// MyTCRPlus Compliance Library · Guide 2 of 7
10DLC Registration for Sole Proprietors
How One-Person Businesses Get Approved to Text Customers
Guide 2 of 7 in the MyTCRPlus Compliance Library. Stylists, contractors, tutors, and consultants who text customers from an app must register just like large companies. TCR's Sole Proprietor brand makes it simple and cheap, but only if you have no EIN. This guide helps you pick the right path, prepare your business, register step by step, and keep texting without trouble. You receive the complete 52-page book as a print-quality PDF file, downloadable immediately after purchase.
// Look inside
Covers and inside cover pages
// What this book covers
What you'll get from the book
- The EIN test that decides your registration path.
- Sole Proprietor limits (one campaign, one number, about 1,000 messages a day on T-Mobile and 15 a minute on AT&T) compared with a standard brand.
- One-time PIN verification rules and contact-reuse limits.
- Registering a standard brand with an EIN.
- Campaign descriptions, samples, and keyword replies for service businesses.
- The rejections small senders see most.
- Consent, opt-outs, and quiet hours for small senders.
- Moving up when you outgrow the path.
// Who it's for
Written for
- Stylists, contractors, tutors, photographers, consultants, cleaners, and other one-person businesses.
- Solo operators who text customers from a booking app, CRM, or texting platform.
- Anyone deciding whether to get an EIN before registering.
// What's inside
Inside the book
- Cheat Sheet inside the front cover.
- An introduction with icons for tips, warnings, technical detail, and compliance checks; chapters grouped into parts with a Part of Tens; charts and diagrams; filing-ready templates and checklists in the appendices; a glossary and an index.
- What you will find: the one-question test that decides your registration path; sole Proprietor limits compared with a standard brand; pIN verification rules and the contact-reuse limits; campaign descriptions and samples for service businesses; the rejections small senders see most, with fixes; ten ready-to-use message templates.
// Format
Book details
Book, delivered as a single PDF file. 52 pages, 7.5 x 9.25 in trim, full color with front, back, and inside cover pages. First edition, September 2026. Published by Native Chaos Holdings LLC. Not legal advice; verify current fees and rule dates with your Campaign Service Provider before relying on them.
// Go further
Pair the book with training
// Academy certification · $197
TCR Fundamentals
Self-paced certification course with modules, a final exam and a certificate, sold separately from the book.
// Free guide
EIN Requirements for Sole Proprietors
Start with the free online playbook, then use the book for the full templates, rejection-code map and audit checklist.
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