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Yes, and it is the lowest-risk way to start with Talk: keep the number your customers know and point it at a Zendesk one while you try it out.
Can I forward my existing number to Zendesk?
- Take a Zendesk number.
- Configure Talk fully: greetings, hours, routing, voicemail.
- Ask your current provider to forward your existing number to it.
- Test by calling your existing number.
Why this is a good first step
Customers keep the number they know, and you prove Talk under real calls before committing to a port. If it does not suit you, removing the forward puts everything back.
Porting later is then a formality rather than a launch.
What should I watch for?
- You pay both providers. Your existing line stays live, plus the Zendesk number.
- Quality depends on the forward. A poor connection at your current provider carries through.
- The caller ID may change. Some forwarding shows the forwarding number rather than the caller's, which removes your agent's context. Ask your provider whether they pass the inbound caller ID through, and then check it on a test call anyway.
Do not leave it forever
Forwarding is a bridge. Running it for two years means paying twice and depending on a provider you no longer use for anything else. Decide a date to port or to stop.
When that date comes, tell us rather than the old provider first. Porting runs to a schedule and the number has to stay live with them until it completes, so the order in which you cancel things decides whether you keep the number.
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