Tellstart & The Do-Not-Call List
The FTC definition of telemarketing. (Page 14 of the FTC Rule)“The term ‘telemarketing’ means a plan, program, or campaign which is conducted to induce purchases of goods or services or a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or any other thing of value, by use of one or more telephones and which involves more than one interstate telephone call .”
The FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule as it relates to Tellstart calls (Page 28 of the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Telemarketing Sales Rule)
“Thus, for example, if a for-profit telemarketer (Like Tellstart) on behalf of a political club or constituted religious organization were to engage in a “plan, program, or campaign” involving more than one interstate telephone call to induce a purchase of goods or services or a charitable contribution, that activity would be within the scope of the TSR.
But if such a for-profit telemarketer (like Tellstart) on behalf of the same client (A Church) made calls that were not for the purpose of inducing a purchase of goods or services or a charitable contribution, those calls would not be within the scope of the Telemarketing Sales Rule.”
The above ruling from the FTC exempts Tellstart (and churches) from the restrictions of the do-not-call (DNC) list. We do not sell anything in our calls, and we do not solicit donations from the public on behalf of churches, or anyone else. If you wanted to call everyone in your state tomorrow and wish them a Happy Birthday, you could do it without restriction. (And 1 in 365 people would be very grateful)
We are required to keep an in-house Do-Not-Call list for anyone who asks that we not call them again. People can do this two ways. 1) Press #9 when asked to do so during one of our calls. 2)Leave a message on our computer when it calls asking to be placed on our DNC list.