Hacoo wants a phone number, and it does not take no for an answer. No code, no charge: nothing is billed for a number that stays silent. So borrow one — choose a market in SMS For U, give the number to Hacoo, and the Hacoo code arrives in your account by itself, seconds after Hacoo sends it. 1,400 services sit in the same catalogue, with numbers from markets across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.
How you get your code
- Look Hacoo up in the SMS For U catalogue.
- Take a country from the ones the app is offering for Hacoo today.
- Confirm the order; the Hacoo number is live from that second.
- Type it in at the sign-up screen on Hacoo and ask to be sent the code.
- The code turns up in your SMS For U account unprompted — copy it into Hacoo and you are through.
Why a phone number is asked for
Hacoo wants a phone number so buyers and sellers can be reached about an order, and so one person does not open an unlimited number of accounts. Hacoo asks for it on the sign-up form, before the account exists at all. The number goes in at: the sign-up screen. Hacoo normally asks for the number once and does not come back to it afterwards.
What the code looks like
Hacoo sends a short numeric code by SMS. The Hacoo code shows up in your SMS For U account on its own, within seconds of Hacoo sending it — nothing to refresh and nothing to forward. Codes from Hacoo go stale fast; use it as soon as it lands rather than later. One number normally carries one Hacoo account.
What can go wrong
Hacoo accepts numbers from many countries but not from all of them. Which countries work for Hacoo changes over time, because Hacoo adjusts its checks and because the available ranges of numbers change. That is the honest state of it — we can hand you a number, we cannot make Hacoo take it. We do not claim Hacoo will take any given number, and we print no percentage, since a number like that would be stale within hours of being written.
Countries we serve
The 50 markets below are the ones we buy Hacoo numbers in. They are examples of where we work and nothing more: a market on this list can still be empty for Hacoo by lunchtime, because ranges get used up and refilled all day. So take the list as our reach, and take the country screen in the app as the answer to "can I have a Hacoo number from here right now" — only the app knows that.
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- France
- Spain
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Poland
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Norway
- Denmark
- Finland
- Ireland
- Czechia
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Slovenia
- Greece
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Cyprus
- Malta
- Iceland
- USA
- Canada
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Argentina
- Colombia
- India
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Australia
- South Africa
- Nigeria
- Turkey
- Ukraine
Common questions
How do I get a Hacoo verification code without my own SIM card?
Open SMS For U, search for Hacoo and pick a country. You get a real phone number, you enter it at Hacoo (the sign-up screen), and the code Hacoo sends appears in your SMS For U account by itself. No SIM card is involved, and the Hacoo number is not yours to keep.
How fast does the Hacoo code arrive?
The Hacoo code appears in your account within seconds of Hacoo sending it. How long Hacoo itself takes is up to Hacoo and to the country the number comes from, which is why nothing here is worded as a promise.
What happens if no Hacoo code arrives?
You do not pay for a Hacoo number that brought no code. Cancel the order in the app and the payment is refunded as soon as the cancellation is confirmed. That is the whole rule, and it is why a failed Hacoo attempt costs nothing: no code, no charge.
Which countries can I use for Hacoo?
Hacoo numbers come from the 50 markets listed on this page. Which of them can be picked for Hacoo at this moment is on the country screen in the app: that list moves through the day, and a page in a search index cannot keep up with it.
Can I use the same number for Hacoo again later?
A used Hacoo number is not reserved for you indefinitely. Hacoo normally does not come back to it after sign-up, but if you need lasting access to the Hacoo account, use a number of your own.