Everyone who finds your listing can tap Call.
A service listing shows to customers searching near you, and the Call button rings whatever number sits behind it. Make it a number you can end, and keep the one your family calls out of it.
A number for OfferUp services
Get a phone number for OfferUp that your customers can call.
Put an ExpressNumber number behind the Call button on your OfferUp service listing instead of your own. Customers tap Call, your phone rings, and you burn the number when the listing comes down.
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This is how you get a number for your OfferUp service listing.
- Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
- Name it after the listing, such as OfferUp handyman.
- When you post or edit the service, type the new number into the Phone Number field, and a Call button shows on your listing.
- Customers tap Call and your phone rings. Burn the number in one tap when the listing comes down.
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Your numbers
OfferUp handyman
(425) 555-0148
Forwarding
OfferUp movers
(253) 555-0166
Texts only
OfferUp old listing
(360) 555-0191
Blocked
Service pros put a second number on their OfferUp listing for three reasons.
A public number draws calls you did not ask for.
If the calls on the listing’s number turn into spam, set it to Texts only or Block from your dashboard. Your own number never had to change.
Each listing gets its own name.
Call one number OfferUp handyman and another OfferUp movers. Texts land in your inbox under that name, so you know which listing they are about.
How a call reaches you
The customer taps Call on your listing. Your phone gets the call.
A customerFinds your service listing and taps Call.
Calls and texts
OfferUp handymanYour number for this listing.
Forwards
Your real phone ringsLike any other call
Texts land in your inboxUnder the name OfferUp handyman
The caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
Burn the number when the listing comes down.
One number for one service listing, from the day it goes live to the day you take it down.
- 1The listing goes liveWith the OfferUp handyman number behind Call
- 2Customers tap CallYour phone rings like any other call
- 3The listing comes downYou stop taking jobs from it
- 4Burn the numberCalls and texts to it stop at once
This is what OfferUp says about phone numbers on its app.
Read October 17, 2026, with a link to each page.
A service listing can show a Call button.
OfferUp says you can add a phone number to a service listing, and a Call button then appears so customers can reach you with one tap. Without a number, customers reach you through OfferUp messaging.
OfferUp help: Post a serviceService providers can share a number in the chat.
Most customers start in OfferUp messaging, and many prefer to. If needed, OfferUp says you can share your phone number or email to carry on the conversation.
OfferUp help: Connecting with customersFor items, OfferUp says to keep your number to yourself.
Its messaging tips say not to share your phone number, email address or home address with buyers or sellers, and to keep the conversation in OfferUp messaging.
OfferUp help: Tips for messagingItem listings may not carry a phone number.
OfferUp’s posting rules say not to put a phone number, email address or physical address in an item listing’s description, photos or videos, apart from businesses and auto dealerships whose identity OfferUp has confirmed.
OfferUp help: Posting RulesThe phone check on your account takes your own mobile.
OfferUp verifies an account’s phone number with a texted code, supports US mobile numbers only for it, and says VoIP numbers will not work.
OfferUp help: Verify your contact infoOfferUp does not send codes to verify listings.
Its scams page says a buyer who asks you for a verification code is likely trying to get into your account, and to never share verification codes or one-time passwords with anyone.
OfferUp help: Common buying and selling scams
Try it free for 7 days.
Then pick the plan that fits how many numbers you hand out.
Basic
7 days free$9.99/mo
- 5 numbers, one for each site, store or dealer
- 100 forwarded minutes a month
- Burn a number in one tap
- Extra numbers $1 a month each
Pro
7 days free$29.99/mo
- 100 numbers
- 1,000 forwarded minutes a month
- A number per vendor, client or listing
- Extra numbers 50¢ a month each
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People ask these questions about a number for OfferUp.
More in the full FAQ.
Create a number in your dashboard and name it after the listing, such as OfferUp handyman. It is live in about a minute. When you post or edit your service listing, type it into the Phone Number field so the Call button rings it. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and the caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
Use your own mobile for that step. OfferUp supports US mobile numbers only for verifying an account and says VoIP numbers will not work. The number customers see is the one on your service listing, and that is where your ExpressNumber number goes.
No. For items, OfferUp says to keep the chat in OfferUp messaging and not to share your phone number with buyers or sellers. The number is for your service listing and for the customers who book you.
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 17, 2026.
Give your OfferUp listing a number you can burn.
Hand out a number you can burn. Keep the one your family calls.
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