How does RidgeRise define live, warm, and cold transfers?

A live transfer is a call from a TV ad, transferred. A warm transfer is a transferred call generated by digital ads. A cold transfer is a transferred call where someone reached back out to the consumer. Other vendors often use the same words for the handoff style instead.

How is a direct inbound call different from a transfer?

A direct inbound call lands on your floor with no transfer in the middle. The same TV spot or digital ad can be inbound or a transfer, depending on whether someone handed the call to you.

Why do other vendors use these words differently?

Many vendors use live, warm, and cold to describe whether an agent introduced the caller or the transfer was blind. RidgeRise uses them for the source: television, digital ads, or a return call that was transferred.

What changes for qualification, consent, billing, and staffing?

The label tells you what the caller was promised, where consent has to match, and how to staff the hour. You still pay only for calls that meet the written rules. A qualified call is not a sale.

Which platforms track these calls?

Ringba, Retreaver, or TrackDrive. Ask which one the campaign uses so the report can split television, digital ads, return transfers, and direct inbound.

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