·"Inclusion of an 0800 freephone telephone number can increase response by up to 185%" (source: institute of direct marketing)
· Teleculture 2000 say that 63% of consumers prefer doing business with companies offering an 0800 freephone number.
· No need to ever change your phone number again - your 0800 freephone number is yours for life - no reprinting of stationary when BT say they have "run out of numbers" again and introduce new dialling codes. Simply redivert your 0800 number if you move business premises.
· Give yourself a national presence - don't give the impression you are only interested in customers in your immediate area or generate the feeling that you only operate on a small, local basis.
· Keep track of your advertising response rates. By using a separate 0800 number on each of your advertisements, you can monitor the effectiveness simply by looking at your call statistics sent to you each month. Thus, you can save money by choosing the adverts that produce effective results based on your call statistics.
· Save money - in almost all cases it is cheaper to have a customer to call you on your 0800 number than it is for you to call them on their number (especially if they give you a mobile phone contact number). It is also far more likely to result in a sale if they call you when they want rather than you cold calling them.
· Inspire confidence - the most important thing you can do for a prospective customer is inspire confidence in them enough to contact you - nothing does that better than 0800 freephone numbers.
· *we normally allocate 0800 freephone numbers within 2 hours and notify you by email or post. Once notified, you need to return the customer agreement form and your number will be activated within a maximum of 24 hours.
When you order your 0800 freephone number, you nominate a "target" number. This is the number to which all calls to your 0800 number will be diverted.Your "target" number can be a landline number, a mobile number or even an international phone number. For instance if you operate your business from Spain then you can still publish your 0800 number in the UK and receive your calls in Spain.
All our 0800 numbers take the form: 0800 734 xxxx. When a customer calls your 0800 number, they are instantly diverted to your chosen target number, and they will not be aware of where they have been diverted to. It does not matter how the person who is calling you e.g. From a mobile, overseas etc. You just get charged the standard incoming call rate.
The only exception is if someone calls your 0800 number from a bt payphone, where there is a 12p per minute levy.Due to the volume of 0800 numbers we sell, we do not publish a list of available 0800 numbers.
If you are going to be using your 0800 number on printed media, you do not need a "memorable" number - the fact that you have an 0800 number is enough to encourage customers to phone you. If you are running a TV or radio campaign, then request one of our “memorable” numbers. There may be an additional charge for these numbers.
