Students and young professionals
International students in Paris, Lyon or Toulouse need a French number for CAF housing aid, Doctolib appointments and flatshares.
Yes — you can get a real France mobile number (+33) online — it is assigned as soon as your payment is confirmed. It is a genuine mobile line, not VoIP: unlimited incoming SMS, 500 outgoing texts and 1,000 calling minutes a month, from $1.80/month on the 12-month plan. Sign up with just an email, pay in USDT or USDC and keep it as long as you renew.
France is the world’s most visited country and home to large communities with roots in North and West Africa. Snapchat and WhatsApp are especially popular, and services from Leboncoin to Doctolib expect a French mobile number. A +33 number helps students, expats and families living between continents.
From$1.80/mo
on the 12-month plan
Choose 1, 3, 6 or 12 months at checkout — every term price is shown there.
See plans & buyEvery term (1, 3, 6 or 12 months): unlimited incoming SMS & calls, 500 SMS + 1,000 minutes out every month. Renew as long as you want. Buy with crypto — no wallet top-up needed.
Digits are masked. The full number is shown once it is assigned to your account.
Included in every plan
Plan allowances apply to numbers you keep (1, 3, 6 or 12-month plans). Single-use OTP numbers are a separate product: one code, refunded automatically if no code arrives.
If your France number doesn't work for WhatsApp, Facebook, Google, Telegram or any app you need within 7 days of purchase, replace it with a new France number for free — instantly from your dashboard, up to 3 times, no questions asked.
Never used it? If the number hasn't sent or received a single SMS or call, you can take a full refund to your PhoneBorn balance instead within the same 7 days.
How it works: Buy a number and try it with your app → Not working? Press “Replace number” within 7 days → Get a new number from the same country — instantly, free. Guarantee details · Replacement & refund policy
Use cases
International students in Paris, Lyon or Toulouse need a French number for CAF housing aid, Doctolib appointments and flatshares.
France’s biggest resale platforms rely on phone verification, so a +33 number makes listing and buying smoother.
Families spread between France, the Maghreb and West Africa use French numbers to keep WhatsApp groups connected.
How it works
No SIM card, no store visit and no ID. The whole process takes about a minute once your wallet is funded.
Get startedCreate an account
Sign up with just an email and a password — no phone number, no ID.
Top up with stablecoins
Add funds with USDT or USDC. Your wallet is credited once our team confirms the on-chain payment.
Choose France
Pick 1, 3, 6 or 12 months (from $1.80/mo on the 12-month plan; every term price is shown at checkout) for a +33 number you keep, or a single-use OTP number for one code.
Use it right away
SMS and codes appear in your live inbox as soon as they are sent; calls work from the dashboard.
Prices by service
Single-use OTP numbers for France, priced per code. A number you keep receives SMS from all of these at no extra cost.
| Service | OTP price |
|---|---|
| Threads | $0.97 |
| Truth Social | $0.81 |
| VK | $0.81 |
| OK.ru | $0.65 |
| Twitch | $0.73 |
| Bluesky | $0.73 |
| Coinbase | $1.87 |
| Kraken | $1.62 |
| Bybit | $1.54 |
| OKX | $1.54 |
| KuCoin | $1.46 |
| Bitget | $1.46 |
| PayPal | $2.03 |
| Revolut | $1.95 |
| Wise | $1.87 |
| Stripe | $1.62 |
| Cash App | $1.79 |
| Microsoft | $0.97 |
| Outlook | $0.89 |
| Yahoo | $0.73 |
| Proton | $0.89 |
| Tuta (Tutanota) | $0.73 |
| Zoho | $0.73 |
| Yandex | $0.81 |
| Mail.ru | $0.65 |
| Naver | $1.22 |
| Dropbox | $0.73 |
| Claude | $1.38 |
| Gemini | $1.14 |
| Perplexity | $0.97 |
| eBay | $0.97 |
| Shopify | $0.89 |
| Alibaba | $0.89 |
| AliExpress | $0.81 |
| Temu | $0.73 |
| Shein | $0.73 |
| Walmart | $0.97 |
| Etsy | $0.89 |
| Craigslist | $1.06 |
| Vinted | $0.81 |
| OLX | $0.65 |
| Nike | $0.89 |
| Adidas | $0.81 |
| Mercado Libre | $0.81 |
| Tinder | $1.38 |
| Service | OTP price |
|---|---|
| Bumble | $1.30 |
| Hinge | $1.30 |
| Badoo | $0.81 |
| Happn | $0.81 |
| Grindr | $0.97 |
| OkCupid | $0.89 |
| Steam | $0.81 |
| Blizzard / Battle.net | $0.89 |
| Epic Games | $0.81 |
| Roblox | $0.65 |
| Riot Games | $0.81 |
| PlayStation | $0.89 |
| Xbox | $0.81 |
| Nintendo | $0.81 |
| Uber | $1.22 |
| Lyft | $1.14 |
| Bolt | $0.89 |
| Grab | $0.89 |
| Gojek | $0.81 |
| DoorDash | $1.06 |
| Deliveroo | $0.97 |
| Glovo | $0.81 |
| Airbnb | $1.14 |
| Netflix | $0.81 |
| Spotify | $0.73 |
| AWS | $1.06 |
| Booking.com | $0.89 |
| Cloudflare | $0.81 |
| Crypto.com | $1.62 |
| DigitalOcean | $0.89 |
| Fiverr | $0.89 |
| foodpanda | $0.73 |
| GitHub | $0.81 |
| Indeed | $0.73 |
| Payoneer | $1.79 |
| Shopee | $0.73 |
| Skrill | $1.62 |
| Slack | $0.73 |
| Uber Eats | $0.97 |
| Upwork | $0.97 |
| Venmo | $1.79 |
| YouTube | $0.97 |
| Zoom | $0.73 |
| Any other service | $0.81 |
A France number is only useful if it is still yours next year. WhatsApp and Snapchat — and most banks, marketplaces and exchanges — send codes to the number again when you switch phones, reset a password or log in from somewhere new.
Renew for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months at a time (from $1.80/month on the 12-month plan; every term price is shown at checkout) and the same +33 number stays on your account for as long as you want. Nobody else is assigned it while you hold it, and auto-renew from your wallet means it never lapses by accident.
French operators must verify the buyer’s identity before activating a SIM card, including prepaid ones.
With PhoneBorn you skip the SIM counter entirely: the France number lives in your browser, so it works before you land, while you are there and after you leave — no roaming charges on incoming SMS.
Students and young professionals: International students in Paris, Lyon or Toulouse need a French number for CAF housing aid, Doctolib appointments and flatshares.
FAQ
Create an account with just an email, top up with USDT or USDC and get a real mobile number — SMS and calls included — as soon as your payment is confirmed.