I have a website setup and am trying to get ad revenue (wordpress.com site). Issue is that I need a Paypal account, for which I need a phone number and bank account from the same country. I have Canadian bank stuff, but no Canadian phone number. I’ve checked out skype, viber, textnow, openphone, and a few other services but none work (because I’m in Lebanon and they require a phone number to sign up). Any ideas? A VPN won’t work since most services are requiring that I sign in using my phone number, which is Lebanese.

  • deadcatbounce
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    233 minutes ago

    Don’t use PayPal if you can avoid it. There are enough red flags of late to indicate it’s a hard ‘no’.

    Many ISPs in the UK have telecoms licences and can create phone numbers. So rather than looking for a phone number, look for a provider that does VoIP and get a new number from them - obviously it will cost.

    When I tried the same, all of the free for a few minutes websites I tried had numbers that were known to sites like eBay and I failed.

    No idea what Lebanon is like.

  • @jasep
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    156 minutes ago

    You can buy Canadian VoIP numbers from VoIP.ms

  • @[email protected]
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    52 hours ago

    I may be missing something, but why can’t you have the bank account and phone number both in Lebanon?

    • TJA!
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      62 hours ago

      Probably because PayPal does not allow it.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 hours ago

        In which case, their account will get frozen as soon as PayPal gets a whiff, and they’ll lose out on whatever revenue they earn.

  • joewilliams007
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    11 hour ago

    u can use talkatone app. Even free to receive verification code as call. But better pay to keep the virtual number!

  • @foggy
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    114 hours ago

    Google voice?

    • d00phy
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      52 hours ago

      Honestly, I’ve been using GVoice for a long time as a replacement for my land line. It doesn’t even ring anywhere. It’s the number we give for things like gas rewards and such. It’s been great. I’m actually amazed Google hasn’t killed or enshitified it yet.

      • @M600
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        42 hours ago

        It’s so hard to get a number.

        You have to search for one that’s available and they are almost always not available. And you have to search by area code. They won’t just tell you which numbers are available.

        It’s pretty tedious to try and get a Google voice number.

        • d00phy
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          18 minutes ago

          I didn’t think about that. I’ve only ever used it for 2 things, and only one of them was a new number. That was over 10-years ago.

  • @[email protected]
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    44 hours ago

    I can’t recommend specifically but you can search for”. voip number” - there are hundreds. Some may not need a number .

    Also, search for “sms verification “. For temporary numbers .

    Alternatively a Pay as you go SIM card ?