If you design, write, develop, consult or sell to American clients from outside the US, a phone number with a +1 in front of it changes how you come across. It also keeps work calls apart from your personal WhatsApp and your family.
What a business number should do
- Be local to the client. A US number costs your US clients nothing extra to call.
- Stay separate. Work calls, texts, contacts and voicemail live under their own number and label.
- Respect time zones. Quiet hours send night-time calls to voicemail automatically.
- Not lose anything. If you can't answer, missed calls can be forwarded to your own phone, and every voicemail becomes a transcript.
- Stay cheap. No monthly contract, no minimum.
A day with a business number
A client in Chicago calls at 9 a.m. their time, 5 p.m. yours. Your phone rings with "Business" on the screen, so you answer like a business. At 2 a.m. your time another client calls; quiet hours send it to voicemail and in the morning you read "Client loved the draft, wants to move tomorrow's call to 4 PM." You call back from the same number.
How you pay
Nimra is prepaid. You add credit in the app, the number is paid from it every 30 days, and calls are charged by the minute. Voicemail and transcripts are free, credit never expires, and there is no contract. Every price is on the pricing page.
Running a company and not working alone? See a US number for business owners.
Good to know: Nimra numbers receive texts but can't send them yet, so for written follow-ups use email or your usual messaging app. Some payment and banking apps refuse internet numbers for security codes. Here's why.
Common questions
Can I get a US business number if I live outside the US?
Yes. Nimra gives you a US number that works from anywhere with internet, on your existing phone.
Will US clients pay international rates to call me?
No. They dial a normal US number, so it costs them the same as any domestic call.
How do I avoid calls at night because of the time difference?
Set quiet hours on your business number. Calls in that window go to voicemail, and you read the transcript in the morning.
Look local to every US client
A US business number on the phone you already have. Prepaid, no contract.
