Misdials can make you money!

Misdials (a.k.a. wrong numbers) are often looked at as a problem but they can be turned into valuable numbers. A misdial is just a wrong number. A “misdial number� is a phone number that gets a lot of wrong numbers. There are actually several kinds of misdial numbers. There are also a lot more wrong numbers or misdials on the average for a toll free number than on the average local number. That’s because there are only slightly fewer toll free calls than local calls in most areas but people are dialing toll free area codes from over a hundred local area all over the country. There are roughly 200 local area codes and only 4 toll free area codes. They may not seem like that big of a deal, but misdials are actually one way to make money from a phone number.

How would you like to get calls from people looking to order your product or service without any advertising at all. That’s what you can get with misdials. There may be hundreds or even thousands of people calling for your product or service, or a product or service similar to yours that you could sell to without any advertising costs at all. And when people are already calling for your service they may be ready to buy and may even be less price sensitive since they were already calling.

You should look for misdials of your own number as well as misdials of your competition. I mentioned that there are several types of misdials. Let me explain them a little about each of them and you’ll probably realize yourself what opportunities may exist for your business.

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    Angela Olivia says:
    November 13, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Hello,

    My name is Angela Olivia and I am part owner of Olivia Michelle Productions, an event planning company. Our original toll free number is 866-390-4087. When we sent our business cards, 2009 calenders and other promotional items to be printed, the toll free number became 800-390-4087, an oversight. As we are a home based company, and do not have any revenue yet, we can not afford the cost to reprint everything that we already purchased.

    If there is anyway we can have your telephone number of 800-390-4087, we will be extremely happy.

    Thanks,

    Angela

      Bill Quimby (257 comments.) says:
      November 13, 2008 at 4:11 pm

      Angela,

      That’s a working number with AT&T. You would have to contact them. Try dialing the number. If someone is actively using it that you can reach talk to them about it. Otherwise, you’ll need to go through AT&T and use the terminology that you want to “open a negotiation with them” for that number. Good luck with it.

      Bill

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