This section is for everyone that comes with a specific number in mind only to realize that the first number they thought of isn’t available because it’s the first number everyone else in their industry thought of too. It explains how you can find the phone company responsible for it, and hopefully the customer information too.

I really am giving away insider secrets
We’re real estate agents not bounty hunters
You can dig a little deeper
What to look for when dialing the number
Finding the Organization Responsible
Getting customer information
Calling the phone company
Locating the customer
Contacting the customer
Try the Soft Approach
Opening Customer negotiations
Pricing Negotiations
Know when to talk Money and how not to
Negotiating with Shared Use companies
What numbers to Pursue
Why do Numbers get lost?
Cutting In Line or Rescuing numbers
Rescuing Numbers
Considering all your options
The Mechanics of Transferring Numbers
Even more Advanced Tips...

I really am giving away insider secrets

I built my business as a consultant for large advertisers getting the hard to get vanity numbers for them for thousands of dollars. But as my business evolved and we developed better tools and automated the type of research we did for high end customers my business changed. Instead of getting a couple numbers a month for several thousand dollars, now we get a thousand numbers a month for fifty bucks, which ultimately means that I can’t do the consulting that I used to do.

That also means I can now give away a lot more of the really best secrets and insider information. There really isn’t anyone else doing exactly what I used to do, as a consultant. There are a couple people that use similar approaches but they do them to get good numbers that they can sell for as much as they can get rather than doing it for a flat consulting fee like I did. And believe me, they aren’t going to be happy that I’m giving away for free to the general public information on how to do what they still charge tens of thousands of dollars for.Â

To Judith, Chris and Loren, and the rest, I’m sorry. But there are an awful lot of business owners out there who will be able to use this information to get truly great brand name numbers with this information that wouldn’t have paid the outrageous fees of the vanity number squatters. And my goal has always been to help as many people as possible get great vanity numbers so that’s what I’m doing!

An ongoing effort

This section is already long but will continue to grow over time. There’s just so much to add, that it’ll take dozens of articles and posts even beyond this excessively long category page to really get all of this information down. So if you’re interested in and like this information, make sure you sign up for our RSS feed or email updates. And if you have any questions about this process, feedback or your own experience, feel free to post that here too. We really want to develop this area to be as helpful for visitors as possible.

    We’re real estate agents not bounty hunters

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      You can dig a little deeper

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        What to look for when dialing the number

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          Finding the Organization Responsible

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            Getting customer information

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              Calling the phone company

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                Locating the customer

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                  Contacting the customer

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                    Try the Soft Approach

                      Opening Customer negotiations

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                        Pricing Negotiations

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                          Know when to talk Money and how not to

                            Negotiating with Shared Use companies

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                              What numbers to Pursue

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                                Why do Numbers get lost?

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                                  Cutting In Line or Rescuing numbers

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                                    Rescuing Numbers

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                                      Considering all your options

                                        The Mechanics of Transferring Numbers

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                                          Even more Advanced Tips…

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