FREELANCERS & REMOTE WORKERS
Communicate with Clients Professionally Without Exposing Your Personal Phone Number
Ghost number masking keeps your personal and professional lives separate — send client updates, project confirmations, and follow-ups without giving anyone permanent access to your real number.
The Freelancer Privacy Problem
Freelancers and independent contractors face a unique privacy challenge: you need to appear accessible and professional to clients, but sharing your personal phone number with every new client — some of whom you may work with only briefly — creates permanent contact you can never fully revoke. A client who has your number can reach you at any hour, pass your number to others, or continue contacting you long after the project ends. Building healthy work-life separation is harder when every new professional relationship starts with handing over your most personal contact detail.
How Ghost Solves It
Ghost lets you send professional messages to clients without sharing your real phone number. Your messages arrive from a protected sender ID. Clients can respond via a Reply Link — they open it, type one reply, and it reaches your phone as a text, without them ever storing your real number. For project updates, meeting confirmations, invoice follow-ups, and time-sensitive communications, Ghost gives you the professional SMS channel you need without the permanent personal exposure. When a project ends, so does the connection — cleanly.
Real Scenarios: Consulting, Contracting, Remote Work
A web developer onboarding a new client shares their first project update through Ghost. The client responds, the project runs smoothly, and when it wraps up, the developer's personal number has never appeared on the client's phone. A virtual assistant managing communications for multiple clients uses Ghost credits to send reminders and updates without mixing personal contacts with professional ones. A photographer texts clients about shoot confirmations without their number ending up in everyone's contact list permanently. Ghost handles all of this from a single app with no SIM swap or second phone required.
Pricing for Freelancers
What you spend depends on how often you text clients. The Standard pack ($4 for 20 credits) covers 20 short texts to US, Canadian or UK numbers; the Plus pack ($10 for 50 credits) handles heavier ongoing client communication. Credits never expire, so they carry forward between projects. There is no subscription, no per-client fee, and no minimum monthly spend — you pay only for what you actually send.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I keep separate conversations with multiple clients?
Yes. You send every message from Ghost, so all client communication runs through one app instead of your personal line. There is no second SIM to manage and no mixing of professional contacts with your personal address book.
How does number masking work?
When you send a message through Ghost, it routes through our secure servers and is delivered with a protected sender ID. Your carrier, device, and real number are never transmitted to the recipient. The masking happens at the server level — there's nothing to configure on your end.
How much does Ghost cost?
Ghost uses credits with no subscription. Standard: $4 for 20 credits. Plus: $10 for 50 credits. A Starter pack of 5 credits for $1 is sold in the Android app. In India the browser charges in rupees, from ₹99. A text to the US, Canada or the UK costs 1 credit per segment, as do many others; some countries cost more. Credits never expire.
Can I schedule messages in advance?
Yes, in the web app. Compose your message, choose Schedule, and pick a date, a time and a time zone, and Ghost sends it automatically at that moment. You can edit or cancel it until it goes out. This is useful for business follow-ups, reminders, and time-sensitive communications. The Android app sends messages immediately.
Does texting from Ghost look professional to clients?
Clients receive normal SMS messages from a protected sender ID and can reply through a Reply Link. It reads as a clean, dedicated work channel — and it keeps your personal number out of every client's phone.
What happens to a client's access when a project ends?
Nothing lingers. Because the client never had your real number, there is no personal line for them to keep contacting after the work wraps up — the connection closes as cleanly as it opened.
Protect Your Number Today
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