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First of all, you must not forget that there are a vast amount of businesses that use these 0800 numbers and publicize them very vocally during your decision making process.

There are a few  critical issues you are required to consider in order that you can analyze the importance of these  088 numbers  numbers to your business. Let’s begin by looking at immediate benefits the 0800 numbers bring you.

Initially  the 0800 number gives is an image makeover; the image of a national level company helps allay various apprehensions which usually concern the first time customers. A regular number hardly creates this impression, if ever. But does it prod prospective customers to pick up the phone and actually call you? This is a very  naive question; a study says that every two out of three persons preferred 0800 numbers over regular numbers, for apparent reasons. Once your customer is talking to you, you know how to convert it into sales. Another study by Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK, shows clearly well that 40% of respondents have chosen products or services purely because the companies had free numbers. Let’s not forget that free numbers are free for callers from any land line phones.

If I don’t talk of the  knock on  effect the 0800 numbers bring about, I would not be doing any justice.  Clients   gain confidence in your products or services resting assured that you are only a free call away . This is precisely because more and more  companies use free phones for handling after sales service calls.

It is time to get back to our original question, whether to go for the beneficial  0800 numbers at a cost which could be out of your control. Similar to  the classic chicken and egg situation which is impossible to resolve but still we value both of them. If your indecisiveness stems out of budgetary constraints, you try out a non-contractual basic plan which costs roughly £4 a month.

Secondly , if you purchase a 0800 number, you may want to advertise it to gain maximum exposure out of it. You will step by step but surely realise that 0800 numbers really pays back and increases business after reaching the critical mass.

Ask yourself whether or not you would initially choose a business that is advertisng with a freephone 0800 number over a mobile or landline telephone number. Your gut instinct would normally take you to the free option, so naturally you will receive a greater percentage of calls due to this, as it is only human to initially seek out the free option, and then if that fails it would be a landline, followed by the most expensive option of a mobile.