Comments on: The Mechanics of Transferring Numbers http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/content/consulting/the-mechanics-of-transferring-numbers.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mechanics-of-transferring-numbers The Internet's Toll Free Search Engine for Vanity 1-800 Numbers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Bill Quimby http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/content/consulting/the-mechanics-of-transferring-numbers.html#comment-3902 Bill Quimby Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:24:44 +0000 http://www.tollfreewatch.com/content/lookup/rescuing-a-number#comment-3902 Chris, The thing to remember is that you have to separate transferring the number and changing phone companies. You fill out the resporg form in the old company name so you change phone companies in the name the old company is used to. Then you have a letter assigning the number over to your name and address so the new company can put it into your new name, rather than the old company name when it gets there. That's the simple way, without lawyers and elaborate legal agreements etc. Bill<ul></ul> Chris,

The thing to remember is that you have to separate transferring the number and changing phone companies. You fill out the resporg form in the old company name so you change phone companies in the name the old company is used to. Then you have a letter assigning the number over to your name and address so the new company can put it into your new name, rather than the old company name when it gets there. That’s the simple way, without lawyers and elaborate legal agreements etc.

Bill

    ]]>         By: Chris Buckley http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/content/consulting/the-mechanics-of-transferring-numbers.html#comment-3901 Chris Buckley Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:52:02 +0000 http://www.tollfreewatch.com/content/lookup/rescuing-a-number#comment-3901 Someone who owns an 800 number now is willing to give us ownership. Can you guide me through the steps to make this happen? Once I own it, following your recommendation, I will want Telcan (Callture) to manage it. Chris<ul></ul> Someone who owns an 800 number now is willing to give us ownership. Can you guide me through the steps to make this happen? Once I own it, following your recommendation, I will want Telcan (Callture) to manage it.

    Chris

      ]]>             By: Bill Quimby http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/content/consulting/the-mechanics-of-transferring-numbers.html#comment-599 Bill Quimby Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:40:10 +0000 http://www.tollfreewatch.com/content/lookup/rescuing-a-number#comment-599 Hi Shawn, Congratulations Shawn. Squatters always start pretty high in negotiating over the price because there is no book value and their goal is to get as much as they can for a number. There is almost never anyone else really after any particular number so the most important advice in dealing with them is to take your time and say no, and make them think that's way too much money. Eventually they come down to the least they can take for it if you wait long enough which is 25% to 50% of what they said at first. To answer your question I would definitely move it to another carrier. You don't want to have it with a carrier that has mixed loyalties. Even if you hadn't paid them for it, I would move it if you had paid another end user for it and switched it to your name. You want it with a phone company that has always had it in your name and doesn't have any trace of the transfer or a previous owner. You never know when someone will come along or the person you paid will get cold feet or their partner will say they never approved it blah blah blah. Take a look at a company called Touch Tone. I'm going to get a list of companies that use ATL, a third party Resporg because they give you an added layer of protection since nobody can even tell what phone company you're using that way. It's kind of like using a proxy name for your domain name. You might also want to use a service like Kall8 or Mcleod if you want to have the ability to share it without a lot of hassle or expense to start with. I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions or need help with anything else. .Bill Quimby.<ul></ul> Hi Shawn,

      Congratulations Shawn. Squatters always start pretty high in negotiating over the price because there is no book value and their goal is to get as much as they can for a number. There is almost never anyone else really after any particular number so the most important advice in dealing with them is to take your time and say no, and make them think that’s way too much money. Eventually they come down to the least they can take for it if you wait long enough which is 25% to 50% of what they said at first.

      To answer your question I would definitely move it to another carrier. You don’t want to have it with a carrier that has mixed loyalties. Even if you hadn’t paid them for it, I would move it if you had paid another end user for it and switched it to your name. You want it with a phone company that has always had it in your name and doesn’t have any trace of the transfer or a previous owner. You never know when someone will come along or the person you paid will get cold feet or their partner will say they never approved it blah blah blah.

      Take a look at a company called Touch Tone. I’m going to get a list of companies that use ATL, a third party Resporg because they give you an added layer of protection since nobody can even tell what phone company you’re using that way. It’s kind of like using a proxy name for your domain name. You might also want to use a service like Kall8 or Mcleod if you want to have the ability to share it without a lot of hassle or expense to start with. I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions or need help with anything else.

      .Bill Quimby.

        ]]>                 By: Shawn Y. http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/content/consulting/the-mechanics-of-transferring-numbers.html#comment-598 Shawn Y. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:15:35 +0000 http://www.tollfreewatch.com/content/lookup/rescuing-a-number#comment-598 I haven’t seen any other services, but if I did-I can't imagine them being anywhere as good as yours. With your advice I was able to buy 1.866.***** from Pathways for $10k after negotiations started at 35k. It is still held by them and pointed to me. Do you see any problem with that? I am a little concerned. Shawn * last name and the number have been edited out for security purposes (Bill)<ul></ul> I haven’t seen any other services, but if I did-I can’t imagine them being anywhere as good as yours.

        With your advice I was able to buy 1.866.***** from Pathways for $10k after negotiations started at 35k. It is still held by them and pointed to me. Do you see any problem with that? I am a little concerned.

        Shawn

        * last name and the number have been edited out for security purposes (Bill)

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