How to Create Meituan Account without a Phone Number?

Ordering ready meals when no time to cook, booking a hotel room when traveling abroad or to another city, buying a ticket to the cinema in a couple of clicks… All these and other options are available in the app made by the Meituan company. But the only nuance is that it asks for a Chinese phone number to complete verification. What can you do to walk around these restrictions? Let’s explore it in today’s reading, but first, let’s find out the main functionality of this Chinese service.

What is Meituan? The Key Offerings & Features

It’s a leading platform for food delivery services and other features in China that was launched in 2010, Beijing. As it usually happens, the Meituan company started off with initially offering only a service for joint ordering of goods and services to receive shared discounts. Roughly speaking, it was close to the American Groupon platform. Though, in 2013, the range of services expanded to delivery of prepared foods.

To be more precise, this functionality is still the most demanded in the Meituan app. Through the interface, you can select dishes both through suppliers or using the search bar. In the Chinese cities, there are a few hundred of various suppliers available, allowing you to order the following food options:

• Various fast foods, including Chinese food, cuisines of other countries, dumplings, pasta and pizza, Japanese food, etc.
• Ready meals such as steaks, seafood, Sichuan cuisine, etc.
• An abundance of snacks, for example, several dozen types of kebabs, shrimp, etc.

As for the payment options available, you can choose from AliPay, Wechat Wallet, and a bank transfer. Besides, if paying with a digital wallet, you can also get a discount. For only registered users, the discount amount can reach half of the order price. However, the food delivery option is not the only offering by the Meituan app.

What is Meituan in Terms of Other Features But Food Delivery?

In 2015, the company merged with another Chinese giant Dianping, the leading aggregator of client reviews for various eateries, cafes, restaurants, and other places and events. Together they composed the group Meituan-Dianping. Since then, the Meituan account holder can not only order dishes, but also check feedback from those who previously tried them and make better choices in accordance with them.

Moreover, in addition to food delivery functionality, with the platform, you can:

• Order fresh fruits, vegetables, and other groceries from stores.
• Order flowers and gifts for your loved ones avoiding hassle when looking for a relevant present.
• Book a hotel room for a work trip or traveling — and the company takes the second place in this segment of the Chinese market.
• Rent an apartment and other types of dwelling for long- and short-term living.
• Purchase cinema tickets and more.

What’s more, an interesting fact says that during the pandemic, to optimize food delivery processes, the Meituan company began utilizing drones and autonomous electric trucks.

What is Meituan in Terms of Registration?

In general, there’s nothing unordinary about the process of registering in the Meituan app. After having installed the software on your smartphone, fill out the registration form that includes a few screens. Among other things, to complete registration, the app will ask you to verify your account with a phone number. As you may already know, this is a protective measure to prevent unauthorized access to your account. After filling out the relevant field in the form, you will get a Meituan code in an SMS message.

If you are Chinese, there’s nothing complicated for you: add a Chinese phone number to your account and finish registration by applying the OTP. Otherwise, if you are a tourist traveling to China and don’t have a regular Chinese SIM card, you’d rather buy one because you won’t be able to register in the Meituan app. However, in today’s digital world, there’s an alternative of renting a temporary Chinese phone number that can also receive SMS instead.

How to Register a Meituan Account without a Phone Number?

As said above, there’s another way to pass verification in the Chinese food delivery service, but disclosing your actual phone number. Unlike conventional cellular phone numbers, virtual numbers that are designed for one or a few uses, have a number of advantages:

• For obtaining such a number, you don’t have to prove your identity with any documentation and PoI.
• They aren’t connected to physical geolocation allowing you to virtually register from what place on the Earth you want to. On SMS-Man, you have 190+ countries to choose from.
• They are good for platforms and apps that require only a local number — like in the case with the Meituan account.
• They are also suitable to practice multi-accounting marketing strategy for brand promotion and customer care services.

The price is also affordable starting with $0.16 per number (the exact sum depends on the service and the time period you’re going to rent it for).

To obtain a virtual phone number from SMS-Man to register in Meituan app, follow the quick guide below:

1. Register at sms-man.com with your e-mail or socal media account.
2. Refill your balance using a bank card, AliPay, Payeer or cryptocurrency.
3. Open the “Receive SMS” tab, select the desired country code and Meituan application. Then click “Buy.”
4. Copy the virtual number from “History” at the bottom of the homepage
5. Now use it in the Meituan account registration process.
6. Go back to SMS-Man and request an OTP by clicking “Receive SMS” button.
7. Apply the code to complete the registration.