As you may be already be aware, on June 8th, the CRTC issued the first Notices of Violation to two as of yet unnamed companies for breaching the rules imposed by the CRTC for Canada’s National Do Not Call List. 700 other firms are also being investigated for similar infractions.
Fines for violating the DNCL can be as high as $1,500 for individuals and upwards of $15,000 for incorporated businesses.
Despite the threat of hefty monetary penalties, why are so many businesses finding it difficult to comply with the DNCL?
When businesses subscribe to the DNCL telemarketing list, they’re granted access to text files consisting of phone numbers in list format. Unfortunately, that’s all.
There is no mechanism by which one can easily search DNCL phone lists except through the CRTC’s query feature, which is prohibitively expensive at $1.73 per phone number queried.
The only other options for businesses is to either develop their own software to organize and scrub their number lists or sift through the DNCL lists manually.
Software development can entail a high investment and sorting through lists manually, particularly when you’re dealing with millions of numbers is incredibly laborious.
As the CRTC constantly updates the DNCL on a daily basis, businesses must do likewise by continually downloading the DNCL lists in order to ensure their database remains up to date. Depending on how many area codes a particular business subscribes to, the amount of bandwidth required for daily updates could be considerable; to say nothing of the effort required to propagate those updates across the company network!
To compound matters, Bell Canada, the company selected by the CRTC to steward the DNCL, has recently proposed price increases across the board to all subscriptions and services. Chief among those is the increase from $0.50 per number queried to $1.75 per number queried! The new pricing is scheduled to take effect this coming August.
With no tools to utilize the DNCL effectively, frustrating maintenance requirements to keep lists current, and astronomical pricing for CRTC’s query service, many businesses are less than enthusiastic with compliance.
We don’t blame you!
With Safe to Call, a service designed especially for the needs of realtors by realtors, we make compliance easy by helping you manage your subscriptions. Here is what we offer you:
Safe to Call is an online service that works through your Internet browser. You simply access the service just like any other website; log in, then key in a phone number and click search. The result will appear immediately after your query telling you whether that number is safe to call or isn’t safe to call (because it was found in the DNCL records). That’s it!
Unlike other list scrubbers, Safe to Call is a web application.
There’s no special software you need to install and no complicated options to choose from. If you have a web browser (Firefox/IE 8 recommended) and an internet connection, you’re good to go!
It even works with PDA and iPhones for those who are always on the move. Try that with an ordinary list scrubber!
Compared to many other products and services, you don’t need a large budget to access Safe to Call.
Additionally, there are no complex payment tiers commonly associated with our competitors.
Our low setup and monthly fees mean that the smallest realties or even individual sales representatives can begin using the service without worrying about breaking the bank.
Unlike other products and services, there are no restrictions on the amount of queries that can be made.
Best of all, you will not be charged additional fees whether you query 1 or 100 numbers!
Safe to Call provides you with friendly and helpful online support.
Response times are often within 24 hours.
Safe to Call is already in use by the following realties:
With Safe to Call, you’ll never need to worry about the tedious details that go into DNCL compliance.
Let our service facilitate your marketing efforts by helping you mitigate the risk of any unpleasant scenarios brought about by hefty fines.
We do the work for you so you can focus on what you do best, closing that sale!
Contact us by clicking the following link: http://www.SafetoCall.com/contact.php.
We look forward to meeting your DNCL compliance needs!