly cheap, buy with bitcoin. you can rent phone numbers for as long as you like.

Also- you can get the TextMe app on iPhone which gives you a number for $10.49 a month. You can also switch out that number as many times as you'd like.

Looks good, have you tried this service yourself?