No '800' numbers available?

Out of the 7,690,000 possible 8-0-0 numbers, there are often times at this point when there won't be ANY true ‘800’ numbers in the SMS/800 spare pool at all. That’s right, none at all.

You might think that the lookup tool is broken or it’s just not showing them, but it’s not. It’s easy to check if the Instant 800 Lookup on our site is working by submitting a query for all *s with 8** for the area code. That will always return 10 ‘866’ numbers because that’s what it looks for first. If you don't specify what area code it'll start with the ones most likely to have more numbers available, 866 and 877. That makes sense from a database programming stand point, even if it doesn't really make much sense from a marketing point of view.

There are a couple solutions to this scarcity though. You can try searching after 1am (est) because the new numbers come out after midnight. So at that point most phone companies are still asleep but you can often get something. (My lookup isn't usable from 11:55pm until 12:20am though to get backordered numbers)

You can also use the nice numeric options in my numeric number section at http://www.TollFreeNumbers.com/6.shtml. Those are a little more expensive than the more readily available spare $49 numbers, ranging from $99 to 995, but at least there are a few good ones that are ultimately better than you would be able to get with the lookup tool directly.

Finally as a last resort, we can try to get you one random ‘800’ number from numbers that were reserved for 15 days and are scheduled to be thrown back into the pool. These are only $49, but you can't pick them, hence the term random. But we will do our best to help you in any direction you need to go to get a good number, activated quickly and transferring them to whatever company you want. The proof of ownership alone is worth way more than the $49 one time fee, no matter how much advertising they do.