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Devillady85
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3 months ago

Trouble setting up childs account

Since Christmas I have been trying to set up an account for a 10 year old I have tried through the family centre on the app and also via a Web browser all I keep getting is something whent wrong try again later when it attempts to verify me via my bank card what can I do to rectify this problem?

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  • I've tried on four different devices, and it doesn't work for me either. Everything is setup on my account, but it won't let me add my child. 

    • steve_40's avatar
      steve_40
      Honored Visionary

      Usually, it uses the existing credit card (if you have already added one) and charges 99 cents to it. It takes about 5-7 days to verify the card and, in the meantime, you will simply get a vague "something went wrong" message when trying to add the profile until the bank has cleared and refunded the 99 cents.

      Confirm that you're a parent or guardian for a child's Meta account | Quest help | Meta Store (en-gb)

      I kept getting errors when trying to add my daughter's profile via the headset or phone app. Finally, I used the option to send an invite by email and sent it to myself. I opened the emailed link on my PC and it launched the auth.meta.com website. I tried adding her profile through that page and it worked!

  • steve_40's avatar
    steve_40
    Honored Visionary

    Yeah, I got that too. I tried again about 3 days later and still got the error. Then I forgot about it for about a week, and after I checked again, the child account was all set up and working.

  • Hi Devillady85​ 🙂

    Have you already added the credit card to your account?

    Normally, it'll use this card - charging and refunding 99 cents, which takes a few days. After the verification of your card the "something went wrong" message should go away.

    If it still doesn't work, contact support via email, chat or WhatsApp HERE