How to Transfer Airtime/Call Credit on MTN, Airtel, 9Mobile & Glo. (Inter and Intra transaction)

Hey Friends, Have you been looking for ways to transfer airtime or call credit from phone to another person? I'm glad to tell you that you are in the right place. To transfer Airtime from your phone to another person is relatively easy and varies from one network service provider (i.e MTN, Airtel, 9mobile & GLO  use different methods of transferring airtime from one person to another).




 In this article you will learn;


  1. How to transfer airtime from MTN to MTN.
  2. How to transfer airtime from Airtel to Airtel.
  3. How to transfer airtime from 9Mobile to 9Mobile.
  4. How to transfer airtime from GLO to GLO.
  5. How to transfer airtime from one network to another network (eg. GLO to MTN, Airtel to 9Moobile and so on...)

1. How to transfer airtime from MTN to MTN.

This service is popularly known as Share 'N' Sell and it let MTN users to share airtime between themselves. To use this service, you need to change your Share 'N' Sell PIN from the default PIN. The PIN should be known to you alone to make it impossible for someone else to steal your airtime using this service.

How to change your MTN Share 'N' Sell PIN.

You can either change your PIN using USSD command or Text Message. The default PIN is always 0000 and your new PIN should be 4-digit you can easily remember.

USSD: Dial *600*DefaultPIN*NewPIN*NewPIN#. 
Text Message: Send a text message to 777 in this format "DefaultPIN NewPIN NewPIN".

 For example you want to change your PIN to 6653, you have to dial *600*0000*6653*6653# or send "0000 6653 6653" to  777 without the quote " " sign.

How to use MTN Share 'N' Sell to transfer airtime.

USSD:  Dial *600*Recipient's Number*Amount*PIN. Let's say you want to transfer 200 Naira to 09064453688 and your PIN is 6653. Just Dial *600*09064453688*200*6653#

Text Message: Send "Transfer Recipient'sNumber Amount PIN" to 777 and once you send the message you will receive a message from 777 asking for confirmation, reply the message with "Yes".
e.g Text  "Transfer 09064453688 200 6653" to 777 neglecting the " " sign. You will receive a message from 777 asking for confirmation, reply the message with "Yes".

Share 'N' Sell transfer limits and fees.

  • You can't transfer more than 5,000 Naira in a single transaction.
  • 10,000 Naira is the daily transfer limit.
  • MTN charges up to 10 Naira per transaction.

2. How to transfer airtime from Airtel to Airtel.

Airtel airtime transfer is called Me2U and to carry this out, you need to first change from the default Me2U PIN to another you can easily remember. Airtel Me2U default PIN is 1234.

How to change your Me2U PIN.

Send "PIN DefaultPIN NewPIN" to 432 through SMS. If you want to change your default PIN to 6653 just text "PIN 1234 6653"  to 432.

You will receive a confirmation message.

How to use Me2U service to transfer airtime.

Send "2U Recipient'sNumber Amount PIN" to 432

Example: 2U  08126053055 200 6653 to 432.

Alternatively, you can just dial *432*Recipient'sNumber*Amount# and reply the pop up message with your PIN to confirm the transaction.

Airtel Me2U service has no limitations on number of transactions or amount you can transfer daily. Also no service fee or subscription is required.

By dialing *432# you can also share data with your friends and family.

How to change your 9Mobile transfer PIN.

To get start you first need to change the default PIN to another 4-digit PIN you can't forget easily. The default PIN is always 0000 as stated in your SIM pack.

To get this done, you just need to dial this USSD command on your phone "*247*Default PIN*New PIN#". Let's say the new PIN you choose is 6653, simply dial *247*0000*6653#

How to transfer airtime on 9Mobile.

To transfer airtime on 9Mobile, dial *223*PIN*Amount*Recipient'sNumber#. After that you will receive a popup message asking you to confirm the transaction. You should press 1 "to confirm" or 2 "to cancel".

Glo Easyshare is the term used by Globalcomm to denote their airtime transfer service. This service allow GLO customers to share airtime among themselves. You first need to activate the Easyshare service and then change the default PIN before you can use this service. The default PIN is 00000.

How to Activate and change your GLO Easyshare PIN.

  • To activate the Easyshare service, send "ACT" to 131. You will receive a message notifying you that the service will be activated within a day.
  • Once you receive the activation message, you proceed with the changing of PIN. 
  • To change the default PIN, dial *132*00000*New PIN# USSD command then press "send".

How to use Easyshare service to transfer airtime.

To transfer call credit to anyone on GLO network, dial *131*Recipient's Number*Amount*PIN# USSD command then send. Let's assume you want to transfer 200 Naira worth of call credit to 09059197044 and your new PIN is 66532. Just dial *131*09059197044*200*66532#. 

You will receive a confirmation message when it's complete.


This is a new service that is not yet known to everyone. This service is called Airtime Swap and it uses a USSD command *931# that makes it possible for you to transfer call credit from your network to another network. This means that Airtel network users can transfer airtime to GLO, MTN & 9Mobile users. 

How to transfer airtime using Airtime Swap USSD command.

  • Simply dial *931# on the phone you want to transfer from.
  • Reply with 6 to change the default PIN
  • After you completely changed the default PIN, Redial *931# and reply with 3 this time for Airtime Swap.
  • Enter the recipient;s Number.
  • Choose the amount want to you transfer.
  • Enter your PIN to confirm the transfer process.
  • you will be charged service fee of 50 Naira.
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