WhatsApp verification without your real number: a step-by-step guide

WhatsApp — like most apps — asks for a phone number before it asks for anything else. That's fine if you're setting up your own primary line. It's a different situation if you're testing an integration, running a secondary business line, or just don't want another app holding your real number.

The flow

1. From the dashboard, open the service picker and search "WhatsApp."
2. Rent a number — you'll see the price and a countdown for the rental window.
3. Enter the rented number into WhatsApp's own signup flow, exactly as WhatsApp displays it.
4. Request the code from WhatsApp, then check back on your DiceSMS rental — the code appears there as soon as it's received.
5. Enter the code into WhatsApp. Done.

If nothing arrives

Some destination services occasionally reject rented numbers at their own discretion, independent of DiceSMS. If a code never arrives within the rental window, you're not charged for that rental — see our pay-only-on-success post for exactly how that works.