Buying and selling on Trade Me
Trade Me is New Zealand’s go-to marketplace, and a local number makes it easier to list items and arrange pickups.
Yes — you can get a real New Zealand mobile number (+64) 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.
New Zealand draws working holiday makers, students and long-stay travellers who quickly discover that Trade Me and local services favour a +64 number. A large community of Kiwis in Australia and the UK also keep one for banking and family. It is a simple way to stay connected with one of the Pacific’s most digital economies.
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 New Zealand number doesn't work for WhatsApp, Facebook, Google, Telegram or any app you need within 7 days of purchase, replace it with a new New Zealand 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
Trade Me is New Zealand’s go-to marketplace, and a local number makes it easier to list items and arrange pickups.
Travellers touring the South Island can book campsites, ferries and campervan returns with a +64 number.
Many New Zealanders live across the Tasman and keep a NZ number for banking, IRD notices and family.
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 New Zealand
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 +64 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 New Zealand, priced per code. A number you keep receives SMS from all of these at no extra cost.
| Service | OTP price |
|---|---|
| Threads | $1.01 |
| Truth Social | $0.84 |
| VK | $0.84 |
| OK.ru | $0.67 |
| Twitch | $0.76 |
| Bluesky | $0.76 |
| Coinbase | $1.93 |
| Kraken | $1.68 |
| Bybit | $1.60 |
| OKX | $1.60 |
| KuCoin | $1.51 |
| Bitget | $1.51 |
| PayPal | $2.10 |
| Revolut | $2.02 |
| Wise | $1.93 |
| Stripe | $1.68 |
| Cash App | $1.85 |
| Microsoft | $1.01 |
| Outlook | $0.92 |
| Yahoo | $0.76 |
| Proton | $0.92 |
| Tuta (Tutanota) | $0.76 |
| Zoho | $0.76 |
| Yandex | $0.84 |
| Mail.ru | $0.67 |
| Naver | $1.26 |
| Dropbox | $0.76 |
| Claude | $1.43 |
| Gemini | $1.18 |
| Perplexity | $1.01 |
| eBay | $1.01 |
| Shopify | $0.92 |
| Alibaba | $0.92 |
| AliExpress | $0.84 |
| Temu | $0.76 |
| Shein | $0.76 |
| Walmart | $1.01 |
| Etsy | $0.92 |
| Craigslist | $1.09 |
| Vinted | $0.84 |
| OLX | $0.67 |
| Nike | $0.92 |
| Adidas | $0.84 |
| Mercado Libre | $0.84 |
| Tinder | $1.43 |
| Service | OTP price |
|---|---|
| Bumble | $1.34 |
| Hinge | $1.34 |
| Badoo | $0.84 |
| Happn | $0.84 |
| Grindr | $1.01 |
| OkCupid | $0.92 |
| Steam | $0.84 |
| Blizzard / Battle.net | $0.92 |
| Epic Games | $0.84 |
| Roblox | $0.67 |
| Riot Games | $0.84 |
| PlayStation | $0.92 |
| Xbox | $0.84 |
| Nintendo | $0.84 |
| Uber | $1.26 |
| Lyft | $1.18 |
| Bolt | $0.92 |
| Grab | $0.92 |
| Gojek | $0.84 |
| DoorDash | $1.09 |
| Deliveroo | $1.01 |
| Glovo | $0.84 |
| Airbnb | $1.18 |
| Netflix | $0.84 |
| Spotify | $0.76 |
| AWS | $1.09 |
| Booking.com | $0.92 |
| Cloudflare | $0.84 |
| Crypto.com | $1.68 |
| DigitalOcean | $0.92 |
| Fiverr | $0.92 |
| foodpanda | $0.76 |
| GitHub | $0.84 |
| Indeed | $0.76 |
| Payoneer | $1.85 |
| Shopee | $0.76 |
| Skrill | $1.68 |
| Slack | $0.76 |
| Uber Eats | $1.01 |
| Upwork | $1.01 |
| Venmo | $1.85 |
| YouTube | $1.01 |
| Zoom | $0.76 |
| Any other service | $0.84 |
A New Zealand number is only useful if it is still yours next year. Facebook and Messenger — 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 +64 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.
With PhoneBorn you skip the SIM counter entirely: the New Zealand 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.
Campervan road trips: Travellers touring the South Island can book campsites, ferries and campervan returns with a +64 number.
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.