RingToNumber.com - Get Calls Without Giving Your Number

RingToNumber is a company that offers two major services. The first is a phone number with an extension that will go to whatever number you would like it to, so you can give out a phone number, a way of contacting you, more freely without having to actually give out your phone number. Then there is also a widget that you can put on your website broadcasting your RingToNumber phone number. This number can work for many instances, you clearly wouldn't want to put your phone number on the web for many reasons, especially the social networking sites. With this service you can do it with much less risk. If you meet someone at a bar and you haven't known them long enough to be 100% sure that they aren't a lunatic, you can give them your anonymous number, if you have a classified ad in the paper, this would work well too. Since the service of having the anonymous number is currently free you can change your number if you would like by cancelling service and then signing up again.

" What's a Ring-To Number?

It's an anonymous, virtual telephone number! Calls ring to any phone you want* or they go straight to voicemail - it's up to you.





How does the widget work?

The widget displays your Ring-To number on your MySpace or homepage. Now you can talk with online friends without giving out your personal phone number!"

This would be a great resource for those who want to talk more to people but are afraid because they don't want people to be able to call them anytime. Especially with today's social networking culture, people can get to know so much about people by logging onto these sites, it is important to maintain some sort of buffer. This is also a great idea for people who do online sales, through eBay for instance. If the user chooses so, they can make the number always go straight to voicemail and only return the ones that they want to.

Aside from the aforementioned voicemail loophole, the person that you give your temporary phone number still has the ability to call you which is somewhat inevitable, and if someone calls you too often you will still have to go through the hassle of changing your temporary number.