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# How to buy a phone number outright

A practical guide to choosing a number, checking the listed price, completing checkout, and preparing for transfer.

Reviewed by the Exclusive Digits editorial team. Updated 2026-09-10.

## Start with the way customers will use it

Choose whether location, a memorable digit pattern, or a word connected to your business matters most. Search by state, area code, pattern, or digits to narrow the catalog.

## Review the specific listing

Each number page shows the current listed purchase price and relevant location or pattern information. Availability is checked again when checkout begins.

## Any major carrier can receive the number

The phone number and ongoing phone service are separate. Every number in the catalog is portable to Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and all major US carriers. VoIP providers can receive it too; you choose where the number lives after purchase.

## Complete checkout and begin the transfer

After a successful payment, use the supplied transfer information with the receiving provider, which controls its own requirements and timing.




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