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How International Phone Numbers and SMS Work in Cents

Save international phone numbers on customer profiles, and know how texting and OTP behave in each country.

Written by Euri

You can save international phone numbers for customers in Cents. Some countries support two-way texting (customers can reply), others are outbound-only (customers get texts but can't reply), and some aren't supported for texts or login codes yet.
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Use this if you have customers with phone numbers outside the US or Canada, or an international customer isn't getting texts or login codes.


How to enter an international number

  • Open the customer profile (or wherever you're entering the phone number).

  • Select the country from the dropdown.

  • Enter the phone number. The field formats it for you.

  • Save.

Tip: if you're copying and pasting, use the format +[country code][number], for example +442071838750.


What the labels mean

  • Two-way (can reply): the customer gets your texts and can reply.

  • Outbound-only (can't reply): the customer gets your texts but can't reply. Good for order updates, not for conversations.

  • Not available for messaging: the number saves, but Cents can't send texts or login codes (OTP) to it yet.


Two-way countries

Customers in these countries and regions can usually reply by text:

Antarctica; Austria; Australia; Åland Islands; Brazil; Canada; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Chile; Colombia; Christmas Island; Czechia; Germany; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; United Kingdom; Guernsey; Guam; Hong Kong; Hungary; Israel; Isle of Man; India; Italy; Jersey; Lithuania; Mexico; Malaysia; Netherlands; New Zealand; Philippines; Poland; Puerto Rico; Portugal; Sweden; Singapore; Thailand; United States; U.S. Virgin Islands; South Africa.


Country support list

If a country isn't listed, texts and login codes aren't supported there yet.

Country/Region

Messaging capability

Andorra

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

United Arab Emirates

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Afghanistan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Antigua & Barbuda

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Anguilla

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Albania

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Armenia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Curaçao

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Angola

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Antarctica

Two-way (can reply)

Argentina

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

American Samoa

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Austria

Two-way (can reply)

Australia

Two-way (can reply)

Aruba

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Åland Islands

Two-way (can reply)

Azerbaijan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Barbados

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Bangladesh

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Belgium

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Burkina Faso

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Bulgaria

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Bahrain

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Burundi

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Benin

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Bermuda

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Brunei

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Bolivia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Brazil

Two-way (can reply)

Bahamas

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Bhutan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Botswana

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Belarus

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Belize

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Canada

Two-way (can reply)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Two-way (can reply)

Congo - Kinshasa

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Central African Republic

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Congo - Brazzaville

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Switzerland

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Côte d’Ivoire

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Cook Islands

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Chile

Two-way (can reply)

Cameroon

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

China

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Colombia

Two-way (can reply)

Costa Rica

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Cape Verde

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Christmas Island

Two-way (can reply)

Cyprus

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Czechia

Two-way (can reply)

Germany

Two-way (can reply)

Djibouti

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Denmark

Two-way (can reply)

Dominica

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Dominican Republic

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Algeria

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Ecuador

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Estonia

Two-way (can reply)

Egypt

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Western Sahara

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Eritrea

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Spain

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Ethiopia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Finland

Two-way (can reply)

Fiji

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Micronesia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Faroe Islands

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

France

Two-way (can reply)

Gabon

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

United Kingdom

Two-way (can reply)

Grenada

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Georgia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

French Guiana

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Guernsey

Two-way (can reply)

Ghana

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Gibraltar

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Greenland

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Gambia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Guinea

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Guadeloupe

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Equatorial Guinea

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Greece

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Guatemala

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Guam

Two-way (can reply)

Guinea-Bissau

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Guyana

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Hong Kong

Two-way (can reply)

Honduras

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Croatia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Haiti

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Hungary

Two-way (can reply)

Indonesia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Ireland

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Israel

Two-way (can reply)

Isle of Man

Two-way (can reply)

India

Two-way (can reply)

Iraq

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Iceland

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Italy

Two-way (can reply)

Jersey

Two-way (can reply)

Jamaica

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Jordan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Japan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Kenya

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Kyrgyzstan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Cambodia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Kiribati

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Comoros

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

St. Kitts & Nevis

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

South Korea

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Kuwait

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Cayman Islands

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Kazakhstan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Laos

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Lebanon

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

St. Lucia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Liechtenstein

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Sri Lanka

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Liberia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Lesotho

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Lithuania

Two-way (can reply)

Luxembourg

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Latvia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Libya

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Morocco

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Monaco

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Moldova

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Montenegro

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Madagascar

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Marshall Islands

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

North Macedonia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Mali

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Myanmar (Burma)

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Mongolia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Macao

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Northern Mariana Islands

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Martinique

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Mauritania

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Montserrat

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Malta

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Mauritius

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Maldives

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Malawi

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Mexico

Two-way (can reply)

Malaysia

Two-way (can reply)

Mozambique

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Namibia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

New Caledonia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Niger

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Norfolk Island

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Nigeria

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Nicaragua

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Netherlands

Two-way (can reply)

Norway

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Nepal

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Niue

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

New Zealand

Two-way (can reply)

Oman

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Panama

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Peru

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

French Polynesia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Papua New Guinea

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Philippines

Two-way (can reply)

Pakistan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Poland

Two-way (can reply)

St. Pierre & Miquelon

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Puerto Rico

Two-way (can reply)

Palestine

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Portugal

Two-way (can reply)

Palau

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Paraguay

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Qatar

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Réunion

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Romania

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Serbia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Russia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Rwanda

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Saudi Arabia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Solomon Islands

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Seychelles

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Sudan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Sweden

Two-way (can reply)

Singapore

Two-way (can reply)

Slovenia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Svalbard & Jan Mayen

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Slovakia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Sierra Leone

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

San Marino

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Senegal

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Somalia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Suriname

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

South Sudan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

São Tomé & Príncipe

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

El Salvador

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Eswatini

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Turks & Caicos Islands

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Chad

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

French Southern Territories

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Togo

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Thailand

Two-way (can reply)

Tajikistan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Timor-Leste

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Turkmenistan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Tunisia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Tonga

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Türkiye

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Trinidad & Tobago

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Tuvalu

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Taiwan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Tanzania

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Ukraine

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Uganda

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

United States

Two-way (can reply)

Uruguay

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Uzbekistan

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Venezuela

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

British Virgin Islands

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

U.S. Virgin Islands

Two-way (can reply)

Vietnam

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Vanuatu

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Wallis & Futuna

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Samoa

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Kosovo

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Yemen

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Mayotte

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

South Africa

Two-way (can reply)

Zambia

Outbound-only (can’t reply)

Zimbabwe

Outbound-only (can’t reply)


If a customer doesn't get a login code (OTP) on LiveLink

  • Check the number and country. Make sure the right country is selected and re-enter the number cleanly, without spaces or symbols.

  • Check it can receive texts. It must be a mobile number (not a landline). Roaming or carrier blocks on international or short-code texts can stop it.

  • Check the country is supported. If it's not available for messaging, login codes by text won't arrive.

  • Quick phone checks. Turn airplane mode on and off, restart the phone, confirm other texts arrive, and check spam or blocked messages.

  • Still failing? Text our Support team with the number and country code, the country selected in LiveLink, the time and time zone, a screenshot of the error, and whether the number is mobile, landline, VoIP, roaming, or dual-SIM.


Troubleshooting

  • Can I save a number that can't receive texts?
    Yes. It will be marked as not available for messaging.

  • The customer can't reply to texts.
    That's expected for outbound-only countries. Call or email them, or ask for a two-way supported number.


Need assistance?

Feel free to text our Cents Support team at 888-302-8809.

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