South Africa SMS numbers: +27, domestic lengths and lasting contact needs
Separate ordinary South African numbers from machine-related numbers and SMS products, then assess whether one verification can meet your ongoing contact needs.
Quote snapshot: 2026-10-23 03:17 (UTC+8). Prices are indicative activation starting prices in USD, converted using the site's configured exchange rate. Your balance, top-ups and order charges are in CNY. Confirm the final quote and CNY debit before purchasing. This snapshot may be stale. Check the picker for current quotes.
Reviewed by SMS4U · Content checked: 2026-10-08 · Prices update with the inventory snapshot
Distinguish domestic length from international entry
South Africa uses +27. ICASA describes ordinary numbers as ten digits, machine-related numbers as fourteen digits and short codes as shorter. The domestic prefix is 0; do not retain that zero after +27 internationally. A domestic ten-digit form and a complete international form have different total lengths, so do not trim both to the same count.
ICASA distinguishes fixed, mobile and special-service categories. Its Johannesburg examples 010 and 011 are geographic numbers, not selectable city SMS inventory. This page lists app products. SMS4U does not promise allocation by city, exact prefix or actual network brand.
Available apps and reference prices
Activation reference prices come from the current inventory snapshot. Check live pools and the final quote in the selector; rental terms are listed separately.
| Apps | Activation from (USD) | Rental periods | Get number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proton Mail | USD $0.0764 | — | |
| Yahoo | USD $0.0764 | — | |
| zoho | USD $0.0764 | — | |
| aptekaaprel | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| auchan | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| autoru | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| avon | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| bip | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| check24 | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| cian | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| dostavista | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| drugvokrug | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| enilive | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| farpost | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| feels | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| gg | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| gmx | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| gopuff | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| lamoda | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| lenta | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| meta | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| momo | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| mtscashback | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| muzz | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| mvideo | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| oneforma | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| onet | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| oriflame | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| pochtarossii | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| profi | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| rozetka | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| rutube | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| sparkdriver | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| ukrnet | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| wooplus | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| youdo | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| Snapchat | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| aol | USD $0.0806 | — | |
| Discord | USD $0.0806 | — | |
| Viber | USD $0.0806 | — | |
| grindr | USD $0.0819 | — | |
| foody | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| imo | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| indriver | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| mega | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| xiaomi | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| USD $0.0847 | — | ||
| Microsoft | USD $0.0875 | — | |
| TikTok | USD $0.0875 | — | |
| baidu | USD $0.0931 | — | |
| happn | USD $0.0931 | — | |
| tinder | USD $0.0931 | — | |
| Google / Gmail | USD $0.10 | — | |
| noon | USD $0.10 | — | |
| skout | USD $0.10 | — | |
| cocacola | USD $0.1028 | — | |
| Apple | USD $0.1042 | — | |
| mamba | USD $0.1056 | — | |
| other | USD $0.1056 | — | |
| rebtel | USD $0.1056 | — | |
| Signal | USD $0.1056 | — | |
| X / Twitter | USD $0.1056 | — | |
| USD $0.1111 | — | ||
| joyride | USD $0.1139 | — | |
| kwai | USD $0.1139 | — | |
| olx | USD $0.1181 | — | |
| Uber | USD $0.1181 | — | |
| OpenAI / ChatGPT | USD $0.1236 | — | |
| jiomart | USD $0.1278 | — | |
| rummyculture | USD $0.1278 | — | |
| zupee | USD $0.1278 | — | |
| Amazon | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| bumble | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| burgerking | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| escapefromtarkov | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| foodpanda | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| lidl | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| mcdonalds | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| shein | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| Spotify | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| truthsocial | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| ubisoft | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| vkontakte | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| whatnot | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| wildberries | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| yandex | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| nike | USD $0.1333 | — | |
| flipkart | USD $0.1361 | — | |
| twilio | USD $0.1375 | — | |
| Airbnb | USD $0.1403 | — | |
| yalla | USD $0.1403 | — | |
| grailed | USD $0.1417 | — | |
| hinge | USD $0.1417 | — | |
| meesho | USD $0.1417 | — | |
| vercel | USD $0.1417 | — | |
| USD $0.1417 | — | ||
| bajajfinserv | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| communitygaming | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| earneasy | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| gamezy | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| glowroad | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| inboxlv | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| mobikwik | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| my11circle | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| q12trivia | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| swagbucks | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| swiggy | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| roblox | USD $0.1444 | — | |
| skrill | USD $0.1444 | — | |
| bigolive | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| adobe | USD $0.1472 | — | |
| bolt | USD $0.1472 | — | |
| didi | USD $0.1472 | — | |
| kfc | USD $0.1472 | — | |
| Naver | USD $0.1472 | — | |
| KakaoTalk | USD $0.1486 | — | |
| careem | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| USD $0.1528 | — | ||
| glovo | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| idealista | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| immowelt | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| kaito | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| offerup | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| okcupid | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| prom | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| revolut | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| ryde | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| voi | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| yemeksepeti | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| paddypower | USD $0.1542 | — | |
| truecaller | USD $0.1542 | — | |
| dream11 | USD $0.1556 | — | |
| irctc | USD $0.1556 | — | |
| alipay | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| bet365 | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| foodora | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| medibuddy | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| rummycircle | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| ankama | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| badoo | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| blizzard | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| lovoo | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| Netflix | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| ozon | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| redbook | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| soulapp | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| Telegram | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| walmart | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| wolt | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| PayPal | USD $0.1639 | — | |
| cryptocom | USD $0.1667 | — | |
| manus | USD $0.1667 | — | |
| Steam | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| ticketmaster | USD $0.1708 | — | |
| Claude (Anthropic) | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| kucoinplay | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| nttgame | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| poshmark | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| sneakerboy | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| tataneu | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| youstar | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| blink | USD $0.1764 | — | |
| eBay | USD $0.1819 | — | |
| 99acres | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| ace2three | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| googlevoice | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| lovelocal | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| magicpin | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| myjar | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| pgbonus | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| siply | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| spartanpoker | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| switips | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| talabat | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| zepto | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| bilibili | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| blablacar | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| classpass | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| craigslist | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| iqos | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| kimi | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| ncsoft | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| USD $0.1889 | — | ||
| wise | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| zalo | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| unacademy | USD $0.1903 | — | |
| hopi | USD $0.1944 | — | |
| metro | USD $0.1944 | — | |
| gojek | USD $0.20 | — | |
| likee | USD $0.20 | — | |
| lyka | USD $0.20 | — | |
| AliExpress | USD $0.2014 | — | |
| dhani | USD $0.2097 | — | |
| USD $0.2097 | — | ||
| cryptonow | USD $0.2125 | — | |
| OKX | USD $0.2125 | — | |
| betano | USD $0.2139 | — | |
| gett | USD $0.2139 | — | |
| hezzl | USD $0.2167 | — | |
| hermes | USD $0.2236 | — | |
| tantan | USD $0.2236 | — | |
| globus | USD $0.2278 | — | |
| uklon | USD $0.2278 | — | |
| adidas | USD $0.2292 | — | |
| royalwin | USD $0.2292 | — | |
| agroinform | USD $0.2347 | — | |
| pof | USD $0.2361 | — | |
| ifood | USD $0.2375 | — | |
| groupme | USD $0.2389 | — | |
| offgamers | USD $0.2417 | — | |
| 1688 | USD $0.2458 | — | |
| algida | USD $0.2458 | — | |
| kolesakz | USD $0.2458 | — | |
| lightchat | USD $0.2458 | — | |
| tradingview | USD $0.2486 | — | |
| biedronka | USD $0.25 | — | |
| coinbase | USD $0.25 | — | |
| erome | USD $0.25 | — | |
| hily | USD $0.25 | — | |
| papara | USD $0.25 | — | |
| paycell | USD $0.25 | — | |
| vfsglobal | USD $0.25 | — | |
| USD $0.25 | — | ||
| keybase | USD $0.2528 | — | |
| bitclout | USD $0.2542 | — | |
| huya | USD $0.2542 | — | |
| kaggle | USD $0.2542 | — | |
| weststein | USD $0.2542 | — | |
| alibaba | USD $0.2556 | — | |
| humblebundle | USD $0.2569 | — | |
| michat | USD $0.2583 | — | |
| deliveroo | USD $0.2611 | — | |
| dominospizza | USD $0.2625 | — | |
| linode | USD $0.2667 | — | |
| 888casino | USD $0.2681 | — | |
| taobao | USD $0.2694 | — | |
| mocospace | USD $0.2708 | — | |
| 32red | USD $0.2764 | — | |
| allegro | USD $0.2764 | — | |
| magnit | USD $0.2764 | — | |
| mailru | USD $0.2806 | — | |
| getir | USD $0.2833 | — | |
| astropay | USD $0.2861 | — | |
| betfair | USD $0.2861 | — | |
| dundle | USD $0.2861 | — | |
| hepsiburadacom | USD $0.2861 | — | |
| vinted | USD $0.2972 | — | |
| clickentregas | USD $0.3028 | — | |
| bitaqaty | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| disneyhotstar | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| gittigidiyor | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| justdating | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| mzadqatar | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| sikayetvar | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| socios | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| beboo | USD $0.3097 | — | |
| match | USD $0.3097 | — | |
| Shopee | USD $0.3097 | — | |
| cliqq | USD $0.3167 | — | |
| zomato | USD $0.3181 | — | |
| clubhouse | USD $0.325 | — | |
| douyu | USD $0.325 | — | |
| lazada | USD $0.325 | — | |
| gamearena | USD $0.3264 | — | |
| mpl | USD $0.3264 | — | |
| pokec | USD $0.3264 | — | |
| yaay | USD $0.3264 | — | |
| olacabs | USD $0.3278 | — | |
| eldorado | USD $0.3292 | — | |
| letual | USD $0.3292 | — | |
| novaposhta | USD $0.3292 | — | |
| samokat | USD $0.3292 | — | |
| sportmaster | USD $0.3292 | — | |
| zuscoffee | USD $0.3292 | — | |
| alchemy | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| aptekaru | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| blibli | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| carousell | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| codashop | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| depop | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| feeld | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| flowwow | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| fotka | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| fups | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| greggs | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| her | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| ipsosisay | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| ivi | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| koshelek | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| loveru | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| lyft | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| playerauctions | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| razer | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| rush | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| sravni | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| tamtam | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| taptapsend | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| tenchat | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| thisfate | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| upwork | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| weverse | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| wink | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| worldremit | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| yappy | USD $0.3431 | — | |
| bisu | USD $0.3444 | — | |
| premiumone | USD $0.3444 | — | |
| rediffmail | USD $0.3444 | — | |
| bazos | USD $0.3514 | — | |
| funpay | USD $0.3514 | — | |
| iQIYI | USD $0.3528 | — | |
| tango | USD $0.3528 | — | |
| trendyol | USD $0.3528 | — | |
| cupid | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| gamekit | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| Grab | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| kaidee | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| quikr | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| 99app | USD $0.3667 | — | |
| alfa | USD $0.3667 | — | |
| amasia | USD $0.375 | — | |
| jd | USD $0.3806 | — | |
| quipp | USD $0.3875 | — | |
| meragaon | USD $0.3944 | — | |
| vkusvill | USD $0.3944 | — | |
| faceit | USD $0.4014 | — | |
| payzapp | USD $0.4014 | — | |
| blued | USD $0.4042 | — | |
| paxful | USD $0.4042 | — | |
| picpay | USD $0.4069 | — | |
| trip | USD $0.4083 | — | |
| twitch | USD $0.4083 | — | |
| beget | USD $0.4097 | — | |
| dodopizza | USD $0.4097 | — | |
| freenow | USD $0.4097 | — | |
| gcash | USD $0.4097 | — | |
| ininal | USD $0.4097 | — | |
| neftm | USD $0.4097 | — | |
| nextdoor | USD $0.4097 | — | |
| oldubil | USD $0.4097 | — | |
| shpock | USD $0.4097 | — | |
| Temu | USD $0.4097 | — | |
| zhihu | USD $0.4097 | — | |
| eneba | USD $0.4111 | — | |
| fiverr | USD $0.4139 | — | |
| maplesea | USD $0.4222 | — | |
| marktplaats | USD $0.4444 | — | |
| mercado | USD $0.4444 | — | |
| pinduoduo | USD $0.4444 | — | |
| digikala | USD $0.4625 | — | |
| wmaraci | USD $0.4625 | — | |
| zcity | USD $0.4625 | — | |
| sneakersnstuff | USD $0.4653 | — | |
| brevo | USD $0.4889 | — | |
| gofundme | USD $0.5222 | — | |
| caixa | USD $0.55 | — | |
| aitu | USD $0.5625 | — | |
| myglo | USD $0.5625 | — | |
| skype | USD $0.5944 | — | |
| tosla | USD $0.6597 | — | |
| yubo | USD $0.6597 | — | |
| moneylion | USD $0.6819 | — | |
| netease | USD $0.7056 | — | |
| paysend | USD $0.8208 | — | |
| subito | USD $0.8764 | — | |
| dana | USD $0.8944 | — | |
| doordash | USD $0.8944 | — | |
| drom | USD $0.8944 | — | |
| fruitz | USD $0.8944 | — | |
| indomaret | USD $0.8944 | — | |
| mercari | USD $0.8944 | — | |
| monese | USD $0.8944 | — | |
| motorkux | USD $0.8944 | — | |
| samsungshop | USD $0.8944 | — | |
| tokopedia | USD $0.8944 | — | |
| venmo | USD $0.8944 | — | |
| airtel | USD $0.8972 | — | |
| paytm | USD $0.9694 | — | |
| LINE | USD $1.0264 | — | |
| paysafecard | USD $1.3139 | — | |
| leboncoin | USD $4.2667 | — |
No matching offers.
Network portability does not extend a temporary order
ICASA explains that portability lets subscribers keep numbers when changing networks. This does not establish that an expired SMS4U activation can be retained, renewed or ported. Check the actual product and account interface for any continuing-use option.
A lasting contact number, delivery callback or future recovery route requires more than one temporary SMS. SMS4U reception does not provide a South African travel-data plan, incoming voice calls, physical SIM or permanent ownership of a number.
Resolve a binding error before comparing South African prices
For example, Vinted's one-number-per-account rule can produce a binding conflict. Receiving an SMS does not remove that binding. Follow official number-change or support steps for your own account, without entering unfamiliar accounts. Stock availability is not proof of Vinted market or transaction eligibility.
Find your actual app in the table and open the South Africa combination for current pools and the final quote. Compare the same product in the UK only where permitted. Identify the contact need, future control and exact error first, then compare costs instead of buying repeatedly for an unresolved account issue.
Sources and further reading
Platform rules can change. Follow the verification options shown in your current app session. The following official resources support the specific conditions discussed in this guide.