If you are buying a phone number for countries like Australia, you might encounter this error: Please select 'address' to purchase number.
That's because we will need to verify the address and bundle in the Twilio your account:
Go to the Account dropdown on the top-right menu, click on your account
https://console.twilio.com/If there are too many your accounts inside Twilio, you can go back to the platform and copy the Account SID for that location to search in Twilio:
Search based on the Twilio Account SID in the platform settings -> Twilio
Paste the Account SID here and click on it:
- Click into your account so you will see there's an orange text on the top left:
Go to Explore Products -> Scroll down to click on Phone numbers
Click Phone numbers:
Click on Regulatory Compliance and add Bundles and Addresses
For Bundles, you can learn more about Twilio international phone number availability and their capabilities here.
For Dual Functionality (Voice and SMS enabled) Phone Numbers, please choose Mobile for the type of phone numbers here:
Once the bundle is added, add an address as well:
Once Twilio approves the bundles, the bundles and addresses will show up in the dropdown once you are trying to buy numbers in the location.
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