How to Start Your Own SMS Verification Store With telly.cat
Business guide ·
People buy verification numbers every day. Developers testing apps, marketers, people protecting their privacy. You can sell those numbers under your own brand without owning a single SIM card. A telly.cat reseller panel gives you a complete store, and telly.cat supplies the numbers, the delivery and the refunds.
How the money works
Your customers top up on your store and pay you directly. When they buy a number, your store buys it from telly.cat at the wholesale price, paid from your telly.cat balance. You keep the difference between your price and wholesale.
The one thing never to forget. If your telly.cat balance runs out, your customers can't buy. Keep a buffer on it at all times.
Step 1. Create your telly.cat account
Sign up and add funds. The store's monthly fee and your wholesale costs both come from this balance.
Step 2. Create the store
Go to the reseller page, pick a name and a free address like yourname.telly.cat, and choose a theme. The store is live in about a minute. You can connect your own domain later.
Step 3. Set your prices
Set one markup for everything, then adjust popular services by hand. Your admin shows wholesale and your price side by side, so you always see your margin.
Step 4. Connect your payments
Connect your own payment methods so customers pay you directly. Crypto is the most common in this market. If your customers are local, add the methods they use every day.
Step 5. Test it yourself
Make a customer account on your own store, top up a small amount and buy a cheap number. Watch the code arrive. Then try a number that times out and check that the refund comes back. Now you know exactly what your customers will experience.
What it costs
- A monthly fee for the store. The current price is on the reseller page.
- A small commission on sales.
- Wholesale cost per number, which your customer's payment covers with your markup on top.
Refunds are handled for you
When no SMS arrives, the number is refunded automatically. To your customer, and to you. You never have to sort out who owes who for a failed code. That's usually the biggest headache in this business, and it's gone.
Next step
A store only makes money with customers. Start by telling people who already need numbers. Developer friends, people who run online shops, communities you're part of. Then build your marketing from there.
FAQ
How does a telly.cat reseller store make money?
Customers pay you your price, and each number is bought from telly.cat at wholesale from your balance. You keep the difference.
Do I need to handle refunds myself?
No. When no SMS arrives, the number is refunded automatically to your customer and to you.