Author: textverified

Recently we received a great question from one of our users: can one “Parent” user account be used to manage multiple sub-accounts?

“Well, no,” we replied, “But why not?”

Our users know that when they send us good suggestions for improving Textverified, we’ll do everything we can to implement them! We are pleased to announce that we now offer account delegations as a new feature.

If you’re an employer running a big company, you probably want to make a single large purchase on Textverified. It’s too much work to make individual employees purchase credits for our services, or perhaps you have a single company credit card that is only authorized to you.

Now you can delegate one account as a Main or “Parent” account. You can link sub-accounts, known as “Child” accounts, back to the “Parent” account and then add credits to your employees’ accounts directly. Let’s learn how:

Open the menu under the user icon on the top-right side of your screen and then click the “Sub Accounts” link. You’ll see a page that looks like this:

We’ll navigate through the perspective of the “Parent” account, first. Click the button that says, “Convert to Parent Account.” Now you’ll see this:

Copy this code and send it to every employee whose account you’d like to link. Once your employees have entered your unique identifying code into their accounts, you’ll see this screen:

Your code will appear at the top of the page. Below that, you’ll see every “Child” account that is a linked sub-account to your “Parent” account. From here, you can add credits to any linked “Child” account.

Now we’ll go through this process from the perspective of the “Child” account. When you see this page, click the button that says, “Convert to Child Account.”

You’ll be directed to this screen, where you must enter the unique identifying code provided by the “Parent” account:

When you enter your key, you’ll see a message prompting you to link your account to the “Parent” account:

Finally, if you look at your “Child” account once this process has been completed, you’ll see that you are now linked to the “Parent” account:

The “Parent” account may then deposit credits into the “Child” account.

Thanks for the credits, Mom and Dad! Happy verifiying!

Recently one of our developers came across this article on Vice: “A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16”. In this piece, a journalist hires a hacker to show him just how easy it is to manipulate and re-route someone’s personal phone number using SMS authentication and phony user authorizations.

If this ever happens to you, your phone will seem completely normal — at least until your apps stop working. Or even worse, you’ll stop receiving text messages from friends and family because a hacker is having all your messages redirected!

Can you avoid having this happen to you? Of course you can! The only way a hacker can initiate this re-routing process is if he or she knows your personal phone number to begin with. It’s an easy fix to make sure you NEVER give out your cell phone number to any person or company you don’t trust.

But what if you want to keep using all your apps? We use apps for so much of our daily lives now: from ride-sharing and grocery delivery to banking and online-dating, apps are a critical part of today’s world.

Luckily you have us: at Textverified and Phoneblur, you’ve got two simple ways to protect your private phone number. You can rent one of our US-based cell phone numbers on a short-term or a long-term rental plan and avoid giving out your personal number altogether.

Instead, use one of our numbers any time you need to register for an app or authenticate an account. And if that number gets hacked, all you have to do is switch to a new number.* Stay safe and happy verifying!

_{*^{But we’d love it if you drop us a line and let us know one of our numbers has been compromised! 🙂}}

You asked, we delivered: introducing Amazon Pay for Phoneblur! We are now accepting Amazon Pay payments for purchases of $20 or less. Just click the “Top Off” button on our home page.

Click through to confirm your Shopping Cart. Next you’ll see a page that looks like this:

Select your payment method. You can choose from Amazon Pay, Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Litecoin. Next, you can review your order:

Click “Checkout” — if you’re using Amazon Pay, you’ll see this reminder notice:

Now you can click through using the Amazon Pay button and complete your transaction. How easy was that? Happy verifying!

Hello Textverified users! We’ve recently launched some exciting new updates and wanted to tell you about them:

Textverified Search Bar — We’ve made some improvements to our search bar on the “Text & SMS” Verifications page. Now if you’re looking for a specific service, you can find it directly by using our “Short-term / temporary numbers” search bar. (Please note that you are no longer able to search the full verifications page via “ctrl + f”)

“Connected” Status Bar — You may have noticed a new status bar on the upper-right side of our site. This status bar will read “connected” and display a flashing green dot when your account is active and able to purchase verification services. If you are experiencing any errors using our site, check to be sure that you’re “connected” first. If you’re not connected, reload the page, or try logging out of your account and re-connecting.

Desktop Browsers — Textverified works best on the latest versions of all desktop web browsers. If you are using an outdated web browser, you may not be able to access your account or make purchases properly.

Here are some links with information on how to access the most current versions of several popular desktop web browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Firefox
• Safari
• Opera

If you’re unable to see our list of verification services or your credit balance, please update your browser.

As always, please reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions or concerns. Happy verifying!

One of the most popular uses for phone number rental services is dating apps. Dating apps, like Tinder or Hinge, are a great way to test out our long-term rental services.

It’s good to be cautious when connecting with new people online. Although none of these apps will display your phone number to random users, you might decide you want to share your direct phone number with someone who seems promising.

Before matching with anyone, simply reserve a long-term multi-purpose line through our partner site, Phoneblur. You will then receive an exclusive number that you can use to sign up for accounts with any of the major dating apps.

Then, when you’ve started chatting with someone you like, you can give that person your rented number. They can text you, but they won’t know it’s not your primary phone number until you’re ready to take that step.

Phoneblur will show you every text received by your rented number and even lets you text people back with the free Sending SMS Add On. And to keep things extra convenient, you can have texts and calls sent directly to your primary phone number by purchasing the SMS and Call Forwarding Add Ons.

A long-term rental is also a good solution to online harassment. We know not everyone who uses dating apps will have the best intentions. If you’ve given someone your long-term rental number and they start messaging you aggressively or harassing you, blocking them is as easy as changing your rental number.

That person might still have your number, but they’ll never realize it was just a rental anyway!

In 2021, it’s more important than ever to take necessary precautions when dating online. With the current global pandemic, it’s crucial to vet people over the phone before meeting in person. When you use a long-term rental phone number to text and call your online matches, you’re keeping yourself extra protected! Happy swiping!

Many of our users have been wondering about different uses for rental numbers. Today we’ll talk about ride share services specifically.

Have you ever used Uber, Lyft, or even a ride share app for a traditional taxi company? Each of these services requires an active phone number before you can request a ride.

But if you use your personal phone number to register for a ride share app, then any driver who accepts your ride request will be able to see your number. With that information, your driver could contact you long after you’ve taken that one ride!

Additionally, many people use ride share services to go home after an event or a night out. Between picking you up and dropping you off, both the ride share app and your driver will have access to your home address and your cell phone number. Identity theft is a real concern these days, so why would you want anyone to know more of your personal data than he or she needs to?

This is where Phoneblur comes in: if you use an anonymous number rental for your ride share services, both the app and your driver won’t know your personal number. You can still rely on all your usual services, but now you’ll have peace of mind knowing that your real phone number is secure. And when you put less personal information out there, it’s harder for identity thieves to target you. Happy verifying!

So you’re stuffed full of turkey and you’ve polished off that last slice of pecan pie. Now what?

It’s time to shop! But before you get to those Black Friday deals, how about renting a phone number on Textverified?

These days, many stores and merchants are asking for your phone number as part of the checkout process. But do you really want to give it to them?

Keeping your phone number private will decrease the number of spam messages you get. And if no one has your number, then your data can’t be sold to a third party either.

Some sites will also offer discounts when you register an account with your phone number. Use one of the rental numbers on Phoneblur and you won’t have to worry about sharing your information, but you’ll still get your discount.

This Black Friday, choose a temporary number from Textverified — you can shop ’til you drop and keep your data safe!

Remember this screenshot from yesterday? This is your purchase order with Textverified.

Now we need to pay it! There are two convenient ways to send us your Bitcoin, i.e. pay your balance. First we’ll show you how to pay via mobile device only and then we’ll cover QR codes in a separate post.

See that long string of letters and numbers? That is the Textverified wallet address for your transaction. When using secure digital currency exchanges, this wallet address will be different each time you complete a transaction (for more information, check out this article on wallet addresses over at Coinbase).

Open your digital currency exchange app or navigate to their site from your web browser. You should see a screen that looks something like this one, from Coinbase:

Since we’ve already activated the “sending” function, click the “Send” button, which will take us to this page:

The amount of Bitcoin you own is still represented in USD (or your local currency). That means the $8.98 above refers to how much Bitcoin we own in USD. Below it, you can see that we own about 0.00057 BTC, or Bitcoin.

First, and this is an important step if you’re using multiple cryptocurrencies from a single wallet, make sure to select “BTC Wallet” so you’re paying in Bitcoin.

Next, using the number keypad, enter the amount of Bitcoin listed on your Textverified payment invoice. In this case, it is 0.000479 BTC. Then press “Continue.”

Due to security protocols, we aren’t able to take screenshots of the next screen, but it works as follows: You will now be prompted to enter a wallet address. This is where you’ll copy and paste the Textverified wallet address from your purchase order.

This wallet address lets your digital currency exchange provider know where to send your payment, so it’s important that you enter the whole address correctly. There should also be a spot for transaction notes where you can add in your Textverified “Order No.” to help keep track of your payments.

Your provider will then ask you to “Confirm” the wallet address you’ve entered. Once you do that, you’ll see a receipt for your transaction:

The amount you send will appear slightly higher than what you actually owe Textverified because every digital currency exchange will charge a small fee to process your transaction.

In this example, we owe 0.000479 BTC to Textverified, but we actually paid 0.000536 BTC, which includes the Coinbase processing fee. You can see below that the actual amount we paid in USD is $8.42.

After a few minutes, you’ll receive an email from Coinbase confirming your transaction. This email will also display the transaction fee amount you paid in USD (or your local currency) — $0.86 in our example below.

Soon after that, you’ll also receive an email from Textverified letting you know that you’ve successfully added credits to your account. Happy verifiying!