What It Costs to Buy an Australian Phone Number

The cost of buying an Australian phone number here decomposes into published parts, whichever type you buy: a monthly plan, per-minute call charges, and — only if the number spells a word — a word component. The honest starting points are $10 per month for 1300 and 1800 plans and $40 per month for Phonewords, with availability and desirability affecting a specific word's price. The pricing page holds the current tables.

Cost part 1: the monthly plan

Published 1300 and 1800 plans run across $10, $15, $39, $79 and $99 per month, each with different included value and rates. The plan is the same architecture for both number types — what differs is the caller arrangement: on a 1300 the caller contributes a local call cost, while on an 1800 the business carries the whole call.

Cost part 2: the call charges

Every plan lists separate per-minute rates for fixed-line and mobile callers, and mobile rates run higher across the line-up. Included value or minutes come with the mid and top plans; once they run out, the plan's rates apply. This is the part of the bill that moves with your business, and the part most often skipped when people compare monthly fees alone.

Cost part 3: the word, and the add-ons

Phoneword component: from $40 per month, moving with the desirability and availability of the specific word — confirmed during sign-up, not quoted from a list.
Add-ons: Call Tracking Numbers ($5 per month), an IVR Keypress Menu ($35 per month) and a Postcode Prompter ($250 per month), each published separately on the pricing page.

A worked bill shape, without invented figures

Put the parts in the order they appear on a real bill: the plan fee, the call charges as the month accrues, then any word component and add-on at their published prices. What makes this shape useful is that each line traces to a document you can read before purchase — and the shape itself is the audit: if a quote anywhere in this market cannot be laid out in those four lines, the missing line is where the surprise lives later.

Reading the whole bill before buying

A fair comparison uses all three parts at once: plan fee, call rates, and any word or add-on component. Anything that cannot be traced to the pricing page or the terms and conditions — including reassuring phrases like "no hidden fees" — is advertising, not pricing, and this page will not repeat it as fact. The team on 1300 327 934 can confirm a specific word's figure during standard business hours (AEST).

Related reading: buy Australian phone numbers for the purchase steps, virtual phone number price for the label-side comparison, or the buy an Australian phone number pillar.

Cost questions

What does the cheapest possible setup cost?

An available plain 1300 or 1800 number on the $10 per month entry plan, plus the call charges that plan's table sets. The word and add-on components only exist if you choose them.

Why do mobile calls cost more?

The published tables price fixed-line and mobile calls separately, with mobile rates higher on every plan — so your caller mix changes your bill even on the same plan.

Is the word price one-off or monthly?

The published rule prices Phonewords from $40 per month, with availability and desirability affecting the specific word's figure — a recurring component, confirmed during sign-up.

Where is the complete current pricing?

On the pricing page: every plan fee, every fixed-line and mobile rate, the included value and the three add-ons. This page points to it rather than reproducing it.