Creating a Twilio account

Twilio is a commercial cloud communication service that allows users to send messages (including SMS) through an Application Program Interface (API).

Step 1: Head over to https://www.twilio.com/try-twilio.

Step 2: We recommend signing up for an account using a group email so that team members can access the console.

Step 3: When you see this page, check your email and click the red button saying Verify your Email.

Step 4: After you have successfully verified your email, log in again and follow the three steps on the screen to set up your Two-Factor Authentication. You can choose to set it up at a later time as well.

Step 5: When you arrive at this page, choose these options for the following questions:

Screenshot of page

Options to select

1. Which Twilio product are you here to use?

   SMS

2. What do you plan to build with Twilio?

   Identity & Verification

3. How do you want to build with Twilio?

   With code

4. What is your preferred coding language?

   Java Script

5. Would you like Twilio to host your code?

   No, I want to use my own hosting service

Step 6: Click Get Started with Twilio at the bottom of the screen to access your account. Once done, move on to the next page to set up a Messaging Service.