Buy Australian Number Online — Types
The types you can buy online here — 1300 and 1800 numbers, word numbers on either base, and standard numerics — with what each type costs to start.
Buying an Australian number online goes better when you know the types before the search does the choosing for you. The published range here has four types — 1300, 1800, word numbers on either base, and standard numeric numbers — and they differ in exactly two published respects: the caller arrangement and how you buy them. Everything else is shared.
The four types
- 1300 numbers: shared cost — callers pay a local call cost, the business pays the remainder. Plans from $10 per month.
- 1800 numbers: free for callers in the stated Australian 1800-number context; the business carries the charges. Same plan price points.
- Word numbers (Phonewords): either base carrying up to six keypad letters. These are the type you can search online — Find a Number lists them by word or last six digits. Word pricing starts from $40 per month, with availability and desirability affecting the word.
- Standard numeric numbers: arranged with the team rather than searched; the same plans apply without the word layer.
What every type shares
Plan rows at $10, $15, $39, $79 and $99 per month with per-row rate tables and, on Cap plans, included minute allowances; a connection to the answer point the signup flow records; and confirmation of the exact number and price by the team before connection — online searching never substitutes for that confirmation. The types also share the same exclusions: geographic, mobile and personal numbers are not published products.
Matching type to need, then buying
Decide the caller arrangement first (1300 or 1800), then whether the number should say something (word or standard). Search, compare plan rows on the pricing page, and apply with your answer point. No activation timeframe is published; terms sit in the terms and conditions.
Related reading: the buy Australian number online pillar, buying numbers online for business, or buying numbers.
Types questions
Which types can I buy online?
Word numbers (1300 and 1800 Phonewords) are searchable online; standard numeric numbers are arranged with the team. Both complete with a confirmation before connection.
Which type is cheapest to start?
All published plans start at $10 per month regardless of type; word numbers add pricing from $40 per month for the word itself, confirmed for the specific word.
Do the types differ in call charges?
The type sets the caller arrangement — shared cost on 1300, free-for-callers on 1800. The per-minute rates the business pays come from the plan row, not the type.
Are there other types not listed?
Geographic area-code, mobile and personal numbers are not published products on this site — the four types above are the complete published range.
Types, before you buy
Know the types before you buy an Australian number online
Compare the types, or search the available word numbers now.