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How buying a word number and porting it works

From choosing a word number to using it with your own carrier: checkout on Exclusive Digits, the transfer details, and the port-in.

1. Choose a number here

Type a word, or browse by industry. Every listing shows the word, the digits you dial and the price.

2. Check out on Exclusive Digits

The "View & buy" button opens the number on Exclusive Digits, which sells and delivers every number listed on this site. Exclusive Digits rechecks availability before it takes payment. The price is a one-time purchase price.

3. Receive the transfer details

After checkout you receive the account number and transfer PIN the carrier asks for. The carrier controls how long the transfer takes and may charge its own service or transfer fees.

4. Ask your carrier to transfer the number

Give those details to the carrier you want the number on; carriers call this a port-in. Portable to Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and all major US carriers.

Good to know

  • Once the number is on your carrier, you pay that carrier's usual charges for the line.
  • Keep the line active. Like any phone number, a word number that is disconnected can go back to the carrier and be lost.
  • Questions about an order, and refunds, are handled by Exclusive Digits under its own policies.