How Virgin Mobile Works

With Virgin Mobile, you can get what you want without the long-term commitment. Instead of a 2-year commitment to box you in, we're offering the flexibility to change plans as your needs change. With Virgin Mobile, you rule.

It's easy to get started

1. Buy a phone.
Lots of great phones to choose from. No annual contracts. No credit checks. Free FedEx Gound Shipping when you buy from our website.

2. Choose a plan.
Pick our Pay As You Go Plan with 5¢ Minutes and Roll Forward available when you buy a Minute Pack. Or, choose from Monthly Plans with Unlimited Talk & Text. Change plans as your needs change. Click here for more details and to compare our plans.

3. Activate your phone.
Do it online or over the phone. Keep your existing number from your old carrier. No activation fees.

4. Add money to your account.
Register a credit/debit card or PayPal for Monthly Plans. Or, Pay As You Go and buy Top-Up cards from a store near you.

5. Start talking, texting, and downloading. It's just that simple.

Keep your service working — No Big Commitments

For Pay As You Go...
Add at least $20 every 90 days to keep your service working. That's all there is to it.
If you're on our 10¢/min for $6.99/mo offer, make sure you have enough money in your balance to cover the cost of the monthly charge (plus taxes and surcharges) plus enough to pay for the minutes you want to use.

For Monthly Plans...
As long as your monthly charge (plus taxes and surcharges) goes through, you're good to go for another month.

Load It Up — Entertainment, Tools and more

Just because you don't want an annual contract doesn't mean you can't get the extras. Real Music Ringtones, downloadable games and graphics, Mobile Web, IM, email, and a whole lot more. Click here to check out everything you can do with a Virgin Mobile phone.

Ringback Tones
Choose a custom ring for each of your callers to hear while they wait for you to pick up. Works on all Virgin Mobile phones.

Studio V
Create your own ringtones and wallpapers. Put them up for sale on our website and earn some Virgin Mobile airtime each time somebody downloads one of your creations.

Sugar Mama
Want some free minutes? Dial up your Sugar Mama — the easy way to earn airtime in your spare time. Earn up to 75 free minutes every month!

Headliner
It's a made-to-order music zine delivered right to your phone. You pick the artists, we feed you the latest... news, reviews, bios, tour updates, charts, and other groupie goodies. Plus, search for tour dates based on artist or city.

Not all features available on all phones. Click here to compare our phones.