How to Create a Twilio Account

Sign up for an account:
Signing up for Twilio only takes a few minutes. To get started.
1. Go to Twilio’s new account page (https://www.twilio.com/try-twilio) and sign up for an account and provide your:

First Name
Last Name
Email Address
A password that meets Twilio’s requirements

2. Verify your email address:

Twilio will send an email to the address you registered with
Click or copy the link and login to your account
Upon successful login, your email should be verified

2. Verify a phone number.
Twilio needs to verify that you’re a real person/organization setting up. The phone number you use will only be used for verification.
To verify:

Select your country and enter your phone number (image at right, top)
Enter the verification code you received (image at right, bottom)

3. Get started by following the prompts.
To get to your dashboard:

Select “No” when asked if you write code (image at right, top)
Select “Skip to dashboard” when you are asked what are you here to do (image at right, bottom)

After this, your account is set up and you’ll have made it to the dashboard.
Keep reading below to set up billing details.Section 2: Setup your billing information
Twilio requires a credit card to get started!
If you'd prefer to not use a credit card, you can reach out to Twilio's support directly to set up invoiced billing.

To set up billing:
1. From your dashboard, click Billing from the menu2. Select “Upgrade Now”3. Enter your company’s legal address4. Enter the billing address associated with the credit card you’ll be using for billing.
Note: If you’d prefer to not use a credit card, you can reach out to Twilio’s support directly to set up invoiced billing.4. Enter the credit card details into the form.
5. Choose an amount to fund your account, noting the following:

We HIGHLY recommend enabling Automatic Recharge to avoid disruption.
It is important to make sure your account is always funded to ensure proper delivery of SMS alerts.

6. Hit the “Upgrade Account” button at the bottom of the screen.

Obtaining Twilio API Keys

Obtaining the Account SID

Quick checklist:

Go to console.twilio.com → confirm your Account SID and Auth Token (click the eye icon to reveal it)

The account SID can be found within the Twilio console under your project’s name.
Or, if you created a subaccount go to Settings > Subaccounts and select the appropriate SID.
You will provide the SID, Secret and phone number to Bite.

Creating an API Key set (API SID and API SECRET)

1. In your Twilio account go to Settings > API Keys and click the + sign to create a new API Key
2. On the next screen provide a unique name for the API Key to compliment the account SID name (e.g. Bite) and leave the Key Type as Standard
3. Click Create API Key.
4. Copy and send the API SID and Key to Bite (support@getbite.com)

IMPORTANT: Copy and Save the SECRET key in a secure place as it will only display once; failure to copy/save the secret will result in needing to create a new API Key set

Test your connection by sending a verification text message.

Now that your Twilio account has been connected, you will see a status bar at the top Needs Verification.

1. You will see the phone number that was created for you; this is the phone number that you will receive Bite notifications from. Please also send this phone number to Bite.
2. Select the Country Code from the drop down menu and provide a cellular phone number to send a test text message.
3. Then click Test Integration
4. Your status will now display as Verified and you have the option to send additional test text messages if you would like.
5. Review your cellphone text messages to ensure that delivery was successful.

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