Memorable 0800 numbers

We provide Memorable 0800 numbers to businesses of all shapes and sizes across the United Kingdom, as well as to individuals.
We also offer 0845 and 0844 numbers.

We believe that a memorable 0800 number is a relatively small investment that can make a huge difference to your company.

Why?

Because having a freephone 0800 number that is easy to remember should be an integral part of any marketing and advertising campaign for two key reasons.

Firstly, there is the fact that it is a freephone number for your customers and potential customers to call from a landline. This alone encourages more people to call you than your rivals who charge for calls. In times of economic difficulty, if other businesses or individuals have to make lots of calls, then they are going to prefer calling a business that doesn’t charge them for the privilege of making an enquiry over one that does. If nothing else, having a 0800 number says to the customer “We respect you. We value your custom. We don’t expect you to have to pay to phone us”.  

After all, you wouldn’t charge people to walk into your shop and browse, would you?! If you did, you would find that not many people came into your shop compared to shops that didn’t charge entry!

Secondly, there is the fact that the number is memorable. Memorable 0800 numbers can inject power into sales and promote your business in a way that is both effective and rewarding. Memorable numbers are often patterns of repeated numbers ie, 0800 800 800. This makes the number worth a premium. Memorable 0800 numbers are usually kept in a pool for availability and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Memorable 0800 numbers are effective when used for campaigns on television or radio, as fast moving advertising requires an amount of catchiness to stay in the consumers’ memories. Results have implicitly shown that a number that is easy to remember will do more for your business.

So, for example, if your advert is on the radio, lots of people are going to be listening to your advert as they are driving, most often to or from work. You may be offering a service that they want and need, but as they are driving they won’t be able to jot it down on a pad of paper.  They need to remember for long enough what your number is so that they can write it down when they reach their destination.
The same applies to television adverts. Not many people sit in front of the TV with a notepad and pen ready to write down telephone numbers. If people see your advert, they therefore need to be able to remember your contact number for long enough to find something to write it down on.

Brilliant examples of using a memorable number have included the owl in an advert with the 0800 28 28 20 to sound like a tawit tawit tawoo (twit twit twoo)! Also the AA including 999 in their 0800 number with the caption of “to our members, we’re the 4th emergency service”.

Even if you don’t have adverts on the TV or radio, you may have your number on the side of a lorry or van, and again people will see it whilst driving and will need to remember it until they reach their destination at least. Therefore, a memorable 0800 number can really help to bring in more calls and therefore more business for your company.  
You may also have heard of memorable 0800 numbers referred to as:

 

• Golden numbers
• Gold numbers
• Silver numbers
• Platinum numbers

 

To find out more about memorable 0800 numbers, contact us or read our frequently asked questions.