Bill Quimby (678 comments.) says:
January 25, 2008 at 12:44 am

The Initial Local Ring to number is the number you want to ring when people dial the toll free number.

Bill Quimby

(This might be the first time I answered someone in fewer words than it took them to ask the question!)

Bill Quimby (678 comments.) says:
February 4, 2008 at 12:47 pm

The shipping is just there in case you want to have the number listed in a different address than the billing information. We don’t ship anything, but that address will override the billing address of your credit card if you enter something different. That’s all.

Bill Quimby (678 comments.) says:
February 22, 2008 at 2:44 pm

You just contact whatever company you transferred the number to for the ongoing service. Some companies (usually the enhanced voicemail services) have a web control panel to change the ring to number. Most regular phone companies would require contacting customer service. If you’re changing the ring to number frequently you might want to use call forwarding from the local number it rings to.

see: faqs/changing-the-ring-to-number.html

.Bill Quimby.

Bill Quimby (678 comments.) says:
April 7, 2008 at 9:23 am

Hi Jeff,

There are two great posts that relate directly to your question. The first is about the cost of waiting until the last minute, because you’re only looking at the cost of the service, and don’t realize the cost of waiting too long. The other post is called Fake it till you make it, because it covers the importance of having a toll free number ahead of time, before you launch the advertising.

It’s also cheaper than you realize just to have a toll free number. It’s probably a whole two or three bucks a month! That’s only about ten cents per day. So you don’t want to keep it on “reserve” you probably ought to go ahead and activate it.

We don’t charge anything of hold numbers but they can be considered abandoned after a year or two. So you wouldn’t want to leave it here for 18 months because that could wind up too long. We don’t have a specific deadline but you don’t want to leave them here either because that could cost you more than you realize, and having it ready will be worth more than you realize while costing you less than you probably thought.

The other point that I would make specifically to your situation is that if you find the perfect number you should get it because once it’s gone it won’t be available again. But you should also use the flexibility and time you have to your advantage. Use our Keyword Search at http://www.TollFreeNumbers.com/keyword/ and we’ll redo the research each month. There is a high turnover rate for toll free numbers so it might take a few months but eventually this will make it easy for you to be at the right place at the right time by just glancing at one email per month before you delete it.

I hope that answers the dif aspects of your question. Let me know if you have any questions or need any help with anything else.

.Bill Quimby.

Bill Quimby (678 comments.) says:
April 20, 2009 at 1:11 am

Hi David,

Our phone number is 1-800 MARKETER. Here’s the page that explains the standard activation process which is only $49 and links to the secure order form. Https://orders.tollfreenumbers.com/800-number-activation.asp?pv=true&var1=88-WCS-2010

Toll free numbers don’t really work on flat monthly rates. There isn’t any good flat rate solution. (see: http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/providers/flat-rate-unlimited-800-service.html) You pay for the number of minutes you use. But that’s really much better for everyone. You hope your bill is high because that means you’re getting a lot of response and you’re almost certainly making more than $2 an hour (the cost of the calls at 3 cents per minute) or you’re in the wrong business.