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    <title>article How can I activate my free number for testing? in Virtual Numbers</title>
    <link>https://community.sinch.com/t5/Virtual-Numbers/How-can-I-activate-my-free-number-for-testing/ta-p/8578</link>
    <description>&lt;DIV class="lia-message-template-content-zone"&gt;
&lt;P&gt;When you create an account on the Sinch Customer Dashboard, &lt;STRONG&gt;you are given a free virtual long number and nominal balance for testing.&lt;/STRONG&gt; No activation is required.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;To access your free virtual number, do the following:&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;OL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Login to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://dashboard.sinch.com/convapi/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer"&gt;Sinch Customer Dashboard&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select N&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;umbers&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;from the left menu and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;STRONG&gt;Overview&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;option. The Overview page is displayed:&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="numbers_overview.png" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.sinch.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1919iC47C9E5FF31465EE/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="numbers_overview.png" alt="numbers_overview.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Click &lt;STRONG&gt;ACTIVATE YOUR FREE TEST NUMBER&lt;/STRONG&gt;. The Free Test Number dialog is displayed:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="free_test_number.png" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.sinch.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1920i4983D87F045DCE58/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="free_test_number.png" alt="free_test_number.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select the Service Plan ID and the Voice app to which you want the number assigned, then select &lt;STRONG&gt;GET FREE TEST NUMBER&lt;/STRONG&gt;. You will be returned to the Overview page.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;To view your test number, select &lt;STRONG&gt;Numbers&lt;/STRONG&gt; from the left menu and select the &lt;STRONG&gt;Your Virtual Numbers&lt;/STRONG&gt; option. The Your Virtual Numbers page is displayed:&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="your-virtual-numbers-select-number.png" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.sinch.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1571iC1A7D7E24EB1B787/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="your-virtual-numbers-select-number.png" alt="your-virtual-numbers-select-number.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This page shows you details of your testing number which you can use in the 'from' parameter in many of the Sinch APIs.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/OL&gt;
&lt;OL start="3"&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Start testing!&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/OL&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A style="font-family: inherit; background-color: #ffffff;" href="https://developers.sinch.com/docs/sms/getting-started/node/nodesend/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Use your test number in the SMS API using Node.js&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; (be sure to copy the number!)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Or&lt;/EM&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;A style="font-family: inherit; background-color: #ffffff;" href="https://dashboard.sinch.com/numbers/your-numbers/numbers" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Send a Test SMS&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; in our Customer Dashboard.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Note that your free virtual number for testing is valid for 14 days.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Looking to rent a number? Check out &lt;A href="https://community.sinch.com/t5/Virtual-Numbers/Buying-a-number-from-Sinch/ta-p/8081" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Getting a number from Sinch.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Click&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://www.sinch.com/products/apis/messaging/numbers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;to learn more about how you can get access to a complete range of carefully-tested phone numbers,&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;use&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;all&amp;nbsp;your communication services from Sinch.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2022 09:13:33 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Michelle_Peruskie</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2022-08-03T09:13:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How can I activate my free number for testing?</title>
      <link>https://community.sinch.com/t5/Virtual-Numbers/How-can-I-activate-my-free-number-for-testing/ta-p/8578</link>
      <description>&lt;DIV class="lia-message-template-content-zone"&gt;
&lt;P&gt;When you create an account on the Sinch Customer Dashboard, &lt;STRONG&gt;you are given a free virtual long number and nominal balance for testing.&lt;/STRONG&gt; No activation is required.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;To access your free virtual number, do the following:&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;OL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Login to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://dashboard.sinch.com/convapi/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer"&gt;Sinch Customer Dashboard&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select N&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;umbers&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;from the left menu and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;STRONG&gt;Overview&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;option. The Overview page is displayed:&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="numbers_overview.png" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.sinch.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1919iC47C9E5FF31465EE/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="numbers_overview.png" alt="numbers_overview.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Click &lt;STRONG&gt;ACTIVATE YOUR FREE TEST NUMBER&lt;/STRONG&gt;. The Free Test Number dialog is displayed:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="free_test_number.png" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.sinch.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1920i4983D87F045DCE58/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="free_test_number.png" alt="free_test_number.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select the Service Plan ID and the Voice app to which you want the number assigned, then select &lt;STRONG&gt;GET FREE TEST NUMBER&lt;/STRONG&gt;. You will be returned to the Overview page.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;To view your test number, select &lt;STRONG&gt;Numbers&lt;/STRONG&gt; from the left menu and select the &lt;STRONG&gt;Your Virtual Numbers&lt;/STRONG&gt; option. The Your Virtual Numbers page is displayed:&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="your-virtual-numbers-select-number.png" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.sinch.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1571iC1A7D7E24EB1B787/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="your-virtual-numbers-select-number.png" alt="your-virtual-numbers-select-number.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This page shows you details of your testing number which you can use in the 'from' parameter in many of the Sinch APIs.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/OL&gt;
&lt;OL start="3"&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Start testing!&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/OL&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A style="font-family: inherit; background-color: #ffffff;" href="https://developers.sinch.com/docs/sms/getting-started/node/nodesend/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Use your test number in the SMS API using Node.js&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; (be sure to copy the number!)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Or&lt;/EM&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;A style="font-family: inherit; background-color: #ffffff;" href="https://dashboard.sinch.com/numbers/your-numbers/numbers" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Send a Test SMS&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; in our Customer Dashboard.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Note that your free virtual number for testing is valid for 14 days.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Looking to rent a number? Check out &lt;A href="https://community.sinch.com/t5/Virtual-Numbers/Buying-a-number-from-Sinch/ta-p/8081" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Getting a number from Sinch.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Click&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://www.sinch.com/products/apis/messaging/numbers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;to learn more about how you can get access to a complete range of carefully-tested phone numbers,&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;use&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;all&amp;nbsp;your communication services from Sinch.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2022 09:13:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.sinch.com/t5/Virtual-Numbers/How-can-I-activate-my-free-number-for-testing/ta-p/8578</guid>
      <dc:creator>Michelle_Peruskie</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-08-03T09:13:33Z</dc:date>
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