It is a real number, on real carrier networks
Anyone can call it and text it like any other US line, so callbacks and messages arrive normally. It is private to your account while it is active, so nobody else is reading what lands on it.
Hide My Email, for your phone number
The listing ends. The trip ends. Your temporary phone number should end too.
A real US number you switch on for one job, then burn the day it is done. Calls and texts to it forward to the phone you already carry.
$0 todayLive in about a minute
Most numbers you hand out are for a single thing: a sublet listing, a contractor bid, a rental desk, a conference badge. The thing finishes in a week. The calls do not.
You cannot take a phone number back. Once it is in a sales database it gets copied and passed on, and the only lever left is blocking callers one at a time, forever.
A temporary number moves that lever to the front. Give out a number that can end, and end it when the reason for it ends.
Give out a number that can end
The thing finishes in a week. The calls do not.
The jobAfter it ends
Your real number
Calls keep coming. You block them one at a time, forever.
A temporary number
Burned the day the job ends. The calls stop.
What a temporary phone number actually is
Not a shared public inbox. A real US number that is yours for exactly as long as you want it.
Temporary means you pick the end date
There is no countdown running in the background. The number stays live while you use it, whether that is an afternoon or six months.
It forwards to the phone you already answer
Calls ring your mobile like any other call. No app. Texts land in your inbox, tagged with the number that received them.
Ending it is one tap, and it is permanent
Burning stops calls and texts to that number at once. The number rests 30 days so nobody inherits your traffic, then goes back into circulation. Your message history stays in your inbox.
Temporary means you pick the end date
It stays live while you use it. Ending it is one tap.
Live for an afternoon
You end itRests 30 days
Live for six months
You end itRests 30 days
No countdown in the backgroundMessage history stays in your inbox
How a temporary number works here
Four steps, and the number is live in about a minute.
- 1
Switch a number on
Pick an area code so the number looks local. It is live in about a minute.
- 2
Use it for the one thing
The listing, the trip, the bid. That number does that job and no other.
- 3
Take the calls on your own phone
Forwarded calls ring your mobile. Texts arrive in your inbox, so you can read them on a laptop too.
- 4
End it when the thing ends
One tap and everything aimed at that number stops. Your other numbers, and your real one, carry on untouched.
Use it for the one thing
That number does that job and no other.
The listingEnded. Everything aimed at it stops.
EndedThe tripForwarded calls ring your mobile
LiveThe bidTexts arrive in your inbox
LiveYour real number carries on untouched.
When a number should be temporary
Anything with a finish line, and anything you would rather not still be hearing about next year.
Sublets and rental listings
Post the listing, take the calls, burn the number the day the lease is signed.
Selling something online
Forty strangers get a number that stops existing when the couch is gone.
Contractor and repair quotes
Three bids means three months of follow-up. Give all three a number you can end.
Travel and short stays
Hotels, rental desks and tour operators get a number that does not outlive the trip.
Moving quotes
Moving leads get passed around fast. Give the quote form a number that ends with the move.
Events and conference badges
Scan a badge, join a list. Give the scanner a number you already plan to burn.
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
$0 today. Monthly plans, cancel any time.
Common questions
More in the full FAQ.
Yes. A real US number from a licensed carrier, not a shared inbox on a website. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox. Nobody else can see what arrives on it.
Forwarding stops immediately, so calls and texts to that number stop reaching you. The number then rests for 30 days before it can go back into circulation, so nobody inherits your spam. Burning is permanent: you cannot get that number back. Your message history stays in your inbox.
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.
You get 7 days free and pay $0 today. After 7 days your plan starts: $9.99 a month for Basic or $29.99 a month for Pro. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
Yes, from Billing in your dashboard. Your plan runs to the end of the month you paid for. Cancel during the 7-day trial and you pay nothing.
Get a number that ends when you say so.
Hand out a number you can burn. Keep the one your family calls.
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