# ChatGPT Codex - anyone got a workable method to get credits? **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussion & Solutions\ **Tags:** solved\ **Created:** [Setembro 16, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/chatgpt-codex-anyone-got-a-workable-method-to-get-credits/325640 "2026-09-16T12:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
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## 📞 The $20 invite, and the $2 number that makes it count @James_Tyneham — you already found the method. What you are missing is the **number** , and the arithmetic says it is worth buying one properly: an accepted invite returns **$20** , and a number that passes verification costs **$2–12**. One accepted invite pays for the line many times over. 📞 ```auto one accepted invite = $20 one number that works = $2 – $12 ------------------------------- net, first friend = +$8 to +$18 every friend after = +$20 ``` ✅ **The five boxes a number ticks before an invite counts** - **Carrier-backed, not VoIP** — free apps and shared OTP inboxes stop at this box - **Private** — a number sold with “public inbox” attached has already been used on ChatGPT - **Fresh on ChatGPT** — never verified there before - **A supported country** — US, UK and Canada are the safe three - **Held for the month** — a line you keep, not a 20-minute burner Those five boxes are the whole difference between “verification failed” and “credits added”. [A guide that walks each box properly](https://esimpy.com/blog/best-virtual-numbers-for-sms-verification). 💰 **Real numbers, current prices, no ID needed** - **[BuyUKeSIM](https://buyukesim.com/en/no-kyc-esim/)** — real **UK +44** , receives SMS, from **$1.99** , crypto accepted - **[Silent.link](https://silent.link)** — **US +1** at **$59/year** , **UK +44** at **£59/year** , balance never expires - **[nadanada](https://privacynumber.io/compare/)** — **UK +44** rented at **$12 per 3 months** , extendable - **[JMP.chat](https://jmp.chat)** — real US or Canadian number for calls **and** texts, **$4.99/month** , any device - **[Crypton.sh](https://crypton.sh)** — pay per use, no account Start with the cheapest one. The first accepted invite returns more than the line costs. 🎯 * * * > **The multiplier that turns one invite into a group** > > The invite counts **per person** , not per device, and every person who joins gets **$20 as well** — so this is a gift you are handing out, not a favour you are asking for. Family, roommates, the class group, the football group. > > A message that gets a yes: > > ```auto > Signed up for ChatGPT and they're running a referral — we both get $20 in credits. > You install the desktop app, log in, send one message. That's it. > Want me to send the link? > > ``` > > One account per person keeps the credits sitting in your balance, and it is why the group message beats a list of stranger emails. 🤝 * * * **While those invites land, the coding tiers that are already free and need no phone at all** 💻 - **GitHub Copilot Free** — **2,000 completions + 50 chat messages a month** , Claude Sonnet in the model list, the only vendor that prints a hard number - **Cursor free** — 2,000 completions and 50 premium requests a month - **Trae** — 5,000 auto-completions a month · **Qoder** — unlimited completions · **Windsurf** — refreshed daily and weekly quotas 📌 **Three pages that keep this list honest** , so you never trust a stale number again: - **[Which tiers are generous this week](https://freeaitoolslist.vercel.app/search)** — a live directory where every claim carries the date it was last checked - **[What each vendor actually limits you to](https://chid.github.io/awesome-free-ai/QUOTAS.md)** — the hard numbers in one place, updated as they change - **[How these tiers behave after a month of real use](https://fuseintelligence.org/free-ai-coding-agent)** — the same subject measured, not announced > **The lane where nothing is counted at all** > > Your ChatGPT Plus already includes **Codex CLI** usage, so check the plan page before farming what you may already pay for. 🧠 > > - **[opencode](https://github.com/sst/opencode)** — an open-source coding agent that takes any provider key, including the free endpoints on our [635-endpoint board](https://onehack.st/t/free-ai-instead-of-chatgpt-and-claude-34-providers-635-endpoints-one-key/326626) > - **A local model** — [a 30B abliterated MoE on a plain laptop](https://onehack.st/t/free-uncensored-ai/326464) answers code questions with no account and no quota, because the counting happens on a server you do not own **Start with the cheapest number. The first accepted invite returns more than the line costs.** 🎯 --- _[View the full topic](https://onehack.st/t/chatgpt-codex-anyone-got-a-workable-method-to-get-credits/325640)._