Making Your Own Phone Number

Nobody can simply invent a phone number — numbers exist inside a managed range, and what is available decides what you can take. What you can do is make a number your own: choose a 1300 or 1800 number, or a Phoneword that spells your word, from the available listing, on plans starting at $10 per month. This page is about what that making actually consists of.

Making a number, honestly described

Choose the word or digits: search available 1300/1800 Phonewords by word or by the last six digits. What comes back is what exists — not a generator.
Understand the word mapping: keypad letters map 2 ABC, 3 DEF, 4 GHI, 5 JKL, 6 MNO, 7 PQRS, 8 TUV, 9 WXYZ; a 1300 or 1800 Phoneword carries up to six letters, a 13 Phoneword up to four. 1300 327 934 spells 1300 EASY DIAL.
Choose the caller arrangement: shared cost on 1300, or caller-free in the stated Australian 1800-number context on 1800.
Choose the plan and connect it: compare the tables on the pricing page, then sign up — the flow asks for the number the service will connect to, the answering point your calls reach.

What making a number does not involve

Three limits, stated plainly. There is no generator on this site that produces unused numbers on request — the search listing is the source of truth, and a specific number is not guaranteed until confirmed. There is no guarantee of price stability for sought-after words: Phoneword pricing starts from $40 per month and rises with desirability. And there is no outcome attached — a made number is memorable or it is not, but the published pages promise no extra calls.

Two ways to go about the making

Start from the word if your business has a name or trade worth spelling: write the word, check it against the keypad mapping, and search the listing for an available match. Start from the digits if a pattern matters more: search the last six digits you want, and let the word follow if one exists. Both routes end in the same place — an available number confirmed during sign-up — but starting from what is available, rather than from a fantasy number, saves a loop of disappointment.

Making it stick

A number becomes yours in practice when it is the only contact point you publish. Put the same digits or word on the website, quotes, invoices and signage; inconsistencies are what make customers doubt they have the right number. Service terms are on the terms and conditions page. Related reading: create your own business phone number and customising a phone number.

Making a number: questions

Can I make up any number combination?

No — you choose from available numbers. The Find a Number search shows the current listing by word or last six digits, and confirmation completes the process.

How do words become numbers?

Through the keypad mapping: 2 ABC through 9 WXYZ, up to six letters on a 1300 or 1800 base and four on a 13 base. The word and the digits are the same number written two ways.

What does making a number cost?

Published 1300 and 1800 plans start at $10 per month; Phonewords start from $40 per month with availability and desirability affecting the price of the word.

Is the number mine afterwards?

What you hold is governed by the terms and conditions — licence, billing and cancellation. Read them before buying rather than relying on any page's summary.