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🔍 Before You Begin
What you will need:
- Two or more active phone numbers that you own and are the authorized user for.
- Account details from your current carrier for each number. ▶️ See Required Information for Porting In 📖
- New customers: a credit or debit card. Nothing is charged at checkout.
Porting 10 or more numbers from the same carrier? You may qualify for bulk porting rates. Request a quote on the Bulk Phone Number Porting page before starting a Port In.
What are Multiple Number Port In Requests used for?
Order transfers for several numbers at once. Each number is then authorized, verified, and scheduled on its own.
📋 Steps
1️⃣ Check Portability for Multiple Numbers
| 1 | Go to NumberBarn.com, click Transfer Numbers, then click Start a Transfer/Port. | |
| Current customer? Log in, click Numbers, then click Transfer a Number IN. | ||
| 2 | Click the Transferring lots of numbers? link. | |
| 3 | Enter the phone numbers, one per line or separated by commas. | |
| 4 | Click the Verify Numbers button. |
➡️ Click Remove next to any number you don't want to include. ➡️ Each number shows whether it can be ported. |
| 5 | Click the Continue button. |
2️⃣ Create and Submit the Port In Order
| 1 | Choose a plan for each phone number and follow checkout prompts. |
▶️ See Port In A Number ⚙️ |
3️⃣ Authorize Each Number
| 1 | Click any number labeled AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED on the Numbers page. | |
| 2 | Enter the Account number, Transfer PIN, name, and service address for that number. | ➡️ Enter every detail exactly as your current carrier has it. ▶️ See Required Information for Porting In 📖 |
| (2a) Same carrier account for all numbers? Check Also use these details for my other pending transfers. |
➡️ The checkbox lists every number it will update. |
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| (2b) Different carrier accounts? Leave the box unchecked. | ➡️ Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each number. | |
| (2c) Only some numbers share an account? Check the box, then open any number with different details and update them before submitting. | ➡️ Details can be changed on any number until it’s submitted. | |
| 3 | Click the blue Save credentials button. |
4️⃣ Verify, Schedule, and Submit Each Number
| 1 | Verify ownership on each number. | ➡️ Text me is for wireless numbers only. Landline and VoIP numbers receive a call. |
| 2 | Schedule the transfer on each number and click the blue Save transfer date button. | ➡️ Choose the same date or different dates for each number. |
| 3 | Click the green Authorize & Submit button on each number. | ➡️ Each number is submitted on its own. ▶️ See Port In A Number ⚙️ |
✅ What's Next
Each number moves to PROCESSING on its own after you submit it, and status updates arrive by email.
- Track progress. ▶️ See Port In Overview 📖
- If a request is rejected, ▶️ See Resolve a Port In Rejection ⚙️
- Questions about porting multiple numbers? Contact support at support@numberbarn.com.
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