The Benefits Of Using 0844 Telephone Numbers

An Extra Income 
You receive a generous rebate of up to 2.00p minute when anyone calls your 0844 number.

Non-Geographic
0844 numbers are non-geographic. 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 Barnsley.

Portable
0844 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 British Telecom (or other carrier) will change but as far as your customers are concerned your advertised number remains the same.

0844 Will Last A Long Time
The current geographic numbering system has been changed to meet the demands brought about by the explosive growth in internet and fax usage necessitating more and more dedicated lines. The new dialling codes being introduced across the UK allow for a huge increase in capacity, but further growth could bring about more changes. London codes are expected to change again within 3 years. On the other hand non-geographic numbers will not change for many, many years.

Replace 0800 numbers
Many companies are now replacing their 0800 freephone numbers with an 0844 number. Not only are they saving thousands of pounds in telecom/call centre costs but they are also spared from mailing expensive literature to the merely curious. This inevitably means a better quality lead.

Gain A National Identity
An 0844 number brings your business the same prestige and national identity associated with 0800 and 0845 numbers..

A Single Number for Advertising
A standard 0844 number brings you a single number for all advertising and promotional purposes. It allows you to add new branches without having to change advertising.

Typical Uses
0844 numbers are very commonly used for both sales and after sales service by a wide variety of companies. Typical uses include brochure lines, claim lines, support lines, information lines, breakdown lines. The travel industry has almost uniformly adopted 0844 for primary sales lines. This gives smaller regional agents a national appearance. Examples of the many companies currently using 0844 numbers can be found under Some 0844 Users.

Gradual Introduction
An 0844 number can be gradually introduced to your customer base with no sudden changes. Existing customers can still reach you either on your normal geographic code (eg 020) or on your non-geographic code (0844). Your aim should be to eventually have everyone calling on your 0844 number so that notification of future number changes becomes unnecessary.

Improved Quality of Callers 
Persons calling an 0844 number tend to be better quality prospects (since they are paying for the call at standard BT rates), and the sale / conversion rate will tend to be higher.