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So in other words, a premium version for people who already found your free version useful.
Sponsorship. Localized. You know the person's area code. Make the assumption that they live somewhere near there and sell local ads. I wouldn't put the advertising in the voice message itself. Most users are just as likely to ignore the call once they get the phone. After the number has been submitted though, the ad can display on the website's thank you page. "Now that we've helped you, return a kind act and conside…
would work great for pizza ... stoners lose phones a lot, they also love pizza ...
Ads. Yeah, they will be closing the browser as soon as their phone rings, but you will still have them for a bit before then.
Make them watch an ad before they can input their number and make the call.
Charge them to call the phone. Maybe the first time is free, $0.25 thereafter. Or possibily make it so you can call the phone once by manually typing in the number, but if you want to do it again, it requires the number again and a captcha. But for a fee the system will call the phone, wait 1 minute and redial the number automatically--maybe 10 times or until the phone is answered. (I suggest this because I know I have hit "send" on my computer to send my missing phone a text message then sprinted into the living room to hear if it beeps there, send another and sprint into the kitchen and listen, etc...)
Become an affiliate for similar services which charge a monthly fee.
Ads for new phones, contact backup services, etc. (Make the ads easy to find again once they have realized they cannot find their phone and come back to your site.)
Make them agree that you can sell their number to telemarketers. Or to a cell phone company who will cold call them about needing a new phone. Charge $0.50 to opt out.
Advertise on the thankyou page or when the user hits submit. I imagine that your CTR's going to be very low, but you could advertise useful stuff, like phone add-ons (maybe a higher CTR but lower CPC) or new phone contract deals (lower CTR but perhaps higher CPC).
The less lazy way to monetize it would be to make the user accept that you will keep their mobile number on file. You can then aggregate that info geographically and theoretically sell it to carriers, if such information was of value to them. The reason this may be of value is that someone who persistently uses your site in a small space of time has probably lost their phone and doesn't know where it is. The telco can then call them up on an alternative number and sell them a replacement phone.