Buy eSIM with USDC: Supported Networks and How to Pay

You fit pay for HelloSIM travel eSIM with USDC for five networks: Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Smart Chain, Arbitrum and Avalanche. For checkout, choose “Pay with crypto”, select USDC and the network wey your coins dey, then send the exact amount wey the payment page show.

USDC na dollar-tracking stablecoin wey many people dey use as their spending balance for crypto. To pay with am simple as long as you sabi which network your USDC dey, because no be every network wey carry USDC dey for the list.

USDC networks wey dem accept for eSIM payments

• Ethereum: the most widely supported option. Dem dey pay fees with ETH and e dey vary with demand.
• Polygon: generally low fees, dem dey pay am with POL.
• BNB Smart Chain: frequent choice for exchange withdrawals. Dem dey pay fees with BNB.
• Arbitrum: layer-2 network for Ethereum with generally lower fees, dem dey pay am with ETH.
• Avalanche: dem dey pay fees with AVAX.

These na the networks wey dem list for USDC as we dey write this. The payment page dey always show the current list, and e fit change.

USDC also dey move for networks wey no dey that list. If yours dey one of dem, no send am and hope for the best. You get two sensible options: withdraw or move the USDC through one of the five accepted networks, or pay with different coin wey dem accept for the network wey you dey use. Tether (USDT), for example, dem accept am for eight networks, including TRON, Solana and TON.

Native USDC and bridged versions

For some networks you fit see more than one token wey get USDC for im name. Beside the native token, older bridged version fit dey, wey dem dey label with suffix like USDC.e. Wallets dey treat these as separate tokens, and dem no dey interchange when you dey make payment.

Before you send, compare the token wey your wallet wan send with wetin the payment page dey ask for. If dem no clearly match, stop and choose another coin or network instead of to guess. Blockchain transfer no fit undo after you don send am.

How to buy eSIM with USDC

1. 1Open your wallet or exchange and note which network your USDC dey.
2. 2Choose your plan, either for the HelloSIM website or for the iPhone or Android app, and continue to checkout.
3. 3Put the email address for delivery and select “Pay with crypto”.
4. 4For the secure payment page, choose USDC and the network from step 1. You go see address, QR code and the exact amount.
5. 5Send that amount for that network, and make sure say you get enough of the network own coin for the fee.
6. 6Once the blockchain confirm the payment, your eSIM go show for your HelloSIM account or the app, and dem go send the QR code to your inbox.

Payment request dey open for 1 hour. If you need buy the fee coin or move funds first, do that before you start checkout so that the clock no go dey run while you dey prepare.

Why the USDC amount different from the euro price

HelloSIM plans price dey for euros. USDC dem design am to follow the US dollar, so the two numbers no go match. The payment page dey convert the euro amount to USDC for the moment wey you pay and e dey show the figure wey you go send.

Three points follow from that:

• Send the amount for the page, even if your own calculation give slightly different figure.
• Na you go pay network fees on top. If exchange remove its withdrawal fee from the transfer, increase the amount so that wetin arrive go match the request.
• Sending less fit leave the payment incomplete. If you overpay, the order still go complete.

Expiry, delivery time and refunds

If the hour pass before you send, return to checkout and create new payment request. Never send go expired request.

Delivery dey happen when the payment confirm, and e depend on the network wey you use. HelloSIM no dey promise any specific number of minutes, so e better make you buy before the day wey you go fly. Validity only dey start when the eSIM first connect to network for your destination.

All sales na final. Delivered eSIM na digital product wey dem no fit refund, and the one exception na verified technical fault wey HelloSIM no fit resolve. Crypto dey available for orders of €1.00 or more.

Stay connected with USDC

To pay with USDC go give you the same eSIM as any other payment method: data-only, e dey work together with your main SIM so you go keep your number, and e ready to install over Wi-Fi before you comot. For the complete list of coins and networks, see HelloSIM “Pay with crypto” page.