For Kijiji and Marketplace sellers
Sell the couch. Keep your real number out of it.
Post a temporary Canadian number instead of your cell. Buyer texts land in your email, you reply from the inbox you already use, and your personal number never enters the conversation.
Hi, is the bike still available? I can pick it up tonight.
You replied from your inbox
Yes, it is. I will be home after 6. What time works for you?
The other person sees your listing number. They never see your cell number, email, or name.
A public listing can outlive the thing you sold.
A phone number in a public listing can be copied, indexed, screenshotted, and saved. Legitimate buyers may keep it long after pickup, while scraped listings can keep attracting spam.
Give your listing a number of its own. When you're done with the listing, you can be done with the number too. Use it while the listing is live, then let a short pass end or keep the same number monthly if you sell regularly.
One number, the inboxes you already use.
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Choose a local number
Pick a Canadian city or area code after payment. Your pass starts only when the number is assigned.
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Post it publicly
Put it in the listing, the description, a window, or anywhere you would otherwise expose your cell.
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Reply from email
Texts arrive in up to five inboxes. Any configured recipient can reply, and it goes back as SMS.
Useful for more than one listing.
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