Non Geographical

Please note: Before you select a number from our range, we strongly recommend that you conduct some basic research into the type of numbers used by your competitors.

Remember, you will be using this number to attract custom, it is strongly worth considering that if the competition is using 0800 numbers, you do the same.

 

0800/0808 - Freephone
Freephone numbers are widely recognised as one of the most powerful marketing tools available, with research suggesting advertising responses increase by between 50 and 300 per cent when a Freephone number is used.

Your business benefits as Freephone numbers are a proven way of increasing business and developing customer loyalty.

They are also a powerful tool for attracting new business as customers are not charged for the call.

  • Widely recognised of one of the most powerful marketing tools available.
  • These numbers offer a proven way of increasing business and developing customer loyalty.
  • These numbers are especially valuable when attracting new business.
  • Research suggests advertising responses increase by between 50% and 300% when a Freephone number is used.

 

0845 Local Rate - Benefits
Using a local rate number makes you part of the local community with customers assuming you are responding to them from their locality.

Your business benefits as a local rate is charged irrespective of where in the UK the customer is calling from, thus engendering strong customer loyalty.

An added bonus is the implication of a strong local presence, your business is not merely a faceless national organisation.

  • Cost to Caller = Local rate (Varies D/E/W)
  • Using local rate numbers puts you “in the neighbourhood”
  • These numbers are especially valuable when attracting new business.

 

0844 Fixed Local Rate

  • Cost to Caller = Local rate (Varies D/E/W)
  • Using local rate numbers puts you “in the neighbourhood”
  • These numbers are especially valuable when attracting new business.

 

0870 National Rate - Benefits

  • These numbers give you a ‘national presence’ and are particularly useful if you have a customer base that would normally ring a national number.
  • 0870 numbers are billed to the caller at national rate regardless of their location in the UK.
  • In certain circumstances can generate a revenue stream (Due to OFCOM ruling this will change in Jan 2008)
  • These numbers are mainly used as after sales enquiry lines.

 

0871 National Rate
These numbers are used in the main for generating income for your business from inbound calls, or subsidising the cost to divert calls to mobile phones, with the caller paying 10 pence per minute from any location in the UK.

Generally used for service information lines where the content has a perceived value.

0871 is a revenue generating number.

Whilst these offer all the same benefits of 0870 numbers the caller is charged differently for these calls:

Caller pays slightly higher than national rate from any location within the UK.
Cost to Caller = 10ppm at all times

 

090 Premium Rate
These numbers can be a powerful business tool if used for the correct purposes.

Often used to pay for expensive technical advice staff to manage after sales calls or to help pay for costly printed catalogues to be sent to potential customers etc.

Widely used for competition lines in TV or Radio.

  • 090 is a revenue generating number often used by service/content and information lines.
  • Callers’ pay from 10ppm to 150ppm depending on the type of service provided from any location within the UK.

 

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