This was something dot mobile did a long time back.
You could either offer it free or as a chargeable service.
Basically you could pick your number. (Last 6 digits)
Youâd put a number into a search box and it would show you that number or if taken a similar number.
It could be an offer for the first people to take a sim.
The thing you would need to prevent though is people getting a sim to sell the number.
For me itâs more having an easy to remember number.
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Would love something like this, as a business user the ability to get something remotely like my office line would be of huge interest and Iâd imagine others would be the same.
Perhaps to stop people abusing it a âsecuredâ number would have to be tied to a specific persons account, non transferrable SIMs or something along those or make it harder to change the address/billing details on those accounts etc?
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That could work, wouldnât want it to ever prevent you changing network though if not happy etc.
Iâve had mine now since 2005
Yes I was just thinking of something along the lines of having to get in touch with Zevvle through customer services on an account with a selected number that way they could be sure that Mr XYZ of London wasnât flogging the number on eBay and transferring the billing details and registered info to a Mrs ABY of Bristol etc.
Not physically making the system stop it, just make sure itâs a sanity check by Customer Services to make sure that number was still owned by the same person.
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This is something we could absolutely do, although it wouldnât be a perfect solution. Our SIMs come with predefined numbers from the host network, so youâd be choosing one of those. Luck of the draw as to whether we get any memorable/âpremiumâ ones, thoughâŚ
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Ah ok. I think dot mobile was similar.
The website where you picked your number could be refreshed and it would give you a new selection (not sure if this was intended).
Guess they might keep premium for themselves, although as above a number close to a home or business number might not be premium in the sense of 123456, more just the same last 6 numbers.
Long time to reply hit my post count for a new user and was restricted 
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Hmm okay, wondering how we would manage this. Donât want to show every number we have available, so maybe a few random ones and then you could search by the last 6 digits and show the âclosest.â Iâll try to get this in for launch, would be a neat feature. 
Eurgh sorry; default Discourse setting. Iâve upped the limits by 50% for the time being, but they shouldnât affect you now. Let me know otherwise^^
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No problem. Amused me I had posted enough to hit it.
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Most of the telecom providers I use allow me to pick and search for numbers no questions asked, and nothing prevents me from renting 1000 of them at once if I want to.
I donât think thereâs any point in trying to prevent âabuseâ, just charge fairly for the numbers (first number is free, additional ones are at 1ÂŁ/month) and thatâs it. Why should it even be considered âabuseâ if any particular number is worth more that that price to some people and they wish to trade? A grey market will always exist whether you like it or not, but at least you can make it safer & better for everyone by having an official way of transferring numbers between accounts (via the API, etc).
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Update on this; shouldâve posted soonerâŚ
I started building this feature a few weeks ago, but as @tim rightly pointed out, âHow on earth are we going to find the SIM card?!â As our SIMs have pre-assigned numbers and we donât have a fancy sorting machine, this would cause havoc if we opened it up for everyone.
However, if thereâs a particular number you want, send us a message during sign up and weâll see whatâs available. 
!So we canât use a PAC code to switch from existing supplier to Zevvle?
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You still can, this doesnât change that! Youâll need to send us a message with the PAC and phone number you want
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I suspect the majority of people will be porting their phone number across rather than keeping the number provided, so the number on the sim is likely to be a throwaway number most of the time.
If you come across a repeating or consecutive patterns you could keep those sims aside for that purpose. Could also charge a high enough fee for making it worth sifting through them/reserving interesting numbers. Though far more important things to do in the short term, like launching the app so that people can sign up and you can get some revenue in!
Iâd be very interested in a âpremiumâ number, but Iâm not sure how many options youâve got at the moment