Buying a travel eSIM usually means opening a browser, comparing plans across a few pages, and filling in a checkout form. If you already use an AI assistant to plan trips, that is one context switch too many. So we have made the SimJuno catalogue available to AI assistants that can shop and pay through Stripe. You can now ask an assistant for the data plan you need, and buy it without leaving the conversation.
What this actually means
Our full catalogue is published to Stripe's agentic commerce catalogue: around 1,600 data plans covering 225 destinations, priced exactly as they are on the website. An assistant can search it, compare plans on data, duration and coverage, and complete the purchase for you. Payment is taken by card through Stripe, the same processor that handles checkout on our site. We never see your card details, and the assistant never invents a price: it reads the live price from us at the moment it quotes you.
The eSIM you receive is identical to one bought on the website. Same networks, same coverage, same activation. The only thing that changes is where the buying happens.
How a purchase works
- You describe what you need. A destination and a rough idea of how much data and how many days is enough.
- The assistant proposes plans. It reads prices and availability from us directly, so what you are quoted is what you pay.
- You confirm and pay in the conversation. Stripe handles the card payment. Tax, where it applies, is already included in the price you were shown.
- We provision the eSIM and email it to you. The message contains your QR code and a link to a page where you can view the eSIM again later.
Provisioning is automatic and takes seconds. You do not need a SimJuno account, and you do not need to create one afterwards.
Asking for the right plan
Assistants do better with a little context than with a plan code. Some examples that work well:
- "I need an eSIM for a week in Portugal, light use, mostly maps and messaging."
- "Data plan for 10 days in Japan, I'll be tethering my laptop some evenings."
- "Something cheap for two days in Turkey, I just need to check in for a flight."
- "I'm travelling through Spain, France and Italy next month on one trip."
That last one matters: we sell regional plans covering many countries on a single profile, which is usually cheaper and far less hassle than one eSIM per border. If your trip crosses countries, say so, and the assistant can find the regional plan instead of stacking up local ones.
Plans start at around $0.60 for a small allowance over a few days, and run up to large multi-week bundles, so it is worth being honest about how little data you need. A week of maps and messaging is a very different plan from a week of video calls.
Installing what arrives
The email contains a QR code and an activation code. Scan the QR code in your phone's mobile data settings and the profile installs itself. Two things are worth knowing before you buy:
- Your phone needs to support eSIM and be carrier-unlocked. Most phones from the last few years do, but a carrier-locked handset will refuse the profile.
- Install while you still have a working internet connection, ideally before you fly. The QR code needs data to download the profile, which is awkward to arrange at an airport with no signal.
The plan's validity starts when the eSIM connects to a network for the first time, not when you buy it, and you have 180 days from purchase to activate. Buying ahead of a trip is safe.
These are data-only plans
Every plan we sell carries data and nothing else. There is no phone number attached, so no calls and no SMS, including no emergency calls over the mobile network. Calls and messages still work through apps such as WhatsApp, Signal or FaceTime over the data connection. If you need to keep receiving texts on your normal number, leave your usual SIM installed and active alongside the eSIM, which is what dual-SIM support is for.
If you already have a SimJuno account
When the email address given at checkout matches an existing account, the order is attached to it and the eSIM shows up in your dashboard with everything else, including data usage. If it does not match, the emailed link is your route to the eSIM: it works without signing in, so keep the message.
Questions and help
Support works the same as for any other order. Contact us with the email address used at checkout and we can find the purchase. Refunds follow the same policy as the website, and an unactivated plan is the easiest case to resolve, so get in touch before installing if something was bought in error.
If you would rather buy the traditional way, nothing has changed: the whole catalogue is still on simjuno.com, at the same prices.
