Area codes are tied to geographic areas by nature and assigned to individual districts that are correlated to certain types of businesses. If you are a cold caller or do any telemarketing, you would these by heart.
For instance, having a 212 area code is by nature NYC and associated with Wall Street, 310 is LA and tied to Hollywood, and finally 415 is associated with Silicon Valley.
Some people pay hundreds of dollars to get specific area codes and even more so for the remaining seven (7) digits to spell out something meaningful.
Questions:
- How important is the area code to your personal brand?
- How much would you pay to have a specific area code?
- How much MORE would you pay to have a number that spells out something?
If I owned a business I think I'd care about this but personally I value my number staying constant more than I want an in-demand area code or last 4 digits. I've had the same cell phone number (random Midwest Area code) ever since I've had a phone and I would actually pay to keep it instead of pay to get a different, more prestigious number.
For silicon valley can't forget about 650 and 408. Excluding palo alto and menlo is just stupid
How much are you willing to pay for a particular #?
What?
I could not careless about my area code. What matters more is who is calling you and why. If somebody has a worthwhile reason for calling you, they will. I doubt the area code will ever stand in the way.
False, in my city there is an area code that is predominately used in the ghetto parts of town. I let it go to voicemail 10/10 times on my cell phone because I very rarely receive a worthwhile call from that part of town.
Ok, and if you had an open position and the top candidate's number was from that area code would you not have HR give them a call?
I let the majority of my calls go to voicemail unless I recognize the number. There are exceptions, applying to jobs and medical appointments.
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I'm probably one of few who will care about the area code. 212 and 917 (mobile) ARE New York City. If you're from New York then you're proud of the NYC area code. I can see how if you're not a born and raised New Yorker how you probably wouldn't care. I live in SF now but plenty of people comment on my 917 number. If you meet another New Yorker in a different city they will almost always comment on the 212/917 area code, guaranteed. I would probably pay to keep the area code forever over buying a nice watch. Sounds ridiculous, but meh.
Build that clout! It's real estate and scarcity with prestige sells.
I have a 909 number.
It comes up as Ontario, CA. Which is really Ontario, California (A meh suburb outside of LA).
People always think I'm calling from Canada.
Better than 911 :)
909 representing! Me too
This only matters if you have a business that uses a jingle to get someone to remember your number.
Elaine and a man are talking.
MAN: You're probably one of those women who doesn't like to give out her number.
ELAINE: No, I'm not. Here you go.
MAN: 646?
ELAINE: It's a new area code.
MAN: What area? New Jersey?
ELAINE: No, no. It's right here in the city. It's the same as 212. They just multiplied it by 3, and then they added one to the middle number. It's the same.
MAN: Do I have to dial a one first?
Elaine nods and the man crumples up her number.
MAN: I'm really kinda seein' somebody.
ELAINE: Yeah? Well, so am I!
Hell yeah
wherever you get your uppers, hook me up with your plug. whenever I read your posts, I imagine you as tyrone biggum in a suit
This is such nonsense, but I managed to snag a 917
212 is for landlines whereas others listed work for both land and mobile lines. Pretty sure you can grab 917 on Google voice and shit also
Yeah I have 347 - I wanted 917 at the time I got it but couldn’t get one.
I've got 347 for my work cell too. I normally just give out my desk number which is 212, and rings to my cell anyway if I think somebody cares. I do think that native new yorkers notice a 212 code, although most people from elsewhere don't.
If I ever switch jobs I'm going to be in for a world of pain though. I can't take my 212 number with me, because work owns the exchange (3 numbers after the area code) and my personal cell has a NJ area code and a number that looks/sounds fake. (Think 555-1234)
I know a few people who use 212 for their work mobile phone, though they paid for them so they could keep it between jobs.
China has the most expensive numbers:
A number “sold for $325,000 on Sunday in an online auction by a court in the Chaoyang district of Beijing. In Chinese, the number eight is a homonym for “prosper” — or, more bluntly, “get rich.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/world/asia/chin…
“The Chinese phone number, which ended with five 8s, was so coveted that it attracted 5,000 bids over the weekend from businesses and individuals eager to own it.”
None of them are hard to get for free besides 212. I just got 917 because they pop up on google voice fairly often.
When I moved cities and got a new phone number, I had the opportunity to get a number when the secondary (less prestigious) area code of the city I'm in, but was able to get the digits 666.
Damn right I took it.
281
330
8004
I have a 310 number for sale. Is anyone interested in purchasing?
I'll give you $7K for the number on Venmo.
Are you for real?
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