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How to Resell Phone Numbers: A Guide to Wholesale Virtual Numbers
To resell phone numbers, you buy virtual numbers at wholesale prices from a provider and sell them to your own customers under your brand, at your own price. With Fully Signal, any business with a free partner account and funds on its balance can request access; once approved, it buys UK, Australian and Brazilian mobile numbers from its panel or the REST API, paid from the same prepaid balance as eSIMs, with free incoming SMS and calls.
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Phone numbers are one of the easiest telecom products to add to an existing business: nothing to ship, nothing to install, and customers keep paying every month. This guide explains how to resell phone numbers under your own brand and what it takes to start.
What reselling phone numbers means
You buy virtual numbers — real mobile or local numbers hosted in the cloud (what is a virtual phone number?) — at wholesale prices, then sell them to your customers at your own retail price. Your customers deal only with you. With a white-label provider, the numbers, SMS and calls carry no provider branding.
Who resells phone numbers
| Business | What its customers need |
|---|---|
| eSIM brands and travel sellers | A number at home or at the destination, next to a data eSIM |
| Relocation and visa agencies | A local number for newcomers before they have a contract |
| Telecoms and MVNOs | A wider catalogue without new carrier contracts |
| SaaS and CRM platforms | Numbers that send and receive SMS inside the product |
| IT and phone-system resellers | Numbers forwarded to the PBX they already sell |
| Freelancer and small-business tools | A second business number for each user |
How it works with Fully Signal
- Create a free partner account. No contract and no monthly fee. The same account resells eSIMs.
- Add funds. Phone numbers are for accounts with money on their balance; top up by card in your panel.
- Request access. Ask from the Phone numbers page of your partner panel. We review each request and email you the answer. Once approved, the minimum single deposit on the account becomes €150.
- Buy and resell. Pick numbers in the panel or through the phone numbers API and sell them at your own price.
What your customers get
- Real mobile numbers in the UK (07 numbers), Australia and Brazil, with more destinations added regularly.
- Free, unlimited incoming SMS — in your panel, the API and your webhook within seconds.
- Free incoming calls, forwarded to any SIP address: your PBX, a softphone app or your customer's own SIP account (how SIP call forwarding works).
- Outgoing SMS at a few cents per part, to numbers in the same country.
Pricing and margin
Wholesale numbers are priced per month, paid 1, 3 or 12 months at a time depending on the location (UK numbers offer all three; Australian and Brazilian numbers are paid 3 months at a time). Longer plans are cheaper per month. You set the retail price, so the margin is yours.
| Price lever | Example approach |
|---|---|
| Monthly price | Wholesale price plus your margin, rounded to a clean retail price |
| Plan length | Offer a discount for 12 months to lock in customers |
| Bundles | Number + data eSIM as one product (one supplier for eSIM and numbers) |
| Outgoing SMS | Pass through with a small margin, or include a monthly allowance |
Full details of how numbers are billed are in virtual phone number pricing. The current wholesale rates by destination are on the wholesale phone numbers page.
Built-in fraud protection
Phone numbers attract SMS pumping and premium-rate fraud. Fully Signal numbers send SMS only to numbers in their own country, and premium-rate and special-service ranges are refused before any charge. Your balance cannot be drained by international traffic you never sold.
What happens when a customer stops paying
You control renewals from your balance. If a renewal cannot be paid, the number is suspended — new SMS are kept but locked — and you get an email and a number.suspended webhook first. Add funds within 7 days and it renews automatically; after that the number is released. This gives you time to chase your own customer before losing the number.
FAQ
How do I resell phone numbers?
Open a free Fully Signal partner account, add funds, request phone number access and, once approved, buy numbers in the panel or by API and sell them at your own price.
Do I need a telecom licence to resell virtual numbers?
Requirements depend on your country and how you sell. Many resellers operate under the provider's numbering; check local rules for your market before you launch.
Will my customers see your brand?
No. The service is white label: numbers, SMS and calls carry no Fully Signal branding.
Which countries can I sell numbers in?
Currently UK, Australian and Brazilian mobile numbers, with more destinations added regularly.
Is there a minimum deposit?
Access needs funds on your balance, and once approved the minimum single deposit on the account becomes €150.
