About ReserveSMS

How does it work?

1. Sign in with your email. We email you a 6-digit code. New here? That creates your account. There’s no password.
2. Add balance. Every number is paid from your balance. Add from $1.30 by card or $1 with crypto, or more for next time.
3. Get a number. Choose the app and a country, and the number shows straight away. Enter it in the app.
4. Get your code. When the SMS reaches us, the code shows on the order page. If no SMS arrives within 20 minutes, the money goes back to your balance, ready for another number.

Is it safe to pay?

Card payments, including Apple Pay and Google Pay, are taken on Stripe’s own checkout page. Your card details go to Stripe, and we never see or store your full card number. From Stripe we get the payment’s details, such as the card’s brand, its last four digits and the country that issued it. Card top-ups start at $1.30.

You can also pay with Litecoin or Solana from $1, or Bitcoin from $10. Crypto payments go straight to our wallets, and the money shows in your balance once the network confirms the payment.

Where do refunds go?

To your ReserveSMS balance, not back to your card. If no SMS arrives within 20 minutes, or you cancel an order before an SMS arrives, the money goes back to your balance automatically. You can spend it on another number for any app or country, and your balance doesn’t expire while your account is open.

Refunds to cards are a common route for card fraud and refund abuse, and the card fee isn’t returned when a payment is refunded. Keeping refunds in the balance avoids both, which helps keep most numbers at $1. The refund policy has the details.

What do you know about me?

To open an account, all we ask for is an email address. We don’t ask for your name, your home address or your own phone number. Our number supplier never gets your email, only a random customer ID.

We keep your orders, payments and balance, and records of your sign-ins and of what you do while signed in, with IP addresses, to spot fraud and to help when something goes wrong. We don’t use advertising or tracking cookies. The privacy policy lists everything we keep and for how long.

Where do the numbers come from?

From an established wholesale supplier with numbers in many countries. Most apps accept them, but no app accepts every number. If an app turns yours down, cancel the order before an SMS arrives and the money goes back to your balance.

Each number is one-time: it receives codes only while its 20-minute window is open. Once you’re into the account, add an authenticator app, a passkey or an email address, so you don’t need the number again.

What can I use a number for?

Your own accounts. For example, a second account without a second SIM, signing up when your number is already linked to another account, or keeping your personal number off apps and forums. Numbers aren’t for fraud, for making accounts in bulk or for getting round a ban, and you need to be 18 or over. The acceptable use policy has the full rules.

Who runs ReserveSMS?

ReserveSMS is a small independent business, open since 16 October 2026. We help people keep their own phone number private, and we keep our personal details off the site too, so you won’t find names or a home address here. You can still reach us directly: tickets on our Discord come straight to us.

Reviews from customers whose numbers got a code are on our reviews page.

How do I contact ReserveSMS?

Open a ticket on our Discord, with your account ID (it’s on your account page) and the order ID if it’s about an order. We never ask for card details by email or on Discord, and staff never message you first.

Open our Discord

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