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How do I talk to a live human at About.com?
A:Calling this About.com number should go right to a real human being.
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Does About.com offer 24 hour customer service?
A:Not at this number; hours here are Mon-Fri 8am-5pm EST.The least busy day is Friday, and the most busy day is Tuesday.
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How long will I wait on hold?
A:We don't expect that you will have to wait to talk to a person. This is a direct line.How is this calculated?
How do I get through the phone menu to a live person?
GetHuman researchers routinely call this About.com phone number to document the phone system.
Here is our latest tip for weaving through the phone menu to get to a real person the fastest:Calling this About.com number should go right to a real human being
In fact, much of this information on this page is superfluous because this About.com phone number is a direct line to a human being. The line is well-staffed and you should anticipate a very short wait on hold or none whatsoever, as long as you are calling during business hours.
We don't know of any phone menus you would encounter when calling either.
What are the hours and when should I call?
About.com operates the call center for this 212-204-4000 phone number Mon-Fri 8am-5pm ET.The short answer is that you should call on a Friday.This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 9 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this About.com phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like About.com staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.
The least busy time to call
The least busy day to call About.com is Friday.The most busy day to call is Tuesday.Again, this is based on a sample of 9 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
The shortest wait on hold
We measured the shortest hold times to be on Wednesday.The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Monday.
The best time to call About.com
In summation, the best day to call About.com is Friday.This is not the day with the shortest wait on hold in the phone system, but we still recommend it for its ideal combination of low call volume and short hold times. Plus we believe that About.com staffs the call center well on Friday.
Once again, please put this information in perspective because this phone number has no phone menu or long waits. It generally gets picked up right away if calling during their opening hours. If there is any way, it will typically be very short.
More About.com Customer Service Contacts
There are of course other ways to contact About.com customer service besides the phone. Below we list the best ones, by medium.
As a last, sometimes only, resort- About.com customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team, and rarely leads to a real-time conversation, which is why GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.
Conclusion and closing notes
This is About.com's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a About.com agent. This phone number is About.com's best phone number because 54 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 212-204-4000 include Setup service, Service problem, Cancel service, Change plan, Overcharge/Strange charge and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call About.com first, consider describing your issue first; from that we may be able to recommend an optimal way to contact them via phone or web. In total, About.com has 1 phone number. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to About.com representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
GetHuman does not provide call center services or customer support operations for About.com. The two organizations are not related. GetHuman builds free tools and shares information to help customers of companies like About.com. For large companies that includes tools such as our GetHuman Phone, which allows you to call a company but skip the part where you wait on the line to get a live human rep. We continue to work on these tools to help customers like you (and ourselves!) navigate the messy phone menus, hold times, and confusion with customer service. As long as you keep sharing it with your friends and loved ones, we'll keep doing it.