You've picked out your perfect vanity toll free number. It's available and now you're ready to place your order. But you have one final question. How long will you have to wait before the vanity number is available for you to use?

Relax! The hard part is over! In most cases, your new toll free number will be active and ready for use within two hours after placing the order. So it's a good idea to be ready to field those incoming calls right away.

Directories of toll free numbers fall into two general categories. First, there are quite a number of online directories where you can look up the toll-free numbers maintained by companies. In other words, you have the company name, enter it in the directory, do a search, and get the toll-free number to call them.

Some of these directories work like that, through an Internet search, and others are phone-call based. Perhaps you want to do business with that company, either to buy from them or to market to them, and simply want a number where they can be contacted.

You've decided on the perfect vanity toll free number for your business, and done a search for it, beginning the process of getting it for your own – and you find that someone else has already taken it. Your perfect number is not available!

Is your toll free number safe? With toll free numbers being one of the most important tools for any business and perhaps the most valuable branding element, companies simply can't afford to jeopardize their security and continuity.

Imagine after building a huge amount of equity in a brand and toll free number over several years only to lose the number to the competition who can instantly capitalize on all of your hard work…not to mention the resources you invested. It can happen and it has even happened to government agencies.