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Advantages of an 0870 number

Setting up an 0870 number is totally free. Persons calling an 0870 number tend to be better quality prospects (since they are paying for the call at standard BT national rates), and although the number of callers will be fewer than those to an 0845 number, the sale / conversion rate will tend to be higher. Current national rate charges are 6.73p peak; 3.3p off-peak and 1.7p weekends (excl. VAT).

Non-Geographic, 0870 numbers are non-geographic. As with 0845, you can target a national audience since the telephone number stands independent of your location, and nobody knows whether you are in London or Land's End, Manchester or Galesburg. Many providers charge for redirection of their numbers but with iccommunications you get unlimted redirections of your 0870 number for free.

National and International Coverage. A 0870 number gives you both national and international coverage without the need to set up local branches. Today it is possible to access 0870 numbers from most overseas countries by having callers dial their international access code, followed by 44-870 xxx xxxx.

Portable. 0870 numbers are portable which means the number stays with your business even if it moves from one end of the country to the other. Your underlying base number from BT (or other carrier) will change but as far as your customers are concerned your number remains the same.

Work from home. If you work from home you do not need to give out you home phone number you just give out your 0870 national number and press 141 before you call out. Some providers also offer services, which do this automatically.

Alpha numbers. You can on occasions get a number that will spell out your company name or something to do with your company. One of these 0870 numbers could help your business as people remember them up to 14x easier than a normal number. This type of number is commonly used in America and numbers such as 1-800-flowers is worth millions of pounds as many more people remember it and call it thus giving the company more business. Numbers like this are charged per month and there is a connection charge.

A Single Number for Advertising. A standard or memorable 0870 number brings you a single number for all advertising and promotional purposes. It allows you to add new branches without having to change advertising. Plus you can have an additional numbers to track how well different marketing schemes are doing and which one to carry on with. You can connect as many free 0870 numbers as you want.