# Pay for SMS with Ethereum (ETH)

> Credited after a few dozen blocks, a few minutes; the gas fee is yours.

To pay for SMS with Ethereum on SMSMeteor, open Add credit, choose Ethereum, and send ETH on Ethereum mainnet to the address shown. The deposit is credited after a few dozen blocks, which takes a few minutes, and is converted to a US dollar balance at the market rate displayed at that moment. You pay the gas fee of your transaction; no deposit fee is added.

## At a glance

- Network: Ethereum mainnet
- Credited after: A few dozen blocks
- Typical wait: A few minutes
- Network fee: Gas: variable, higher at busy times
- Payment privacy: Public ledger
- Best for: Teams whose treasury is in ETH

## When Ethereum makes sense

If your funds are in ETH, paying directly avoids a swap. Blocks arrive every twelve seconds or so, and a deposit is treated as final after a few dozen of them, so the wait is minutes rather than the better part of an hour. The cost is gas: on a quiet day it is modest, at busy times it can be several dollars, which matters for a small top-up and not for a large one.

Whatever the coin, the mechanics are the same: the deposit shows as pending when the network sees it, is credited after confirmation, is converted once to US dollars at the market rate displayed at that moment, and then buys messages at the published rate card. The balance never expires and unused balance is refundable in the coin it came from under the [refund policy](https://smsmeteor.com/legal/refunds).

## Mainnet, not a layer 2

Send on Ethereum mainnet to the address shown. Funds sent from a layer-2 network or a sidechain to a mainnet address are not received. If your ETH sits on a layer 2, bridge or withdraw to mainnet first, or pay with a coin whose native network you already use.

## Questions

**How long does an Ethereum deposit take?** A few minutes: the deposit is credited after a few dozen blocks, and Ethereum produces a block about every twelve seconds.

**Who pays the gas fee?** You pay the gas of your own transaction. SMSMeteor adds no deposit fee.

**Can I deposit from Arbitrum, Base or another layer 2?** No. Send on Ethereum mainnet to the address shown; funds sent from another network to that address are not received.

**Does the balance move with the ETH price?** No. The deposit is converted to US dollars once, when it is credited, and stays in dollars.

**Is ETH a good choice for small top-ups?** Only when gas is low. For small or frequent deposits, USDT on a low-fee network, Solana, Tron or Litecoin cost less to send.



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