Get a Toll Free Number that Forwards to your Cell Phone
Adding a toll free number to your eBay auction or web site can build instant credibility with customers and improve sales. I found a service that forwards the call to your cell phone or regular phone and only charges per minute (8.9 cents). It’s called Toll Free Number.org. This is good for someone just starting out, especially if you can change the ring for business calls so you know how to answer.
There is also www.myanswering.com that has someone calls and answer questions in behalf of your business name 24/7.
“Americans simply prefer to buy their products from companies that have 800 numbers. Consumers associate an 800 number with a good business. According to ICB Toll-Free News:”
* Telephone orders will increase from 30-60%
* Product returns decrease by 50%
* Word of mouth referrals go up 200%
* The average business will see a 600% increase in revenue using a toll-free number.
* A productive ad featuring an 800 number can generate approximately 30% more orders.
Those are pretty ambitious numbers for sure. If you’ve added a toll free number to your site, please tell me your experience.
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4 Responses to “Get a Toll Free Number that Forwards to your Cell Phone”
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July 2nd, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Excellent post.
I might also suggest looking at RingCentral for this same service with some more features. In addition to forwarding your 800 number to any phone number you can…
– Have your voicemails sent as email attachments
– You can screen the calls before answering them from any phone or from any computer
– You can have multiple extensions
– Your 800 number can put the person on hold and call around to different phone numbers until it finds someone that is available
– Your 800 number is also your fax number. Which gives you fax2email and email2fax ability
Several other features. Check them out.
July 3rd, 2007 at 2:17 am
Patrick,
It’s been a long time since I’ve heard from you - hope your online store is going well. Thanks for this great tip.
Today I read that Google just acquired a company called GrandCentral that sounds like it even has better features. You can make a blog post out of an voicemail and have one phone number for everything. Plus different ringtones.
Knowing Google this will probably be free.
Best
Janet
July 8th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Hey J,
Good to hear from you. Keep up the good work. I am going to check out Grand Central.
Patrick
July 10th, 2007 at 7:03 am
My company tried VoiceMailTel’s services and it’s working out pretty good with them…