Rain is a South African mobile communications company launched as a data-only network in February 2019. Since its launch, it has gathered over a hundred thousand users as it is easy to join the network and create a rain account. After signing up through the rain website or Rain App, users can log in to their dashboards to update their personal details, make payments, and equally get billing information. To purchase rain data packages, you will only need your username and password to log in to your rain account.
rain Login Registration
The first step to joining the rain network is to register for a rain SIM card, and the other steps involved are given below:
STEP 1: Visit the rain website.
STEP 2: Scroll down to the rain shop and select your product (rain SIM card) and add it to your cart.
STEP 3: Customize your SIM card name.
STEP 4: Set your “Spend Limit.”
STEP 5: Select to switch on “Unlimited Off-peak.”
STEP 6: Click on “Checkout.”
STEP 7: Input your delivery details.
STEP 8: Confirm your delivery details.
STEP 9: You will be directed to create an account page on the website.
STEP 10: Correctly fill out all the necessary account information for your rain profile.
STEP 11: Also, you will be directed to the payment page once your details have been confirmed.
STEP 12: Enter your debit/credit card number, the name on the card, and the CVV number (the last three digits at the back of the card).
STEP 13: You may be required to enter an OTP (one-time pin).
STEP 14: When all details have been confirmed, your order will be placed and delivered to you within five working days.
Note:Â After signing up, you are required to verify your email. Failure to do that during the registration process will result in you not having access to the rain network. Also, once your rain SIM card order is placed, an order number will be generated as a reference number. This will be used to keep track of your order via your rain profile dashboard.
rain Account Login
rain users often log in to their accounts to carry out activities such as paying rain accounts, purchasing data, viewing payment history, and getting billing information. After creating an account, some people usually find it difficult to log in to their rain accounts. And there are two ways to log in to a rain account. They are through the website―www.rain.co.za or the Rain App.
Users, who already have accounts, can successfully log in by following the straightforward steps below:
STEP 1: If you are using the Rain App, once you are on the website, click on the hamburger menu bar in the top left corner of the screen and then click “Sign in” when the menu bar drops down.
STEP 2: You can alternatively visit www.rain.co.za, and when the website opens, click “Sign in” on the top right corner of the screen.
STEP 3: Enter your rain login details, the username (email address), and password.
STEP 4: Click on the “Submit” button.
Why You Can’t log in to Your rain Account
On a few occasions, users have encountered difficulties while trying to login into their rain accounts. If logging into your account seems impossible, then the cause might be one of the following login problems:
- You enabled two-step verification, and there is a problem with it
- Your username is correct, but you aren’t sure about your password
- You remember your password, but your username seems to be incorrect
- You may not be using the correct rain website to login into your account
Note: If you try to log in with the wrong password many times, your account will be briefly locked, and you will have to wait for some minutes before logging in again. If you seem not to remember your rain login password, go for the resetting option by clicking on the “Forgot Password” link on the login page.
How to Pay rain Account Online
To pay into your rain account for data subscription, the following procedures are involved:
- Login to your rain account on the rain website
- In the payment method, input your credit card details
- Type the amount you want to pay to your rain account and submit
- If the transaction is successful, your rain account will be credited
It’s noteworthy that all rain data plans require an upfront payment when you choose them. The payment will be held onto by the mobile service provider and will be used to sort out your future bills. Anytime you purchase data, your card details are loaded and saved. At the end of each month, rain will bill you for your subscriptions and data usage during the month.
How to Pay for rain Data
Before logging into your rain account for data payment, you should first check with your bank to find out if your MasterCard has 3D Secure, also known as MasterCard SecureCode. The code enables your card to carry out online transactions. That said, payment for rain data involves the following:
- Ensure you have done RICA registration for the rain SIM card
- Activate the SIM card on the rain official website
- Select your monthly data plan on the website by adding it to your cart
- Choose a payment option and pay using your debit/credit card
- If the payment is successful, your data plan will be activated
rain Payment Options
rain network offers clients debit or credit payment options. This is followed by the provision of three debit payment date options by the mobile network operators. The dates are the 1st, 15th, and 25th of every month. rain default payment date is 1st.
Nonetheless, users are presented with the opportunity to choose from the other payment dates when they prefer for their cards to be debited. This can be achieved by logging in to your rain account and making the necessary changes.
What Happens When My Order Payment Becomes Unsuccessful?
If your MasterCard is 3D secure and your payment order wasn’t successful, you can contact your bank to investigate the cause of the failed transaction. An unsuccessful transaction, however, can be caused by one of the following:
- When you have exceeded your online spend limit
- The OTP has not been entered within 25 seconds
- The MasterCard has been used or is being used under a different rain account
- The card you are using is issued by an international bank, and rain can’t process the transaction
Conclusion
rain login works through mobile and web browsers. Since its launch, rain’s simple account login process has enabled users to maintain great internet budgets. On the other hand, creating a rain account is quite easy, and the “forgot password” button is always there to help reset and recover a password. With the steps mentioned above, one can successfully sign up and log in to a rain account to access their profile dashboard.
