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.

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    21 days 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.

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      21 days 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.

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        21 days ago

        I live overseas so I regret giving up my number. I don’t use it often, but it was the best if not only free way to call us numbers.

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        21 days ago

        Pro-tip: don’t use it on job applications.

        Many systems auto reject forms with voip numbers to weed out bot traffic.