An introduction in the world of virtual phone numbers
People often ask “Why should I buy virtual phone numbers, when one could use for free Skype, Whatsapp, etc.?”
Well, there are plenty of reasons. Let me write some.
Be reachable!
First of all, with virtual phone numbers you can receive calls at a phone number of any country or city of the world. Imagine you have a company in USA and you want to expand your business in UK, without opening a local office. If you buy a UK virtual number (+44), your potential customers can easily call you. Telling your British audience “you can call me via Whatsapp at my US number or at my skype account” it’s not the same as “you can call me at +44xxxxxx” (and by the way this doesn’t prevent you from linking a Whatsapp account to a virtual mobile UK number).
And teaching your old mummy, who lives abroad, to use Skype with a computer or a smartphone, it’s not the same as letting her call you at a number of the same country where she lives.
Protect your privacy
Furthermore, virtual phone numbers helps you to protect your privacy. You can use a temporary disposable virtual number, when you need to be contacted for business or any other reasons, without giving your private personal number.
Save money when you are travelling
With virtual phone numbers you can save roaming costs when traveling abroad: just buy a SIM card of the foreign country where you are and configure your virtual number so that the received calls are forwarded to the number of the SIM.
Carry your old landline number with you
If you move to another location within your country or abroad, you can convert your fixed line number into a virtual phone number, thanks to local number portability (LNP). In this way, you can bring your old landline number anywhere in the world, without losing the contacts you had with this number.
Receive SMS
Virtual mobile numbers allow receiving SMS as text of a mail. So you can receive SMS and activate accounts on Facebook, Gmail, Whatsapp etc., without using your private number.
Set up your low cost call center
If you have a company, you may be interested to know that there are also virtual “toll free” numbers. With them you can create a call center in any country in the world, where it costs less.
Advanced phone features
Finally, virtual phone numbers providers usually offer for free, along with the virtual number, a virtual PBX with advanced telephone services, which are not always available with the normal telephone numbers: voice mail, voice menu, multiple destinations for each virtual number, blacklists, call history, phone conference.
Where can I learn more? Where can I buy a virtual phone number?
Google can help you very well. Just search “buy virtual numbers”, “buy did numbers” or “buy local numbers”. Here are some of the virtual numbers providers that you will find:
https://www.buydidnumber.com
https://www.buylocalnumbers.com
https://www.buyvirtualnumber.com
https://www.buyvirtualnumbers.com
https://www.carrymynumber.com
https://www.flynumber.com
https://global.tsg.international
https://www.sonetel.com
https://www.telezvon.net
https://www.virtualphoneline.com
https://www.virtual-phonenumbers.com/
https://www.worldsim.com