Hello. I’ve been trying to make an account to try the API since I knew OpenAI had a free trial, and went for it. But somehow every time I created a new account (which I created like 4 more to see if it would be fixed but it didn’t) it always shows “$0.00/$5.00 limit” but no credits granted. Like thi…

Hey, to combat fraud if you create multiple accounts with the same phone number none of them will have any trial credits.

it was a fresh number, wasn’t used before. (not a virtual number or smth, it was a sim I just got, and others were my parents’. Which they never used before in openai or chatgpt.) But I think OpenAI removed giving free credits because I talked to some people who were having the same issue.

Facing the same problem as well (new account and number, but no free trial credits) What I did before was to use a VPN (which worked before) but despite it completely unused, i got the exceeded billing quota

Same here i used my brothers phone number (he did not have any account) and didnt get any credits

This I believe is the page that previously said that free trial credits were generated when you have made your first API key and then complete the phone verification invoked at key creation. https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6613520-phone-verification-faq It was updated this week, and has no men…

I didn’t receive $5 when registering, the phone number and email were unique, what could be the problem? Openai turned off $5?

Is it bug or something?. Because i can’t get my free trial, I’ve been searching in many social media like X and discord. They also have the same problem and someone said it’s just a bug, or is Openai really removes it?. At least give u [Screenshot_20240401-134033_Chrome] s information

That’s what I thought too. I think it’s just a bug or something. It’s impossible for them to remove it without warning or any further announcements. This also happened one month ago. I guess it could be fixed in few weeks (?)

[Screenshot_20240402-023949_Chrome] I’ve contacted the customer service. And they never said that they stopped the free credits, i do think and hope this is just a bug

Didn’t receive any free trial credits?

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grandell1234 March 23, 2024, 11:19pm 8

I believe from what I have seen that free trial credits have been discontinued.

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Didn’t receive any free trial credits?

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