Non-geographic numbers
Non-geographic numbers provide businesses with a wide variety of benefits. They are extremely convenient, allowing calls to be routed directly to your existing landline, with no disruption to your telephone system or incoming / outgoing telephone calls.
Non-geographic numbers are also completely portable. Routing details (e.g. the landline telephone number you target with your non-geographic number) can be changed with instant effect. If your business ever relocates, your 0870 or 0871 number will always move with you and customers will always be able to contact you.
There is also a great degree of flexibility in terms of how you receive calls with a non-geographic number. Special call routing plans are available (using Intelligent Networking solutions), allowing calls to be routed to one or multiple destination numbers based on a range of criteria such as Time and Date or a Caller's Geographic Location.
Your National Rate number can also act as a very effective marketing tool. Detailed call analysis reports are available at all times, allowing you to access a range of useful information such as the regional locations of your callers.
An overview of the main varieties of non-geographic telephone number can be found below:
0800 Freephone
Widely recognised as one of the most powerful marketing tools available. These numbers offer a proven way of increasing business and developing customer loyalty. By enabling potential customers to phone your business free of charge from anywhere in the UK, these numbers are especially valuable when attracting new business. Research suggests advertising responses increase by between 50% and 300% when a Freephone number is used.
Read more about Evocal's 0800 numbers.
0845 Local rate
Using local rate numbers puts you "in the neighbourhood". Callers to these numbers are charged for a local rate call only, regardless of their location within the UK thus retaining strong customer loyalty.
Read more about Evocal's 0845 numbers.
0870 National rate
These numbers give you a "national presence" and are particularly useful if you have a customer base that would normally ring a national number. 0870 numbers are billed to the caller at national rate and can generate a revenue stream for your business.
Read more about Evocal's 0870 numbers.
0871 National rate plus
0871 Numbers are used mainly for generating income from telephone calls, subsidising the cost to divert calls to mobile phones or helping to pay for fax line costs. The caller pays 10ppm at all times from any location within the UK.
Read more about Evocal's 0871 numbers.
070 Personal
Having an 070 number allows you to choose where your incoming calls are answered - this includes mobile or international destinations. The 070 number becomes your personal number for life even if your landline or mobile number changes. This is ideal for sole traders and individual business people.
Read more about Evocal's 070 numbers.
090 Premium rate
090 is a premium rate revenue generating phone number often used by service/content and information lines. Callers pay from 5ppm to 150ppm depending on the type of service provided from any location within the UK.
Read more about Evocal's 090 numbers.
