A US virtual phone number on real carrier networks
Every number is a real US line from a licensed carrier, so anyone can call it or text it like any other US number. It is private to your account while it is live.
A real US number, no SIM and no app
You need a virtual phone number, not a phone system.
A real US number with no SIM, no second phone and no app. Calls ring the US or Canada mobile you already carry, and texts land in a private inbox.
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Most virtual phone number services are built like an office phone system: an app to install, a dialer to learn, seats to pay for and a console to manage. If all you need is a number to hand out, that is a lot of machinery.
A public virtual number service has the opposite problem. It gives the same number to thousands of people and publishes every text that arrives on it, so nothing with your name on it belongs there.
Here a virtual number is the plain version: a real US line, private to you, that forwards calls to your mobile and puts texts in your inbox. Nothing to install, and nothing new to carry.
Between a phone system and a public inbox
Here a virtual number is the plain version.
An office phone system
An app to install
A dialer to learn
Seats to pay for
A console to manage
A public number site
The same number for thousands of people
Every text that arrives, published
The plain version
A real US linePrivate to you
Calls forward to your mobile
Texts land in your inbox
Nothing to install, nothing new to carry
A virtual phone number is a real number that is not stuck to a SIM.
Also called an online phone number: it lives on the carrier network instead of on a SIM card, so it can ring whichever phone you choose.
It rings the mobile you already carry
Calls forward to your US or Canada mobile and ring like any other call. No app, no second SIM, and your own number is never shown to the caller.
Texts land in a private inbox
Texts to your virtual number arrive in your inbox in the browser, on any device, under the number’s name. Switch on email forwarding and they reach your email too.
Name it, pick a mode, burn it when you are done
Name each number after where it goes. Forward rings your phone, Texts only stops the calls, Block stops both, and one tap burns a number for good.
It lives on the carrier network, not on a SIM
Someone dials your virtual number. The phone in your pocket rings.
A callerDials (212) 555-0142.
Calls and texts
Your virtual numberA real US line, not on any SIM.
Forwards
Your mobile ringsUS or Canada, like any other call
Texts land in your inboxIn the browser, on any device
Your own number is never shown to the caller.
How to get a virtual phone number in four steps.
The number is live in about a minute.
- 1
Pick an area code
Choose from our US area codes so the number looks local to the people who will call it.
- 2
Confirm your mobile once
From the mobile you want calls on, text START and the 4-digit code we show you to your new number.
- 3
Give the number out
On listings, profiles, invoices and forms. Your own number stays off every one of them.
- 4
Answer on your own phone
Calls ring your mobile like any other call. Texts arrive in your inbox in seconds.
Confirm your mobile once
Text START and the code from your mobile. Calls ring it from then on.
From your mobile
To (212) 555-0142The text you send, once
START 4821
Once
Forwarding is onFor (212) 555-0142
Calls ring this mobileTexts land in your inbox
This is what people use a virtual number for.
Anywhere a number has to be public and your own should stay private.
A virtual phone number for business
Put it on your website, invoices and business cards, and switch it to Texts only when you are off the clock.
A local number where your customers are
Pick the area code your customers already know, even if you live in another state.
One number for each ad or listing
Give each ad its own number and see which one rings. That is how call tracking numbers work.
Dating and meeting new people
Share the virtual number first, and your own later, or never. More in a phone number for dating.
Selling online
Buyers get a number you can burn when the item is gone. More in a number for Facebook Marketplace.
Keeping work and home apart
One phone in your pocket and a second phone number: the one your family calls, and the one everyone else gets.
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.
A virtual phone number is a real phone number that is not tied to a SIM card or to one phone. Calls and texts to it travel over the carrier network to wherever you point them. With ExpressNumber you get a US virtual phone number that forwards calls to your US or Canada mobile and puts texts in a private inbox in your browser, with no app to install.
You can try one free for 7 days and pay $0 today. After that, Basic is $9.99 a month for 5 numbers. Free public number sites give each number to thousands of people and publish the texts that arrive on it, so they are no place for anything with your name on it.
You do not need one. Your virtual number rings the phone you already carry, and you read texts and manage your numbers in the browser, on any device, so there is nothing to install.
A US or Canada mobile. You confirm it once by texting START and a 4-digit code from it to your new number, and calls ring it from then on.
Yes, they are two names for the same idea: a number that lives on the carrier network rather than on a SIM card. Yours is a real US line that rings your mobile and keeps its texts in an inbox you open in any browser.
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.
Not today. Every number is a US number.
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.
No. Keep your real number for your bank and anything you cannot afford to be locked out of. Some banks and services refuse virtual numbers, and nothing on our side changes that.
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.
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A real US number with no SIM and no app, ringing the phone you already carry.
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