Phone Numbers
Randomizing Profile Phone Numbers
Most stores will only allow one order to be placed per phone number. This means you will need to have unique phone numbers for each billing profile in your bot.
The best way to get around this is to generate random phone numbers for each profile. Stores will never call the phone number associated with the profile that placed the order. This means you can use totally random phone numbers across each profile with no consequences.
One thing I would suggest is to use your real area code for your phone number. For example, if your area code was 123, then you should ideally use 123 as the area code for all phone numbers. This makes it seem that the phone number is still a legitimate phone number that is associated with your address.
The best method to make random phone numbers with your real area code is to use Excel or Google Sheets.
Random Phone Number with Excel
You can use the following command in Excel to make random phone numbers with your real area code. Simply replace AreaCode with your real area code, and keep the “ “ in the command as well.
="AreaCode"&RANDBETWEEN(1111111,9999999)
So if your area code was 123, you would input the following command in Excel:
="123"&RANDBETWEEN(1111111,9999999)
To generate more phone numbers, simply click the bottom right of the cell and drag the column down.
You’ll want to make sure that there are 10 digits in total in the cell (3 digits for area code ,7 digits for random phone number). The command however should make sure there are 10 digits unless you have cell formatting that prevents this, though by default this should not be an issue.
Random Phone Number with Google Sheets
Like the Excel method above, use the following command in Google Sheets to make random phone numbers with your real area code. Simply replace AreaCode with your real area code, and keep the “ “ in the command as well.
="AreaCode"&RANDBETWEEN(1111111,9999999)
So if your area code was 123, you would input the following command in Excel:
="123"&RANDBETWEEN(1111111,9999999)
To generate more phone numbers, simply click the bottom right of the cell and drag the column down.
Profile Tools
You can also use a profile tool such as AYCD to randomize phone numbers with your real area code.
You can find the AYCD profile converter guides below, which will contain information on how to jig your address within their tool.
AYCD has features in place already to automatically randomize your phone number for you.
If your phone number was the following as an example:
Simply check the phone box to have it jig your phone number.
Once you click the jig button on the bottom, you can see it change your phone number but retaining the original area code.
Alternatively, you can use the mass edit/jig tool and use an expression to create randomized phone numbers. The command for this would be:
%n[digits]%
Where [digits] is replaced by a number.
As an example, if your area code was 408 and you wanted to generate a random 7 digits for the remainder of your phone number, you would do the following command:
408%n7%
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