# Dedicated number

> A dedicated number is a phone number rented for your exclusive use as an SMS sender in one country, so that replies reach you and recipients can recognise and save it.

A dedicated number turns one-way notifications into a channel: replies come back, keywords can trigger actions, and the number stays the same across campaigns so people can save it. It is rented per country and per month, because the number must belong to the destination's numbering plan.

Use it where conversations matter (confirmations, support, two-way marketing) and keep shared senders or names elsewhere.

At SMSMeteor: a two-way number can be added to a campaign per destination; replies are collected in the panel and forwarded to your webhook.

Related terms: [Long number (virtual mobile number)](https://smsmeteor.com/glossary/long-number), [Two-way SMS](https://smsmeteor.com/glossary/two-way-sms), [Shared sender](https://smsmeteor.com/glossary/shared-sender)

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