How to Register An International WeChat Account When Aboard

These days, with the development of social media, ways to communicate with suppliers are no longer limited to e-mails or phone calls. Instead, there is one more popular way for communication in China is to contact suppliers through WeChat. If you have a WeChat account, it’s much more convenient to talk to Chinese suppliers directly. Questions, like how to sign up for a WeChat account when you’re aboard, how to use WeChat to make payment, are more and more frequently asked by customers. Therefore, this article here will show you how to register an international WeChat account when you are aboard and how to use it.

1. How to Sign Up for WeChat

To sign up for a WeChat account is not that complicated. However, some may get stuck while applying for a WeChat account. Here we offer a step-by-step guide for your reference. Make sure you don’t miss it. Now, let’s move on the very first step.

Step 1: Check your phone provider

For WeChat, phone number is very important, because almost all your verification is done through phone number. Would e-mail do the verification work? The answer is absolutely no. Therefore, make sure you are using phone numbers that allows to receive texts and calls from China.

If you are using an Android phone and phone number, it won’t be a problem when signing up for a WeChat account. If you are using an IOS phone, note that you need to check if your phone would automatically block texts or calls from China.

Step 2: Sign up & Fill in account details

After you download the international version of WeChat, you’re ready to sign up. What needs to be notice is that make sure the country region you fill in matches the same phone area code of your phone number. Then there’s no doubt, just simply agree on all the terms.

Step 3: Verification

Here comes to the most important part for signing up a WeChat account—-Security Verification. For verification, there are two times of verification. One is to move a puzzle piece to the right place or other ways of verification to make sure you are a real human being rather than a robot.

Another verification, which is the key part of the whole thing, is to have someone that is qualified to scan your QR code for verification, like someone who is a one month user of international WeChat without WeChat pay activated, or someone who is a six-month-users of Chinese WeChat with WeChat pay activated.

And remember that you have to do the verification within the given time, otherwise you have to go through all the process again. Thus, you need to get the person who is able to verify you in advance.

Seems quite complicated and difficult to find such users who are qualified? Don’t worry, we have ways to verify your WeChat account. If you have trouble verifying your WeChat account, feel free to contact us and we are ready to help.

Step 4: Your WeChat account is ready

After the most important work—-verification is done, your WeChat account is ready to work. But note that when the page shows “Verification successful”, don’t click on the “Back to Sign Up”. If you click on that button, you have to go through all the process again. I guess you definitely don’t want to do that. Thus, just click on the cross (“X”).

When you click on the “X”, you will turn to a page to login to your account and you will receive a one-time password sent to your phone number that you fill in earlier. If you can’t receive the code, you can choose the “No verification code received”, and ask WeChat to call you and provide you with a code in your language of choice.

After all that is done, now you have your own WeChat account.

2. How to Pay with Your WeChat

One main function about WeChat is the to make payment. You can use WeChat pay to transfer money to your friend or pay Chinese suppliers, and many other payment. Follow the steps to activate your WeChat pay.

Step 1: Preparation

Before you activate your WeChat pay, here are things you need to get prepared: a WeChat account, your passport, a Chinese bank card, the phone number that linked with your bank card for verification.

Step 2: Find “Cards” in the WeChat Wallet

If you are using the international version of WeChat, you may not see Wallet in your WeChat. Don’t worry, just go to the “Setting”, click on “General” and change the language into Chinese. After your Wallet is activated, you can change back you your language and then you will see the Wallet.

Step 3: Add a bank card

Note that it should be a Chinese bank card, otherwise it won’t work. Then fill in every information that is requested and it will send a verification code to your phone. Make sure your phone are able to receive the code, because it should be the phone number that is linked to the Chinese bank card you are using.

Step 4: Ready to enjoy your WeChat pay.

After all that is done, your WeChat pay is ready to work.

Hope you find this article helpful. If you have any question about WeChat and WeChat pay, feel free to contact us or simply leave a comment below and we will reach to you. Thanks for your support.