NRIs keeping ties at home
Indians living in the Gulf, the US, the UK and Canada keep a +91 number for family WhatsApp groups and for services that still send codes to Indian mobiles.
Yes — you can get a real India mobile number (+91) 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.
Almost every Indian service, from UPI payment apps to food delivery, confirms users with a one-time code sent to a +91 mobile. That makes an Indian number valuable for the huge overseas diaspora and for anyone running a team or business in the country.
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 India number doesn't work for WhatsApp, Facebook, Google, Telegram or any app you need within 7 days of purchase, replace it with a new India 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
Indians living in the Gulf, the US, the UK and Canada keep a +91 number for family WhatsApp groups and for services that still send codes to Indian mobiles.
Companies working with developers and support centres in Bengaluru, Hyderabad or Pune use Indian numbers so local staff and vendors can call easily.
Shopping on Flipkart or ordering on Swiggy and Zomato requires a working Indian mobile number for OTPs and delivery updates.
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Choose India
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 +91 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 India, priced per code. A number you keep receives SMS from all of these at no extra cost.
| Service | OTP price |
|---|---|
| Threads | $0.20 |
| Truth Social | $0.17 |
| VK | $0.17 |
| OK.ru | $0.13 |
| Twitch | $0.15 |
| Bluesky | $0.15 |
| Coinbase | $0.39 |
| Kraken | $0.34 |
| Bybit | $0.32 |
| OKX | $0.32 |
| KuCoin | $0.30 |
| Bitget | $0.30 |
| PayPal | $0.42 |
| Revolut | $0.40 |
| Wise | $0.39 |
| Stripe | $0.34 |
| Cash App | $0.37 |
| Microsoft | $0.20 |
| Outlook | $0.18 |
| Yahoo | $0.15 |
| Proton | $0.18 |
| Tuta (Tutanota) | $0.15 |
| Zoho | $0.15 |
| Yandex | $0.17 |
| Mail.ru | $0.13 |
| Naver | $0.25 |
| Dropbox | $0.15 |
| Claude | $0.29 |
| Gemini | $0.24 |
| Perplexity | $0.20 |
| eBay | $0.20 |
| Shopify | $0.18 |
| Alibaba | $0.18 |
| AliExpress | $0.17 |
| Temu | $0.15 |
| Shein | $0.15 |
| Walmart | $0.20 |
| Etsy | $0.18 |
| Craigslist | $0.22 |
| Vinted | $0.17 |
| OLX | $0.13 |
| Nike | $0.18 |
| Adidas | $0.17 |
| Mercado Libre | $0.17 |
| Tinder | $0.29 |
| Service | OTP price |
|---|---|
| Bumble | $0.27 |
| Hinge | $0.27 |
| Badoo | $0.17 |
| Happn | $0.17 |
| Grindr | $0.20 |
| OkCupid | $0.18 |
| Steam | $0.17 |
| Blizzard / Battle.net | $0.18 |
| Epic Games | $0.17 |
| Roblox | $0.13 |
| Riot Games | $0.17 |
| PlayStation | $0.18 |
| Xbox | $0.17 |
| Nintendo | $0.17 |
| Uber | $0.25 |
| Lyft | $0.24 |
| Bolt | $0.18 |
| Grab | $0.18 |
| Gojek | $0.17 |
| DoorDash | $0.22 |
| Deliveroo | $0.20 |
| Glovo | $0.17 |
| Airbnb | $0.24 |
| Netflix | $0.17 |
| Spotify | $0.15 |
| AWS | $0.22 |
| Booking.com | $0.18 |
| Cloudflare | $0.17 |
| Crypto.com | $0.34 |
| DigitalOcean | $0.18 |
| Fiverr | $0.18 |
| foodpanda | $0.15 |
| GitHub | $0.17 |
| Indeed | $0.15 |
| Payoneer | $0.37 |
| Shopee | $0.15 |
| Skrill | $0.34 |
| Slack | $0.15 |
| Uber Eats | $0.20 |
| Upwork | $0.20 |
| Venmo | $0.37 |
| YouTube | $0.20 |
| Zoom | $0.15 |
| Any other service | $0.17 |
An India number is only useful if it is still yours next year. WhatsApp and Instagram — 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 +91 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.
Buying a SIM in India requires a passport, visa and photograph, and foreigners usually also need a local address or reference.
With PhoneBorn you skip the SIM counter entirely: the India 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.
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.