eSIM Move Map
Know whether your carrier lets you self-migrate an eSIM
- Problem
- Migrating an eSIM to a new phone follows wildly different rules per carrier: some allow an in-app request once a year, some require emailing a passport and handwritten signature, some let you re-scan the original QR after an online delete, and some only work on native-eSIM phones. Users learn by trial and error.
- Solution
- A structured database of eSIM migration methods by carrier and country, noting required steps, frequency limits, whether support contact is needed, and whether a native-eSIM device is required. Users search by country and carrier and contribute success or failure reports to keep entries fresh.
- Users
- Frequent phone switchers, travelers and digital nomads using foreign eSIMs
- MVP
- Structured carrier migration entries; search by country and carrier; user submissions and votes to correct data; saved favorite carriers
- Revenue
- Free lookups, paid tier with pre-migration checklists and reminders; affiliate links to eSIM purchases
- Why now
- eSIM adoption is growing but migration rules are fragmented and change often, with no official aggregator; community-maintained data is cheap for a solo dev to start