SmsEmpire

Refund Policy

Dieses Dokument liegt nur auf Englisch und Spanisch vor. Maßgeblich ist die englische Fassung.

This policy explains exactly when money comes back, because a prepaid service should be unambiguous about that. Read the cancellation window in section 2 carefully — it is the part that costs people money.

1. Two different things

An activation refund returns the price of a single activation to your account balance. A top-up refund returns money to the card or wallet you paid with. They follow different rules, set out below.

2. Activation refunds — the cancellation window

When you request a number, its price is deducted immediately. You get that price back in full, to your balance, if you cancel the activation before a code arrives — but only within a specific window:

  • You cannot cancel during the first 120 seconds. This minimum is imposed by our upstream provider, not by us. Trying earlier returns an error asking you to wait.
  • You can cancel from 120 seconds up to 20 minutes after requesting the number. Cancelling in this window refunds the full price to your balance immediately.
  • After 20 minutes the activation expires automatically and is not refunded. If you request a number and walk away, you lose its price.
  • Once a code has been received, the activation cannot be cancelled and is not refundable — the service you paid for was delivered.

3. Pre-made account orders

Orders for pre-made accounts are fulfilled by hand and cannot be cancelled from the app. If an order cannot be fulfilled, or the credentials delivered do not work on arrival, open a ticket within 48 hours of delivery and we will replace the account or refund its price to your balance.

4. Top-up refunds

Unused balance can be returned to your original payment method on request, less any transaction fee our processor does not return to us. Ask through a support ticket from the account's registered address.

Balance that has already been spent on activations cannot be returned — that money has been paid to our suppliers.

Cryptocurrency top-ups are refunded to a wallet address you provide, in the same currency. Network fees are deducted. Because blockchain transfers are irreversible, we cannot recover funds sent to a wrong address or on a wrong network.

5. What we cannot refund

  • Activations that received a code.
  • Activations left to expire past the 20-minute window.
  • Cases where a third-party platform rejected the number, blocked your account, or removed a registration afterwards. We sell access to a number and the delivery of a code to it; we do not sell an outcome on someone else's platform.
  • Balance forfeited when an account is closed for fraud or abuse, as set out in the Terms of Service.

6. How to request a refund

Open a ticket from your account, or reach us through the contact form on this site from your registered address, including the activation or top-up reference. We reply within 72 hours and resolve accepted requests within 14 days.

If you are a consumer in the European Union, this policy does not affect your statutory rights, including the right of withdrawal where it applies. Note that once you request a number and a code is delivered, the service has been fully performed.