Purchase a Twilio Number

This guide provides essential steps for purchasing a Twilio number, a necessary prerequisite for building Agents, ensuring users can easily navigate the Twilio console.

SalesAi Resource Enablement
15 steps
2 minutes

Twilio

**You must have a purchased number in order to build Agents.**

Navigate to [Twilio ](https://console.twilio.com/)

Click "Phone Numbers" on the lefthand side.

Click "Manage"

Click "Buy a number"

Choose the country to associate with the number.

Select the capabilities you wish your number to have: Voice, SMS, MMS, Fax

You can search for specific area codes.

**Recommended-** Select a number with your local area code to help improve answer rates. **Availability of a number with these digits is not guaranteed.**

You can choose to have the searched digits match the first part, last part or anywhere in the number.

Optional: Use Advanced Search Settings

Scroll through the available numbers and choose your preferred option.

**Skip the toll-free options—they're not ideal.**

**Each individual number is $1.15/month**

When you find the number you want, click "Buy"

Review the information about your number. **A2P is only required if you plan to for text. It is not necessary for Voice only.**

If applicable to your number, read the Emergency calling terms and conditions.

If applicable to your number, check "I agree to comply after reading."

When finished, click Buy.

**Purchased numbers will appear in your SalesAi account automatically.**