Pickup day is when a call helps.
The buyer is on the way and wants to check the address. A quick call is easier than a thread, and the number they call is one you can burn.
A number for Marketplace sales
Get a phone number for Facebook Marketplace that you can burn.
Keep the chat in Messenger. When a buyer needs to call, give them an ExpressNumber number instead of your own. Your phone rings, and you burn the number when the item is gone.
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This is how you get a number for your Marketplace listing.
- Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
- Name it after the listing, such as Marketplace bike.
- Keep the chat in Messenger, and give the buyer the number when it is time to call, such as on pickup day.
- The buyer calls and your phone rings. Burn it in one tap when the item is gone.
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Your numbers
Marketplace bike
(206) 555-0144
Forwarding
Marketplace crib
(503) 555-0185
Texts only
Marketplace TV
(602) 555-0163
Blocked
People give Marketplace buyers a second number for three reasons.
A buyer who has your real number keeps it.
Once a stranger has saved your number, it stays saved. A number you can burn ends the day the sale does.
Each listing gets its own name.
Name one number Marketplace bike and another Marketplace crib. Texts land in your inbox under that name, so you know which listing they are about.
How a call reaches you
The buyer gets the number for the listing. Your phone gets the call.
A buyerCalls on pickup day, on the number you gave them.
Calls and texts
Marketplace bikeYour number for this listing.
Forwards
Your real phone ringsLike any other call
Texts land in your inboxUnder the name Marketplace bike
The caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
Burn the number when the sale is done.
One number for one listing: the chat stays in Messenger, and the number is for the call.
- 1You list the bikeThe chat stays in Messenger
- 2Pickup dayThe buyer calls your Marketplace bike number
- 3SoldThe bike is gone
- 4Burn the numberCalls and texts to it stop at once
This is what Facebook and the FTC say about phone numbers on Marketplace.
Read October 15, 2026, with a link to each page.
Facebook says to keep early chats in Messenger.
Its page on Marketplace scams says to avoid buyers or sellers who ask you to move to WhatsApp, phone, text or email, especially early in a conversation.
Facebook Help Center: About scams on Facebook MarketplaceA request for a code is phishing.
Facebook lists messages that ask for a verification code sent to your phone, such as a Google Voice code, as phishing.
Facebook Help Center: About scams on Facebook MarketplaceA screenshot of a payment is not a payment.
Facebook says never to trust a screenshot of a payment as confirmation, and to check your own account before you hand the item over.
Facebook Help Center: About scams on Facebook MarketplaceBuyers should see valuable items before paying.
Facebook tells buyers to ask to see valuable items in person before sending payment, and never to pay for an item in advance.
Facebook Help Center: About scams on Facebook MarketplaceThe FTC warns about fake buyers who ask for a code.
Scammers target people selling on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace and ask them for a Google Voice verification code. The FTC says never to share a verification code with someone you did not contact first: that is a scam, every time.
FTC consumer alert: The Google Voice scam, October 29, 2021
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People ask these questions about a number for Facebook Marketplace.
More in the full FAQ.
Create a number in your dashboard and name it after the listing, such as Marketplace bike. It is live in about a minute. Give it to the buyer when it is time to call. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and the caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
Not early on. Facebook’s page on Marketplace scams says to avoid people who ask to move to phone, text or email early in a conversation. Keep the chat in Messenger, and give the number when a call makes sense, such as on pickup day.
No. Facebook lists requests for verification codes, such as a Google Voice code, as phishing, and the FTC says sharing a code with someone you did not contact first is a scam, every time.
No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.
Yes. Every number has three modes: Forward rings your phone and lets texts in, Texts only stops calls and keeps the texts coming, and Block stops both. You change the mode from your dashboard.
More ways to use a number
Every rule on this page comes from a public page you can check.
Each one is linked where it is quoted, and all of them were read October 15, 2026.
Give buyers a number you can burn.
Hand out a number you can burn. Keep the one your family calls.
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