Marketing Numbers
About Marketing Numbers
We provide all the marketing numbers that are available on the market now including 0800/0870/0871/0905/0906 numbers.
The advantage of using marketing numbers is that it gives you a national rather than a local presence - making your business look bigger than it is.
The same marketing number can follow you to anywhere in the UK - you do not need to change your contact number even if you move your premises. This is a huge saving on re-printing headed paper and business cards, also ensuring no orders will be missed during the move.
Some of the marketing numbers (e.g. 0870/0871/0905) give you a rebate commission on each of your incoming calls - giving you an extra income for your business.
Other numbers such as 0845 & 0800 numbers are subsidised by you to make it cheaper and easier for prospective new customers to call.
Advantages of using Marketing Numbers
Using marketing numbers can also gives you the ability to track your marketing campaigns - by assigning different marketing numbers to different promotional activities you can measure the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns and therefore alter your marketing strategy next time to maximise the effectiveness.
For example, you've decided to advertise your products in Newspaper A & Magazine B. You can provide two different 0871 numbers for these 2 different promotional channels and from the monthly report you receive from Phone Lines 2u you'd be able to know which one is more effective (which one receives more sales calls than the other).
Marketing Number Features
Your Marketing number does not replace your existing number(s). Your existing fixed line number will be retained - both numbers can work at the same time.
This means if someone is not aware of your new marketing number and is still calling you on your BT number, the call will still get through to you. However please note that you will not receive any commission if the call does not get through from your marketing number.
Equipment Required
No additional equipment is required. Even if direct different numbers to the same line, the call reports you will receive will still provide important marketing information.
It does of course make sense to have different terminating lines if you are using different numbers for different brands or trading names.
Contract Terms
There is no minimum contract for these numbers, they are easy to set up and you can use them as long as you wish - we simply require 30 days notice of termination.
You will get a traffic report on inbound calls once a month.
0870, 0871, 0845 are typically setup in 48 hours.
0800 / 0808 numbers can take up to 5 working days to setup.
0906 numbers can take up to 30 working days and have special legal provisions associated with them - see ordering below.
Pricing
There are no setup fees for 0870 and 0871 numbers.
Users of these numbers can expect a rebate on the cost of the call as follows:
| Connection | Typical Call Charge |
Peak Rebate |
Off Peak Rebate |
Weekend Rebate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0870 numbers | 8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 0871 numbers | 10 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
*Figures shown in British pence
Lets be clear on this, the rebate is the figure you receive when someone calls you.
So, if you had the equivalent of one line fully occupied for an 8 hour day on an 0871 number that would earn YOU as follows:
8 x 60 = 480 minutes
480 minutes @ 2p / minute = £9.60 / day
Typically there are 250 working days in a year, so this would earn
250 x 9.6 = £2400 per year.
Not a king's ransom, but certainly enough to cover some day to day bills and remember this could be a 12 or 24 hour day or a 6 or 7 day working week.
There are no set up fees for 0800 and 0845 numbers.
Users of these numbers are charged on the on the cost of the call as follows:
| Connection | Typical Call Charge |
Peak Cost |
Off Peak Cost |
Weekend Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0800 / 0808 numbers | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 0845 numbers | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
*Figures shown in British pence
For higher earning numbers, the 0906 prefix can be used.
Again there no setup fees for 0906 numbers although there are additional regulations regarding these numbers as they can be abused.
There is an extensive scale of rates on these numbers and you would earn a percentage of each call as follows:
| Call Charge |
Rebate |
|---|---|
| £0.15 | £0.03 |
| £0.20 | £0.05 |
| £0.25 | £0.07 |
| £0.30 | £0.08 |
| £0.35 | £0.10 |
| £0.40 | £0.11 |
| £0.45 | £0.13 |
| £0.50 | £0.15 |
| £0.55 | £0.17 |
| £0.60 | £0.18 |
| £0.65 | £0.20 |
| £0.75 | £0.23 |
| £0.80 | £0.24 |
| £0.85 | £0.26 |
| £0.90 | £0.27 |
| £0.95 | £0.29 |
| £1.00 | £0.30 |
| £1.10 | £0.32 |
| £1.20 | £0.34 |
| £1.30 | £0.41 |
| £1.40 | £0.49 |
| £1.50 | £0.53 |
*Figures shown in British pounds
Lets be clear on this, the rebate is the figure you receive when someone calls you.
So, if you had the equivalent of one line fully occupied for an 8 hour day on an 0906 number at £1.50 per minute, that would earn YOU as follows:
8 x 60 = 480 minutes
480 minutes @ £0.53 / minute = £254.40 / day
Typically there are 250 working days in a year, so this would earn
250 x 254.40 = £63,600 per year.
Remember this could be a 12 or 24 hour day or a 6 or 7 day working week.
Sign-up For A Marketing Number?
All you need to do is to fill in our Application Form which asks you to provide us with your terminating number (the telephone number that you want your marketing number directed to). The marketing number you request will be live between 48 hours to 30 days after we receive the form from you, depending on which type of numbers you request.
For 0906 numbers there is a special form to fill in available here.
You may wantto speakto advisor about this so either contact us, or call
0844 587 0990 for assistance