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Why do people try to collect peoples phone numbers?

by Shoyru
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i saw some ads on PPV and it is trying to collect peoples phone numbers. what do they do with them? how do they send cpa offers to those phone numbers or make money from that?
#collect #numbers #people #peoples #phone
  • Profile picture of the author Sue McDonald
    I learnt very early not to give my telephone number. If it is a required field I do not enter my right number. I did once and I got hounded by a company for a few months. I ask them nicely to remove me from their list and they didn't so then I told them in no uncertain terms to remove me. They finally took the hint.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    yeah probably.

    If you tell us what the PPV ads were advertising, and we can probably provide better insight.
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  • Profile picture of the author DaveGervase
    PPV = Pay Per View. They are popups basically. Traffic Vance is a popular site to use.

    They collect your number to sell to call centers. Since you entered your number, the DNC (Do Not Call) list doesn't apply. Once they have you on the phone, they try to sell a variety of offers.
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    • Profile picture of the author dakar
      Originally Posted by DaveGervase View Post

      PPV = Pay Per View. They are popups basically. Traffic Vance is a popular site to use.

      They collect your number to sell to call centers. Since you entered your number, the DNC (Do Not Call) list doesn't apply. Once they have you on the phone, they try to sell a variety of offers.

      Dave, can you recommend any call centers that buy phone numbers? I'm guessing it depends on the industry?
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  • Profile picture of the author Samrath Gupta
    They collect your phone number for Marketing purpose.

    Once you give your Phone number, Address,etc and click on SUBMIT..

    You are in their trap! You will get tons of calls, SMS,etc selling you something.

    Its dirty but part of marketing
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    • Profile picture of the author malchiang
      I get a lot of SMS from those marketers
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  • Profile picture of the author expcontent
    Two types of offers require phone numbers:

    1. Mobile PIN submit offers that bill the phone number for SMS or ringtones. In this case you need to confirm via PIN that you want to subscribe.

    2. Pay-per-call offers, where the affiliate gets paid for every phone call to the number listed on the landing page that lasts beyond X number of minutes. If you're in niches where most business is done via phone (B2B, home renovations, some financial niches too...) I would suggest looking into these offers as they are KILLER on local sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author ar
    I don't know about other people a friend that's doing really well collects them for lead gen. Sells them to either call centers or for verification and uses them to organize his list
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