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Account type

A public shop profile with a username, photos and reviews

Phone number

Used to verify the account; not shown to buyers

Sign-in

Email and password, or a linked Apple or Google account

Payments

Handled inside the app; payouts go to the seller's own account

Shipping

Depop labels in supported markets, or the seller's own postage

Contact

In-app messages between buyer and seller

On Depop, your shop is a public profile

Depop feels closer to a social network than a classified-ads site. Every seller has a profile with a username, a picture, a bio, a feed of listings and a public record of reviews. Buyers follow shops, like items and message sellers directly. That openness is what makes the app work, and it is also why sellers think carefully about which personal details sit behind the profile.

The phone number is not one of the details buyers see. It is used by Depop to verify that an account belongs to a real, reachable person, and to protect the account if something about it changes. Keeping a personal number off a public-facing account is a reasonable preference, and a rented number is one way to do that for the verification step.

People most often use one of our numbers for Depop to:

• Keeping a personal number off a public-facing resale profile
• Opening a buyer account without adding a long-term number
• Trying a few casual sales before deciding whether to run a shop
• Separating a hobby shop from a personal phone line

Many apps expect the number you keep. We help with the cases above; we do not help anyone reach an account that is not theirs — see our acceptable use policy.

When Depop asks for a number

Depop accounts are commonly created with an email address or a linked Apple or Google account. A phone number check tends to appear at particular moments: when an account starts selling, when the app sees activity it wants to confirm, or when an account is being recovered. The exact trigger varies by market and changes over time as the safety rules are tuned.

Because the check can come back later, a number that verified the account once should either stay reachable or be replaced in settings with one you will keep. An account that only ever buys is less likely to be asked again than an active shop.

The address on the parcel is the real privacy question

Many Depop sellers post items themselves. A self-posted parcel usually carries a return address, and a buyer who receives it now knows where the seller lives. For a teenager or a student selling clothes from a bedroom, that is a far more sensitive detail than a phone number the buyer never sees.

In markets where Depop provides its own prepaid shipping labels, using them keeps the flow inside the app and avoids hand-writing a return address. Where you post yourself, a return address that is not your home — a work address, a parcel locker service or a post office box — does more for your privacy than any choice of phone number.

Getting paid needs details that are yours

Money from sales reaches the seller through a payout method in their own name, and in many markets the payments provider checks the seller's identity before paying out, particularly as sales grow. Tax rules in several countries now require platforms to report sellers above certain thresholds, which ties the shop to a real identity whether or not a phone number is.

A rented number therefore fits a buyer account or a first few casual sales at most. A shop that sells regularly needs contact details and payout details that will still be valid a year from now.

Deals moved off the app lose their protection

Some buyers ask to pay by bank transfer, to settle through a friends-and-family payment, or to meet in person to save on postage. Each of those takes the sale outside the payment flow Depop can see, and with it outside the process that handles items that never arrive or do not match the listing.

Keeping payment and messages in the app is the simplest protection there is. It also means you never need to give anyone your phone number, rented or personal.

Nobody from Depop needs your code

A familiar pattern on resale apps: a "buyer" asks the seller to confirm something by reading out a code they have just received, or a message claiming to be from Depop support asks for a verification code to "unlock payment". The code is a login or account-change code, and handing it over hands over the account.

Depop does not ask for codes through chat, email or a phone call. Ignore the request, do not click any link that came with it, and report the account inside the app.

Installing Depop and verifying the number

When the code does not arrive

In order of how often each one is the real cause:

1. The code did not arrive
   Check that the number was entered with its country code and no leading zero, then wait before requesting again. If it still fails, try another country from the table.
2. The number is already linked to another account
   A number verifies one account. Use a different number rather than trying to move this one.
3. Depop asked for the number again weeks later
   Rechecks happen on new devices, account changes or flagged activity. If the rental has ended, update the number in settings before the next check.
4. A payout is waiting for identity verification
   That is the payments provider checking the seller. It needs your own details and cannot be completed with a rented number.
5. A buyer asked to pay outside the app
   Decline. Off-app payments are not covered by Depop's process for missing or misdescribed items.
6. Someone asked you to read back a code
   It is a takeover attempt. Do not share the code; report the account.
7. Your connection is in a different country from the number
   A large gap can trigger extra checks. Use a connection near the number's country where you can.

Working out which case you are in

1. Will this account sell regularly? Yes Use your own long-term number; payouts will need your details anyway. No A rented number can cover buying or a few casual sales.
2. Do you post parcels yourself? Yes Use Depop labels where available, or a return address that is not your home. No Platform shipping already keeps addresses out of the way.
3. Has a buyer asked to pay or talk outside Depop? Yes Decline; that removes the app's protection. No Keep going in the app.
4. Has anyone asked for a code you received? Yes Do not share it — report the account. No Nothing to do.
5. Will you keep the account beyond the rental? Yes Update the number in settings before the rental ends. No Leave it once your purchase or sale is complete.

Before you request another code

• Enter the number with its country code and without the leading zero
• Pick a username that does not give away more than you want
• Keep your home address off self-posted parcels where you can
• Keep payments and messages inside Depop
• Never read out or forward a verification code
• Add payout details only on an account with a number you will keep
• Update the number before the rental ends if the shop stays open

Which kind of number to use

Checked 2026-09-28 by the FreeSmsOtp team. Prices, stock and delivery figures on this page are live and come from our own orders — how we measure.

Countries with Depop numbers now

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