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Toll-Free

Make It Easy For Customers To Reach You With An 0800 Number

Every customer interaction starts with accessibility.

A toll-free 0800 number provides a simple, cost-free way for customers to connect with your business, removing barriers to contact and creating a more professional, trusted customer experience. 

Whether you're serving customers across New Zealand, Australia, or multiple regions, toll-free numbers help ensure enquiries, support requests and sales opportunities can be directed to the right team quickly and efficiently.

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Why Toll-Free Numbers Matter

MatterCustomers expect service to be easy, convenient and accessible. Toll-free numbers reinforce your commitment to customer service by providing a dedicated contact channel that is easy to remember and free for customers to call.  They can help organisations:

  • Improve customer accessibility
  • Increase customer engagement and enquiry volumes
  • Create a professional national presence, strengthening brand credibility
  • Simplify contact management across multiple locations
  • Support customer service, sales and marketing initiatives

By removing the cost of calling, businesses can encourage more customers to get in touch, resulting in faster issue resolution, stronger relationships and increased opportunities for growth.

A Smarter Experience

Modern toll-free solutions go beyond simply routing calls. Integrated with cloud telephony and contact centre platforms, toll-free numbers can become part of a sophisticated customer engagement strategy.  Features can include:

  • Intelligent Call Routing - Direct callers to the most appropriate team, location or specialist based on availability, skills or business rules.

  • Business Continuity - Maintain customer accessibility during outages, office closures or unexpected disruptions by redirecting calls to alternative locations or remote teams.

  • Reporting and Insights - Gain visibility into call volumes, peak periods and customer demand patterns to support operational planning and service improvement.

  • Integration with Contact Centre Platforms - Connect toll-free services with your contact centre technology to create seamless customer journeys across voice and digital channels.

Key Features

Full Number Portability This means that you can continue to use your existing 0800 or 0508 toll free number when you move to Digital Island.
Geographic Routing Ddepending on the origin of a call, you can direct it will go to a particular office or number.
Menu Options Menu Options is an IVR type service which directs callers to dial 1 for the operator, 2 for bookings, 3 for accounts, etc.
Courtesy Response & InfoCall

Courtesy Response allows a pre-recorded message to be played before the call is forwarded to the terminating number.

InfoCall means callers will only hear a pre-recorded message rather than speaking to a person.

Follow Me

Follow Me allows users to switch the 0800 number to divert to their cell phone.  This could be handy for a mobile workforce or as BCP.

 

Time Based Services

Time Based Services means that after hours you can divert the 0800 service to ring to a different location.

 

Advanced Toll-Free Reporting Digital Island supplies advanced 0800 reports, daily, weekly or monthly as required via email. This allows businesses to gain a greater understanding of their inbound traffic – with this information your organisation can ensure the right staff are available every time to deliver superior service to your customers. Off course complete call and service information is always available via our portal.

Sample Report

Download our sample PDF Toll Free report (139kb)
Can I block calls from mobile phones?

Yes - calls from mobile numbers can be blocked. 

Note: This is likely to impact your customer experience and limit a lot of your customers from calling you.

 

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