Buying a LINE Messenger Account: Chats, Official Accounts and Stickers

Where LINE is used and why the region matters

In its home markets LINE is far more than a chat app. People use it for group chats, voice and video calls, LINE VOOM posts, news and, in some countries, payment and shopping services. Brands talk to customers through LINE Official Accounts, and stickers are a big part of how people express themselves in conversation.

The country an account is registered in can change what you see: the sticker shop, some services and certain features vary by region. If you want to reach customers in Thailand or Taiwan, an account registered for Japan may not show the same options. Look for listings that state the registration country, and treat a missing country as a reason to keep looking.

Phone number, email registration and account transfer

A LINE account is registered with a phone number and runs on one smartphone at a time, with the desktop and tablet apps as secondary devices. That makes the handover the most delicate step when you buy a LINE Messenger account.

• Phone number. Check whether the number used for registration comes with the account or whether you will link your own. LINE sends a verification code by SMS when an account moves to a new phone.
• Email and password. A registered email address and password let you sign in on the desktop app and help when moving the account. The listing should say whether one is registered; plan to replace it with yours.
• Account transfer. LINE has dedicated settings for moving an account to a new device, and recent versions of the app can transfer by scanning a QR code on the old phone. What the delivery on your order page contains depends on these settings, so the description should explain how you sign in with it.

Chat history moves with an account only when it has been backed up and restored, so do not expect earlier conversations to be there.

Personal accounts and LINE Official Account access

Listings here usually fall into two groups. Personal LINE accounts are ordinary messenger profiles for chatting, calls and groups. LINE Official Accounts are business presences run through LINE's own management tools, with broadcast messages, rich menus and one-to-one chats with followers.

Official Account access is normally shared by adding team members with specific roles rather than by handing over a password, so read carefully what a listing offers and which role you would receive. A verified Official Account represents a specific business and must never be used to present your company as someone else. For many firms the cleaner route is to create an Official Account under their own name and use a purchased personal account as the admin login.

Choosing a reliable store

All stores on rStock are approved before they can sell, and each listing is reviewed before publication. Beyond that, the store profile is your best guide to who you buy a LINE Messenger account from: look at the sales count, the rating and the insurance balance the store keeps with the platform. Read reviews for mentions of phone numbers and transfers, because that is where LINE handovers tend to go wrong. Refunded orders are labelled in reviews, and sponsored listings are always marked, so you can tell paid visibility from reputation.

Buying and receiving the login

Verify your email on rStock, top up your balance with cryptocurrency through Cryptomus (credited in USDT), and buy one product at a time with the quantity you need. The balance is the only way to pay. The details appear on your order page, linked to the order as a delivery record, while the payment is held back from the store for the time being.

Then, without waiting:

1. Sign in and confirm the registration country and profile match the listing.
2. Register your own email and set a new password.
3. Link your own phone number where LINE allows it, switch on the passcode lock, and review the setting that permits logins from desktop apps.
4. Store the delivered details somewhere private and delete copies you no longer need.

LINE is a trademark of its owner, and rStock is an independent marketplace that is not affiliated with LINE or its operator. Please follow LINE's terms of use and its separate rules for Official Accounts.

Settling problems through a dispute

If the phone number cannot be verified, the transfer fails, or the account is not what the listing described, open a dispute from your order before the dispute window closes. The store responds first. When you cannot agree, call a moderator. The result can be a full refund, a partial refund, release to the store or a split, with refunds returned to your rStock balance. Check the LINE category page for current offers from independent stores.