Does NumberBarn support SMS from various websites and banks?

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Many businesses, banks, credit card companies, other financial institutions and social media platforms require you to be able to receive text messages to your “wireless” number. You may also have chosen two-factor authentication (2FA) by text or SMS for various accounts.

NumberBarn and NumberGarage numbers are classified as “wireline“ not wireless and there is nothing we can do to change this regulatory (FCC) classification.

As such, the institution you're working with may not support sending notifications to a “wireline” number. If you plan to set up your number to use with a notification service, check with that company first to verify they can send to landline/wireline numbers. 

Here is a short list of companies we have tested on our end that can or cannot send SMS to a NumberBarn number.

Yes, SMS is supported on NumberBarn numbers via these platforms:

Company	Notes
Amazon
Apple ID
Bank of America	Bank of America may require a mobile number for certain types of alerts. Please check with their support to verify. We've also found that some customers are able to instead have 2FA messages sent to email in the event that they cannot receive the text messages.
Chase Bank
Facebook	We've had reports of not receiving messages from Facebook and discovered there was an issue on Facebook's end where messages at times are not delivered but there are no system errors to account for the failures. If you're trying to receive a message from Facebook, please contact Facebook support for assistance.
Instagram
Google Duo
Google	We've had mixed results with various ABC companies including issues from Canada.
GrubHub
Mailchimp
Tiktok
YouTube	We've had mixed results with various ABC companies including issues from Canada.

No, SMS is not supported on NumberBarn numbers via these platforms:

NOTE: Always check with the company first to verify as settings above can change at any time. NumberBarn is not held responsible for changes made by another company on their system.

If you find that SMS does or doesn't work on any of these services, please contact customer support or leave us a comment below. We do our best to periodically test these sites to keep this information as current as possible.

Can I receive 2FA text messages from shortcode numbers?

In general, you will find that some of the companies above send their text messages from shortcode numbers. This should work as long as the company is alright with sending text messages to a wireline telephone number. If you find that you do or don't receive messages from a particular company to your NumberBarn or NumberGarage number, please let us know. We're always looking to keep this documentation as up-to-date as possible.

What other options do I have if text messages cannot be sent to my NumberBarn number?

You have a couple of additional options to explore.

1. If you have a separate mobile/wireless number, try using that instead of your NumberBarn number.
2. Some institutions will also give you the option to send login codes via email or phone call instead of SMS. Try that.

If you run into a situation where you are not receiving codes and believe that you should, Contact Customer Support. Perhaps you have been able to receive text messages in the past and that suddenly stopped. We may be able to work with our carrier(s) to update the provisioning on your number to get these text messages to work again.

My institution isn't listed

If you work with an institution or vendor that can or can't send text messages to NumberBarn, we want to hear about it. Please leave a comment on this article so we can keep this information as up-to-date as possible.