A US line of your own, for as long as you keep it.

A US phone number is the country code +1 followed by ten digits. Those ten digits split into a three-digit area code and a seven-digit local number. Inside the US people write them as (XXX) XXX-XXXX, with the area code in parentheses; from another country the same number is dialed as +1 XXX XXX XXXX.

+1 on its own doesn't mean the United States. It's the code of the North American Numbering Plan, which the US shares with Canada and a number of Caribbean countries, so it's the area code that tells you where a +1 number belongs.

Two practical points for a rented US number:

• Typing it into a form. Choose United States (+1) in the country field, then enter the ten digits. Some American forms want the ten digits without the +1; it's the same number either way.
• The area code comes with the line. The picker sells a US number by term only. It has no area code or city option, and we don't promise which area code you'll get, so a service that insists on one particular area code may not suit a rental.

The US all-service line rents for 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 6 months, or 12 months. Only the US and the United Kingdom have the one-day term; in the other eight countries a rental starts at a week. Before you pay, the picker shows which of these terms have a line available right now.

• 1 day: a sign-up that sends a second or third code over the same afternoon.
• 1 week or 1 month: a trial, a short project, or a stay in the States while a local app keeps re-checking you after the first login.
• 6 or 12 months: a US account you'll keep, such as a shopping, streaming, or ride app that asks for a code whenever you sign in on a new device. Longer terms mean fewer renewals to track.

The picker at the top sells the US all-service line: a single +1 number that receives SMS from any sender, so one rental can collect codes from a marketplace, an email account, and a messenger at the same time.

The US also has lines listed for 37 services, each on its own page and in the table above. Among them are WhatsApp, Google / Gmail, Uber, DoorDash, Walmart, and Ticketmaster. These service lines start at a week (1 week, 1 month, 6 months, or 12 months), so there's no one-day option for them.

Think about the cancellation rule before you choose. A US all-service rental can be canceled for a full refund soon after you pay, provided no SMS has come in yet, and that window closes within two hours or sooner. A service line stays rented once paid. The refund policy covers both, including a number that stops working on the provider's side.

The number doesn't live in a SIM card. Its messages appear in your SIMAREA account, so you read them wherever you have an internet connection: at home before the trip, on hotel Wi-Fi, or on mobile data once you land.

For that data there's the USA eSIM. It gives your phone mobile data in the US but is data only, with no phone number, so the two work as a pair: the eSIM keeps you online, and the rented +1 number receives the codes from US apps that want a local number.

A login from a new phone, a password reset next month, a periodic re-check: each sends a new code to the same number. A rented number is still yours as long as you renew it, and renewing keeps the same +1 number, so match the term to how long the account will keep asking.