I’m looking for suggestions regarding setting up my toll free 800 number for my REI business. I’ve heard good things about Skype, good things about Packet8 and bad things about Vonage
I’ll second Rich_in_CT’s FreedomVoice suggestion. I got an 800 vanity number set up quickly and easily using FreedomVoice. You can do everything online without having to talk to anyone.
I am thinking of ordering the 877 number just to reserve it in case one day I need an 800 number. I have a real nice to remember local marketing number. I guess I can use the 877 on my signs. Not sure yet.
Again, Vanity number does not have to be a toll free number. It could be a local number that is easy to remember. Not sure whats the hang up on being an 8xx number.
You are correct, a vanity number doesn’t have to be toll free.
I’m speaking more from a psychological perspective. All else being equal, for the same level of marketing, you’ll get more calls for 800-abc-defg than from 972-abc-defg or 888-abc-defg.
This may only matter as you get into spending a lot of money on advertising. If you are spending a few hundred dollars a month it’s unlikely you’ll notice the difference between 800, local or “non-800 toll-free” vanity numbers.