Look more professional

Statistics show that people who advertise landline phone numbers are perceived to be more trustworthy than people advertising using a mobile phone number.

Number People 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone numbers give the appearance of having a landline phone or office, which makes your business appear to be better established and more reliable than people who do not advertise an 0131 landline number.

In short, using an 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number number for advertising your business makes your business look better established and should bring you more customers.

Answer more calls

The problem with normal landlines or mobile phones is that you cannot distribute inbound properly, or people hear the engaged tone.

Using an 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number from Number People means that you are able to distribute inbound calls to your 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number to us to 10 different locations.

Setting up your inbound call distribution for your 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number is simple and done via our online web portal.

You can add up to 10 different destination telephone numbers which will ring at the same time for all call traffic to your 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number.

Our online portal means that you are able to update the call routing for your 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number at any time by simply logging in on either your PC, laptop, tablet or mobile phone.

Get more business in your own local area

You are based within the Edinburgh 0131 area

Target new clients that are typically looking for services in the Edinburgh or Lothian area, such as garages or dentists, or other industries that require the need for face to face meetings.

You won’t need to go to the expense of arranging the installation of another fixed 0131 telephone line, simply select your Edinburgh 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number and set the destination phone numbers that you would like your calls to be transferred to, which can include a mix of up to 10 mobiles and landlines.

Be in Edinburgh, without actually being in Edinburgh

If you are located in or around the Lothian area and would like to have a better visibility across the area then you might wish to have more local telephone numbers for each of the local areas. This is good for services that people select because of being seen as ‘local’.

Having multiple phone numbers in the region will allow you to advertise in multiple areas and target people who are specifically looking for local services, allowing you to advertise to a larger market. Having a telephone number in the 0131 or nearby prefix will give the impression that you are based nearby or have a regional office in that area.

Be local, without being local

You are based in the UK, but nowhere near the Edinburgh 0131 area.

Number People not only supply 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number but can also supply direct dial DDI telephone numbers for the rest of the country. This enables you to have a virtual presence in any UK location without needing to have a physical office there.

Measure your advertising and marketing campaigns

Check that your advertising is working by checking statistics.

When running a new advertising campaign, you can choose another Edinburgh 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number just for this campaign. This way when someone calls the new Edinburgh 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number, the call is registered as a call record and using the online web portal you will be able to see how many calls were a direct result of that particular campaign.

Other reasons to get Edinburgh 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number include:

• Keep your virtual 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number if you move
• Keeping your existing phone numbers private
• Giving a professional impression instead of advertising mobile numbers
• Making sure that you never miss another call by having more people in your call distribution list to make sure that the call is answered.

0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone numbers

You can create a virtual office in Edinburgh by forwarding your 0131 Edinburgh phone calls to your existing mobile phone or landlines. You don’t need to actually be based in Edinburgh to use an 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number and have a local presence in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh 0131 direct dial DDI telephone numbers are also known as:

• 0131 Edinburgh smart numbers
• 0131 Edinburgh ghost numbers
• 0131 Edinburgh DDI numbers
• 0131 Edinburgh virtual numbers
• 0131 Edinburgh call forwarding numbers
• 0131 Edinburgh call divert numbers
• 0131 Edinburgh routing numbers
• 0131 Edinburgh ring to numbers
• 0131 Edinburgh regional numbers
• 0131 Edinburgh smart numbers

How do I get a Edinburgh 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number?

Getting a Edinburgh 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number is very easy and activation is instant and free.

1. Click on the list of available Edinburgh 0131 direct dial DDI telephone numbers and either select an 0131 number or click on the forward arrow to see more 0131 numbers to choose from.
2. Once you are happy with your Edinburgh 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number, click on the "DONE" button.
3. Next, complete the 4 boxes with your destination number to forward your inbound calls to, your name and email address so that we can send you a link to verify your account and activate the Edinburgh 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number.
4. To finish simply set a password that will be used when logging in to the online portal.

Online Web Portal

The online web portal is optimised to use on mobile phones and allows you to do the following-

• Update the destination call routing for your virtual 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number
• Add more destination phone numbers for your 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number
• View call statistics for your virtual 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number
• View call records for your 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number
• Download call records as a CSV file for your 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number
• Add more virtual 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone numbers
• Add other virtual regional, 0800 freephone or 0843 non geographic direct dial DDI telephone numbers
• Top-up call forwarding credit for your 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number
• Set the auto Top-up facility to make sure you never run out of call forwarding credit for your virtual 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number
• View invoices for your 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number
• View, edit and update your personal details
• Cancel your 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number

Free trial

Number People give you a free trial with every 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number.

We give you up to 4 minutes of free calls for testing purposes, allowing you to pick a number and test it without ever paying a penny, or giving out card details.

With Number People you can set up and activate an 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number in less than a minute, which is probably the quickest, simplest and least cost way of getting an 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number in the industry.

Support

Number People offer customer support via the following methods:

• Online support ticket system - click on SUPPORT from our website
• Live Chat - click on the chat icon on our website
• If you cannot access either of these methods then call us on 03333 444211 and one of our customer services advisors will be happy to help

Want more numbers?

Number People do not limit the amount of direct dial DDI telephone number you can use. Adding more direct dial DDI telephone numbers is simple and costs just £1 each to activate with no monthly fees.

With Number People you can add:

• More 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone numbers
• Additional direct dial DDI telephone numbers from any other STD code in the country
• A choice of thousands of 0800 Freephone numbers
• A choice of thousands of 0843 non geographic phone numbers
• A choice of thousands of 033 non geographic telephone numbers

Call Credit

When you initially activate your 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number, we give you up to 4 minutes of calling credit. This allows you to test your 0131 direct dial DDI telephone number so that you can see how simply everything works.

After this you will need to top up your call credit in order to pay for the cost of forwarding the inbound calls from your 0131 Edinburgh number on to the destination phone numbers that you select.

You can top up call credit for your 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number by visiting the online portal. Call credit is available from only £5 and does not expire.

If you decide to add more 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone numbers or any other direct dial DDI telephone numbers then these will all share the same call credit.

Resellers

Want to resell 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone numbers to your clients?

Simply book each client an account on our website with either an 0131 Edinburgh direct dial DDI telephone number or any other type of direct dial DDI telephone number and then use our simple CDR download in order to bill your clients.

All types of people like to resell virtual 0131 Edinburgh numbers, including:

• Telecoms resellers
• IT companies
• PC repair companies
• Signwriters
• Accountants
• Printers
• And many more….

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