Receive SMS Online in Guadeloupe: +590 Numbers for Codes and Testing

Testing a French Caribbean sign-up flow with +590 numbers

Guadeloupe is an overseas department of France, so plenty of products treat it as part of the French market while their phone validation treats it as its own territory. That mismatch is where bugs hide. A form that only accepts +33, a library that rejects the 590 prefix, an SMS template that never got localized: you only find these by sending a real code to a real +590 number.

OTP Bolt exposes Instant OTP through a REST API. With an API key from your account you can:

• order a Guadeloupe number for the service you are testing,
• poll the order until the code lands, then assert on it in your test,
• cancel the order if your run aborts, which returns the money to the wallet.

The endpoints and key setup are documented on the developers page. Keep tests to your own app or apps you are authorized to test.

What a +590 mobile number looks like in a form

Locally, people write a Guadeloupe mobile number with a leading 0, for example 0690 followed by six digits, or 0691. In international format the 0 disappears, so it becomes +590 690 plus six digits. Landlines repeat the code in a slightly confusing way (+590 590 …), which is a nice edge case for validation logic.

When a sign-up form has a separate country selector, pick Guadeloupe (or France, if the app lumps the overseas departments in) and type the rest without the 0. If the form only has one field, paste the full number starting with +590. Verification texts usually arrive in French, sometimes in English if the app follows your device language.

Getting one code in Guadeloupe, step by step

For people who just need a single code, the dashboard does the same job as the API without any setup:

1. Create an account at sign-up with your email and a 6-digit email code, or with Google.
2. Top up the wallet. Your first top-up switches on ordering and reveals per-app prices.
3. Choose Guadeloupe and the app, for example WhatsApp or Telegram.
4. Copy the +590 number and paste it into the app.
5. Watch the live inbox. In most cases the code turns up there inside a minute or two.

Prices start at $0.20 per code and depend on the app. Apps currently listed for Guadeloupe include WhatsApp, Telegram, Google (Gmail and YouTube), Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X (Twitter), ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft and Outlook, Amazon, Discord, LinkedIn, Uber and Airbnb, out of more than 800 in total.

No SMS after twenty minutes? Here is what happens

Every Instant OTP order runs on a 20-minute window. If the code does not show up in that time, or you cancel before anything arrives, the full price goes back to your wallet on its own. A code that was delivered is not refunded.

If the code is slow, work through this list:

• tap the app's resend button once, not five times in a row;
• if the dashboard offers another SMS on the same number, request it;
• cancel and order a fresh number, or try the same app in another country.

Some apps simply refuse virtual numbers. That is the reason the refund rule exists, and it is why we never promise that a given app will accept a given number.

Keeping a Guadeloupe line: the Dedicated Number route

An Instant OTP number is for one code. If you will need the number again, for logins next month or account recovery next year, you want a Dedicated Number instead.

Dedicated Numbers start from $1.95/month and include an SMS inbox for any number of verification texts, calling from Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari with no SIM, inbound calls that ring in the browser, and a call log. Terms are prepaid and renewed from the wallet, with an email reminder before each renewal.

Self-serve, instant activation exists only for US, Canadian and Puerto Rican lines. For Guadeloupe, open Request a country in the dashboard. The OTP Bolt team checks whether a +590 line is available, what it costs, and whether local rules call for an address or ID check before activation. Timing varies. More detail is on the Dedicated Numbers page.

Who actually needs a Guadeloupe phone number for verification

A few real situations come up again and again:

• Family in mainland France or Canada who want a local-looking second number for Guadeloupe contacts without carrying another SIM.
• Small tourism and rental businesses that want a business line separate from the owner's personal phone.
• Visitors in Pointe-à-Pitre or Basse-Terre for a few weeks who would rather keep their home number private on local sign-ups.
• Developers checking that a French-language product handles overseas department numbers correctly.

In each case the goal is privacy or separation, not a way around an app's rules. One account per real person or business.

Paying for codes and numbers

The wallet is prepaid in US dollars. You can fund it with a card via Stripe checkout, or send USDT or USDC. Instant OTP orders and Dedicated Number renewals both draw from the same balance, and each payment produces a PDF invoice by email.

App names are trademarks of their owners. OTP Bolt is not affiliated with them. Follow each app's terms.