Hello friends! Since the VK administration made it a prerequisite to activate a new account via SMS to a mobile phone, for many there were difficulties in creating a second page. In this article, we will tell you how you can register on Vkontakte without a mobile number using a virtual number in 2017. This method is also suitable for registration in other social networks. And it will be especially useful if yours.
Virtual number for receiving sms: what is it and why is it needed?
Virtual number - This is a fake number that can be temporarily obtained on certain sites. Most often, a virtual number is used to receive a code that is sent by various social networks (Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, etc.) and postal resources.
It is also worth noting that some users use such numbers solely for the purpose of anonymity, while maintaining their privacy.
Where can I get a virtual phone number for free?
There are many internet services that offer virtual numbers. However, not all of them work for free. The difference between paid and free services is only in the number of users of a certain virtual number. Thus, when choosing a free number, you must be aware that someone else is using it. But you will have to pay for a personal virtual number. If we have sorted out this point, then proceed to the choice of service. Let's consider the most popular ones.
RECEIVE-SMS ONLINE
A very easy to use resource. Registration is optional here. Select a number by clicking on the "Select a number" box. This is one of a kind site where you can find the numbers of the CIS countries, which can be an undoubted advantage.
FREE ONLINE PHONE
Bypassing registration, choose the virtual number you like. However, if you need a Russian or CIS number, please note that they do not exist here.
TEXTNOW
Despite the fact that the site is in English, it is not difficult to understand it. You can log in through Facebook or go through full registration by clicking on the "Sign Up Free" box in the upper right corner. After that, a window will pop up in which you can enter any three numbers, and then your free virtual number will appear, which you can already use.
TEXTFREE WEB
The site interface is very similar to the TEXTNOW resource. In general, there is practically no difference. If only you can log in here not only through Facebook, but also through Google+
An important point
Friends, be careful when entering the country code. If you have chosen a virtual number from TEXTNOW, TEXTFREE WEB or SELLAITE sites, do not forget to put in front of " +1 "(US code).
Where you select the full number, for example, from the RECEIVE-SMS ONLINE or FREE ONLINE PHONE website, then nothing needs to be changed!
So, here were described sites with virtual numbers, which have managed to recommend themselves. Of course, there are much more of them, and they grow like mushrooms, but if you managed to discover a good resource that was not presented here, then share with us and with our readers in the comments. And to beginners, we can wish good luck with the "illegal" registration in social networks!
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A virtual number is a service for receiving incoming calls to a certain “fake” phone with their further forwarding to real numbers.
Virtual numbers are used for both business and non-commercial purposes.
AT virtual numbers are used for:
Proovl SMS
Twilio
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The TextNow service and its numbers can be used to register on sites, to make calls, to exchange multimedia and test messages, to receive voice mail and forward calls.
To start using the service, register on the TextNow website or install the application and create an account in it. However, not all so simple.
Attempts to register on TextNow from IP addresses of the CIS countries usually end in failure:
To get around this limitation, knowledgeable people advise using.
After completing the registration, you will automatically receive the contact you need. Incoming SMS messages are available in the Conversionals section.
Countrycode.org
Countrycode.org is the last ip-telephony service in our review, which has a huge number of contacts in all countries of the world in its database.
The service can be used free of charge for 10 days and during this period you will be allowed to spend no more than $ 4 on communication.
Let's figure out how to create a virtual phone number for free using Countrycode.org:
- Select the country you are going to call. If you need a phone to simply receive SMS for registration on the site, you can specify any.
- On the next page, in the "Get a virtual number in" window, once again select the country and region where you want to get a virtual number, and click the "Instant Free Trial" button
- Then click "Free Trial" again.
- After that, you will be prompted to create an account on the service. Registration is simple: you need to provide personal data and an email address, as well as why you need a virtual number - for commercial purposes or for yourself.
- Also check “I agree to the Therms & Conditions” and click the “Continue” button.
- Next, you activate your account using the link that will come to you, and you will find yourself on a page where you will be asked to stake out the selected number before purchasing it. If you are not going to use it in the future - press the red button, if you are going to - green and indicate the way you will pay for the service.
There are many situations in life when it becomes necessary to get a virtual number.
Let's consider the most common:
- unwillingness of the user to indicate his real number when registering;
- to register fake pages in social. networks;
- receiving SMS when registering in various services;
- the ability to forward incoming calls to any other phones;
- such numbers guarantee spam protection;
- creating temporary accounts for various sites.
But there are enough real reasons to have a virtual number. For example, businesses are actively using virtual numbers. For example, a person calls a specific number to the tech center. support of a certain provider.
However, it is not real. This is a virtual number that can be used by several employees. If one does not pick up the phone, then the call is transferred to another specialist who processes the client's call, solving his issue.
But in business, paid IP telephony services are usually used. For an ordinary user who, for example, needs to register on a certain site, there is no need for paid services. In this case, you can get a free virtual number for a short time using certain services.
Depending on the client's wishes, there are two options for obtaining a virtual number service: free and for money. Paid services provide greater reliability for business while maintaining complete confidentiality. For those who do not want to pay, it is recommended to choose a temporary virtual number.
There are a huge number of services for providing virtual numbers for free, let's look at some of them.
ZADARMA - excellent service at affordable prices
The name of the company "Zadarma" is not synonymous with the word "freebie". The service is not free. For each service there is a tariff scale, where it is stated how much and what it costs.
It should be noted that the prices are very affordable. For example, maintenance of a virtual number costs only 120 rubles. per month. A distinctive feature is paid registration: you register, and you are given 20 rubles to your account to test the site's services.
TextNow - phone number without payment forever
After registration, the user receives a free number without payment, forever. Having received a number, he can use it, but only for this will an advertisement be shown (which is easy to disable for a certain amount of money). There is also a phone app. The only downside to this site and application is blocking IP addresses from CIS countries (but it's easy to get around - who doesn't know about VPN?).
This is a special tool for obtaining registration codes. There is a list of toll-free numbers that you can also use to register on sites that require confirmation of your phone number.
Newly registered, the site issues private numbers (which can be found in the personal account), they allow you to send repeated SMS from social networks during registration.
On the "Price List" page, you can see all the rates for receiving (and re-receiving) messages about account activation. All prices are quite affordable, except for VK (SMS cost - 23 rubles, if repeated - 15 rubles).
Excellent service of virtual numbers with the ability to call different countries, use SMS using IP-telephony.
The interface, although in English, is intuitive (it can be difficult for some users). To reach the required subscriber using a virtual number, you need to enter it in the international format (country code, area code, phone number), and then dial.
If you dialed the phone incorrectly, then when you press the green button, an instruction will open, which will describe in detail the steps to make a call.
Twilio - using free features
Most of the functions on this site are paid, but a free account is also suitable for sending a few SMS or getting to know the service.
On the site you need to register and get your number, where you can receive and send sms.
When registering, you should not indicate a "Russian number", the service is foreign, and therefore will most likely provide a number from Europe or the USA.
Perhaps this is the simplest of all the services presented in the review. The site has 5 free numbers that you can write down and then indicate when registering and then receiving SMS from it.
If the SMS has arrived, then it is displayed on the main page. The site has a very simple style. Although, if you need to send and receive SMS, does it really matter?
Is it possible to find out a temporary number to receive SMS?
If necessary, virtual numbers in each of the monitored services are displayed. In other cases, if it is not necessary, then they are hidden.
When you need to use the service of receiving SMS to a virtual number one-time, then for this it is better to use a one-time NumberForSMS.
If you need to receive / transmit SMS on an ongoing basis, then it is better to use it. This service provides a lot of functionality with many free features.
For calls all over the world, CountryCode.org is suitable, the free functionality of which is very useful for these purposes.
When the need arises to restore your account, and the phone will not be nearby, arm yourself with these services. You will be able to access social networks quickly and in no time!
The Internet opens up wide opportunities not only for unlimited communication, but also for the privacy of your person. One of these services is a virtual number - a "fake" phone that accepts incoming messages and calls, redirecting them to the user's real phone number. A virtual number is useful both for doing business and for personal interests, especially when registering on social networks and on websites in order to limit your personal number from a lot of unnecessary mailings and third-party calls. A virtual number can be one-time, for example, it is needed to register a new page in VK, or for permanent use (conducting commercial activities). In the first case, it will be a free service, and in case of constant use, a virtual number will need to be purchased.
The scope of using a virtual number is quite wide:
- with their help, you can forward an incoming call to any landline, mobile phone or IP address;
- receive incoming text messages (SMS);
- are used to send SMS-mailings;
- they are indicated when registering on various websites and social networks;
- you can record voice messages to the virtual number and receive them;
- it is a very convenient service for mass customer service through the voice menu, etc.
Free virtual number services
There are a lot of services providing virtual number services. We will consider 3 of the most popular and simple ones that provide this service for free:- Twilio
- TextNow
- Countrycode.org
Twilio
is a well thought out service, the main activity of which is to provide IP telephony services around the world. High technologies and quality development are the main advantages of the service. Therefore, its main functionality is paid. But there is an opportunity to work in test mode for free. To do this, you need to register on the Twilio website (menu « Sign up») And you can get a number for receiving messages to register on the site.
The registration procedure requires an email address, personal user data, password.
Registration confirmation is carried out by sending an SMS with a code to a real phone number, which must be entered in the appropriate field on the website.
For the system to send a virtual number to the user, you need to click "Get you First Twilio number", that is, "Get number".
There is one caveat - the service is completely English. But the whole registration procedure is standard, so there shouldn't be any difficulties in this, especially if you have basic knowledge of the English language. But the problem can arise when looking for a suitable virtual phone number. The fact is that there are no Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian numbers in the Twilio database, so the client will be offered the US phone by default. If it does not fit, you can select the appropriate number of another country from the list.
To do this, click "Search":
If you agree with the terms of the system, in the list of "Features" ( Capabilities) indicate why you need a virtual number: MMS, SMS, calls or all together.
This is necessary to select a suitable toll free number, since not everyone in the database can receive and send text messages. Then choose "Search".
The screen will display numbers that you can use to register. Choose one of them. To read messages that arrived at this number, for example, the confirmation code sent for registration in a social network, go to the menu " Logs"-\u003e" SMS & MMS ":
The number can be vacated at any time (if you no longer need it). To do this, simply enter "Numbers", then - "Twilio Numbers" and select - " Release number»:
TextNow
is an excellent service for getting a free virtual phone number. The main advantage of TextNow is that the system issues the number not for a certain time, but for constant use. In addition, the web service has a mobile version as an application for Android, PC and other OS. Despite the fact that the service is free, as, so to speak, payment, advertising will be constantly broadcast to you. If it interferes with your work, you can just buy an inexpensive subscription and use virtual numbers constantly without interference. The service is suitable for making calls, registering on various sites, exchanging text and multimedia messages, forwarding calls and receiving voice mail.
To start using the capabilities of TextNow, you need to install the application or register on the site. But a problem may arise here, since the system often does not pass the IP addresses of the CIS countries:
But this problem can be dealt with,. Thus, the virtual number will be issued as quickly as possible, automatically.
The service is also in English. In the section "Conversionals" you can view incoming SMS messages, and in the section "My Account" you can see your number.
Countrycode.org
is a virtual telephony service with a huge number of numbers in the database of all countries of the world. Free use of the service is possible for 10 days. But you can only spend no more than $ 4 on communication.To use the Countrycode.org virtual number, you need to perform a few simple steps:
Each of these services has its own challenges and advantages. The easiest to work, in our opinion, is Twilio... And there, it's up to you!
In this article we will talk about services such as a virtual phone number. Service capabilities to receive and send SMS messages, MMS and calls.
We have already talked about one of these services called “ Pinger”, In the article about. The services described below can also be used for this purpose. But, in addition to receiving SMS messages, these services will also be able to make and receive calls, and not only.
And so let's talk about the first virtual telephony service called Twilio... We go to the official website www.twilio.com. To register, click SING UP.
You are asked to fill in the registration data. After filling, click Get started.
The next item, you need to provide your phone number. A confirmation code will be sent to him.
After entering the code, you enter your personal account. From above we see getting started, we enter it if you were not there initially. Below we click on Get your Twilio namber.
Here you are offered a random phone number. We advise you to take another by clicking Search for different number you will be prompted to indicate the country and what you need a number for, for example, USA and put a tick on SMS.
Receive SMS in the section above NUMBERS.
The next IP telephony service is called Countrycode.
Like the previous one, it allows you to send and send SMS, make and receive calls. This service is even better in many ways. But it becomes paid after 10 days from the date of registration. After registration, we have $ 4 in our account and after 10 days or if you say $ 4, the account will become paid.
But if you need to use the number 1 time to receive SMS, for example, when registering somewhere, this virtual phone service will help you a lot with this.
And so we go to the official website countrycode.org. We select the country in which you want to get the number.
After selecting the country, click " Instant Free Trial».
And then we press “ Free Trial».
Now you are asked to fill in the registration data, as usual name, surname, mail. Specify a working mail, as the link to activate your account will be sent to it.
After confirmation by clicking on the link, you will be asked to enter your phone number and indicate the rate, free or $ 30 per month.
You are asked to enter your card details for payment. But you indicate either that, and click Get 10 free days.
Next, your account will open, below you will see a list of your numbers. To check SMS messages on this account, go to “ Manage Phone Numbers».
