10 steps to finding the best 800 numbers with our Toll Free Search Engine

People often ask what they should search for. They tend to do just the first or fourth step and get hung up on pursuing a single number that isn’t available. I think that’s because if we’re looking for something it’s natural to stop when we think we’ve found it. We’re really looking for just one number so most people don’t try to come up with all of the possibilities. And if that one best number is available there’s no need to look any further. But most people aren’t able to get their first choice. That’s why it becomes important to see all of the possible options and that’s what we can help you do.

That’s why we’ve made this list of things to search for, or consider in the lookup process. The people who have the best results seem to be the ones that really beat on our Toll Free Search Engine and/or the Keyword Lookup so I’ve made this list of 10 good things to query in our search engine.


  1. Type in your company name.
  2. Type each word or combinations of words in your company name separately.
  3. Try your domain name if it’s not your exact company name.
  4. Try the type of business you’re in as well as other ways to say the type of business you’re in.
  5. Try the benefits of your business. Find creative ways to suggest your Unique Selling Points.
  6. Try adding your state initials in front of generic terms from above, especially step 4.
  7. Try tag lines or slogans.
  8. Try the owners name, especially true for small businesses.
  9. Try your company initials or short word with 3 or 4 digits with 3 or 4 *s before or after.
  10. Put all these terms into the Keyword Lookup if you haven’t found anything yet, so we can keep checking for you ever month

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    800 Numbers are so Easy even my dog can get one. at TollFreeNumbers.com says:
    February 10, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    [...] 800 Numbers really are very easy to set up. I was going to use Cavemen but they still haven’t gotten over the Geico commercials. So our dog Daisy volunteered to try it. Yeah I had to loan him my credit card but she did the rest. Here’s how she did it. The first thing is to try some terms in the Toll Free Search Engine or the Keyword Lookup. It’s kind of fun, in a creative word search kind of way. You want to find a number that says “Currently Available.” It may take some time especially if you only use generic obvious terms for your industry, but if you’re creative and work at it you’ll find some. Here’s more on the types of things to look for when you’re searching for a vanity 800 number. [...]

      What to do if you have generic terms or a generic name at TollFreeNumbers.com says:
      March 9, 2009 at 7:51 am

      [...] We tried each of the terms Sales, Express, Quick, as well as the related terms like Sell, Buy, Buyer, Fast, Cash etc. We tried putting his state initials in front of the terms. We used the Keyword Lookup to see what additional phrases it could find. We even tried his name and the city name he was in. We essentially tried or considered almost all of the typical things to search for vanity numbers. [...]

        What is the Initial Local Ring To Number? at TollFreeNumbers.com says:
        March 23, 2009 at 11:27 pm

        [...] want to provide the toll free service. That’s the whole idea of our service. We get you the best 800 numbers but rather than providing the ongoing service (which would mean you would have to use the number [...]

          How can I find a good number for our company? at TollFreeNumbers.com says:
          March 30, 2009 at 7:43 am

          [...] of the Search process simplified into just 5 sentences. There’s also a very helpful list of what to search for as well as another cute post reinforcing the simplicity of the process (so simple a dog can do [...]

            Creativity in Travel at TollFreeNumbers.com says:
            April 2, 2009 at 11:29 am

            [...] It’s very common for people to be stuck on the first idea they had which they assumed would be the best. I call that wanting to marry the first girl you meet. I helped them use the Keyword Lookup and tried to go through the usual list of 800 number options or things to look for. [...]

              Can you come up with something for this name? at TollFreeNumbers.com says:
              July 13, 2009 at 10:11 am

              [...] It’s nice if your perfect name happens to be available, but that almost never happens. If it was that easy you wouldn’t really need us. (actually we still activate 800 numbers faster than anyone else and give you better independent proof of ownership) But anyway, very few businesses are able to get their exact business name. That doesn’t mean they can’t find a good number for their business though. They just have to be a little more creative and look for less obvious things. Here’s a great list of things to look for. [...]

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