How much would you pay for a special number?

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief December 3, 2008 · 1 min read

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Got this spam text message by someone selling special mobile phone numbers. I’ve bought a special number before (ends with 5555) for about Php1,500 but I wouldn’t spend any more than maybe three grand for a really special one.

I thought it was such a lucrative business for SIM card retailers to be able to sell these special numbers (gold numbers) for as much as 200 times their street value.

Just look at these numbers:

0907.8000.800
0907.8000.008
Php8,000 each

0909.8888.855
0909.8888.833
0909.8888.000
0909.8888.111
0909.8888.222
0909.8888.666
Php8,000 each

0909.8886.666
0909.8888.988
0909.8888.788
Php10,000 each

0909.8888.882
0909.8888.883
Php20,000 each

Was shocked when I saw the numbers sold for 20 grand. Are people really buying golden numbers that expensive?

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36 Comments

Bryan · 3 years ago

More than a decade later, numbers with 7 same numbers are either priceless or sold for a million pesos at least. Crazy times.

6 same numbers can go up to as much as 200k

Ajay · 4 years ago

Having VIP Mobile Number is very important. it helps in business and people start giving importance.

noel · 6 years ago

i have 09212 999 999 how much will i sell it….

Clyven Jun Almacen · 5 years ago

How much ?

Jayson Fernando · 5 years ago

I want to buy ur number

jayson Fernando · 5 years ago

I have 0910*******

arvin · 5 years ago

Still want sale it? Please text me 0916*******

redflare · 7 years ago

09***345678 someone called me and want to buy my number worth P8000.00….

Dexter · 16 years ago

Mine I got for 2k
9×9-7777-000

John · 16 years ago

Anyone have a globe postpaid vanity number with 0917 prefix and 8s and 9s for sale? We can do the transfer of ownership sa globe center. Please text me at 0917*******

tisay · 16 years ago

hey allan, i got a 0922****888, might be interested… or 0922**88*88. let me know. thanks.

manohar thakur · 16 years ago

I have vanity mobile number 9422667755 ,if anyone wants to buy please contact me at 9869056085 Thanks.

allan · 16 years ago

guys sino nagbebenta ng sun vanity dito sana ung 0922 ang prefix

KC · 17 years ago

I HAVE ONE 09XXX888888 I BOUGHT IT FOR ONLY 10K. A LITTLE BIT EXPENSIVE,YET….IT’S STILL WORTH IT.

darrell · 17 years ago

Meron din akong globe na 0916 ang number. 09166966***
bale limang six sa pagkatpos ng 0916 tapos isang 3 at 9.

pepper · 17 years ago

i got a sun prepaid sim 0922-xxx-777x & i didn’t pay a single cent hehe. my friend from digitel just gave it to me for free.

i also got a globe number 0917-444-xx55 for the regular price of P200, it’s a globe autoload max retailer sim that comes with a P100 personal load. pang business pa, vanity number pa sya kasi nga 0917 yung prefix hehe!

the i was able to buy a globe prepaid sim 0917-33x-xxxx at P45 hehe. isn’t that cheap enough for a vanity sim?

Drake Kierkegaard · 17 years ago

You just have to be very diligent and madiskarte if you want to have “special” numbers without spending gazillions.

I got my Smart number 090X-XX-54321 for the usual SIM cost, same for my Sun number 0923-XX-66661. Kunting tiyaga lang talaga. =)

Mercy · 5 years ago

how po… pa help naman

whiz · 17 years ago

my number is 091A-BB9-9999 while my sister’s is 090A-B99-9999. We got them from a friend for free :)

sky · 18 years ago

I have a friend, number nya:
092CCDDAABB

humblePride · 18 years ago

too expensive

http://humble-pride.blogspot.com/

http://promditarlac.blogspot.com/

Tina · 18 years ago

I used to work for SMART and sometimes it really costs more than 20K. Mostly chinese subscribers avail of vanity numbers thinking of goodluck for business and personal life.

I wouldn’t mind paying big for a vanity number if it will bring tons of cash! :)

-Tina-
http://manilainformer.blogspot.com

StarMars · 18 years ago

Hmmm… interesting info there…

Tolits · 18 years ago

hindi na kailangan ng isang heartrob na kamuka ko yan number na yan hahahaha.

butch · 18 years ago

my number goes like 0917-xyxy-200 for only 75 pesos 0917 number pa. which is vain enough for me para pagkamalang postpaid…lol

BrianB · 18 years ago

Won’t they get inundated by people looking for textmates?

Lyle · 18 years ago

Got a few “special numbers” too but didn’t pay a premium for it. I guess I’m just lucky with my mobile numbers.

Some of my old “vanity numbers” include:

(09XX) XXX-7777
(09XX) 7X7-X777
(09XX) 7X8-X888

TechPinas · 18 years ago

I’m actually surprised that 0909.8888.788 is cheaper than 0909.8888.882

Kenneth · 18 years ago

I would like to have numbers like those, but of course, with the least possible price. :-D

Andre Marcelo-Tanner · 18 years ago

if you run a business, a mobile number is very important in some cases and a brandable and special one is worth a lot. im surprised theyre that cheap actually. its not like these things are a common commodity. how much do you think 9111111 cost for Pizza Hut or 77777, 55555, 922222 etc

denisexy · 18 years ago

I think the target market here are the Chinese Filipinos. You know how they are with numbers, from plate numbers to phone numbers. I noticed the numbers listed above have a whole lot of 8’s in them. The Chinese value the number 8 too much they may be even willing to shell out that kind of money.

As for me, I have Sun postpaid so I was able to choose my number. =)

Jejo · 18 years ago

I used to have a number 09XX-33X-XX33. Bought it for 70 pesos, memorized it less than an hour.

Due to the bad service I get from the network, I changed to the other, getting a number 091A-A3B-0AAB

A stands for a digit. B stands for another. Got it for 45 pesos.

I wonder why people want to buy such numbers away, they’re much more expensive than some phones. It would only take them maybe a week at most to memorize their numbers.