Vanity Phone Numbers for Scrap Yards
Be the number they call about the car in the driveway
A call people put off
Selling a junk car or hauling away scrap is a job people put off for months. When they finally decide, they call the first number they remember: the sign on a telephone pole, the magnet on the fridge, or the truck they saw haul a car away down the street.
A number that spells JUNK or SCRAP is easy to recall and says what you buy. CASH tells the seller they'll be paid.
Where to put it
- Tow truck and roll-off doors. Your trucks are seen all day in the neighbourhoods you buy from.
- Roadside signs and flyers in the areas where old cars sit.
- Receipts and scale tickets, so contractors and repeat sellers call you first.
Walk-ins and pickups
Scrap yards get calls from contractors with loads of metal as well as from homeowners with one car. Contractors want prices and hours. Homeowners want a pickup. One memorable number handles both.
Calls and texts
Calls ring the phone you choose, and missed calls go to its voicemail. Texts arrive as email, which works for sellers sending a year, make, model and address. Four-letter words such as JUNK and CASH are much easier to find locally than SCRAP or METAL.
Which of these words you can get
The shorter the word, the more numbers can spell it. Toll-free is one national pool, so a word that is taken in your area code can still be free there.
| Word | Letters | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| JUNK | 4 | Usually available. Up to 1,000 per area code, though popular trade words go first. The live results above show what is free today. |
| SCRAP | 5 | Harder to find. Up to 100 per area code. A neighbouring area code or toll-free often has one. |
| CASH | 4 | Usually available. Up to 1,000 per area code, though popular trade words go first. The live results above show what is free today. |
| METAL | 5 | Harder to find. Up to 100 per area code. A neighbouring area code or toll-free often has one. |
Why scrap yards pick a number that spells something
The same three things every business gets, in the words your customers use.
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