Make a Phone Number
Making a business number as inputs and outputs — what goes in (a word choice, a base, an answer point) and what comes out (a published number) — with the.
Making a phone number, on the published record, is a small pipeline: three inputs in, one published number out. The inputs are the word (or the decision to skip one), the caller arrangement, and the answer point. The output is a state-neutral 1300 or 1800 number that publishes identically everywhere and delivers calls to the recorded answer point. This page describes the pipeline — and the parts no amount of input can change.
Input 1 — the word
Optional, and the only creative input: up to six letters on the base, mapped by the published keypad rules (0 and 1 carry no letters), priced from $40 per month with availability and desirability affecting the word. Candidates are searched on Find a Number — a snapshot; the team confirms the exact word and price before connection. Skip it and a standard number is arranged with the team.
Input 2 — the arrangement
1300: callers pay a local call cost, the business pays the remainder. 1800: callers pay nothing in the stated Australian context, the business carries the charges. One decision, made once — the 1300 vs 1800 page works it through.
Input 3 — the answer point
The signup flow records the number the service will connect to. That is the fixed output side: calls arrive there. The plan rides on published rows — $10, $15, $39, $79 and $99 per month on the pricing page.
What cannot be made
Stated plainly: no custom digit strings beyond the word mapping, no area-code formats, no feature bundle beyond the listed add-ons, and no guaranteed word — availability settles at confirmation. No activation timeframe is published; terms sit in the terms and conditions.
Related reading: make my phone number, create a phone number, or the 1300 numbers pillar.
Making questions
What do I need to make a number?
Three inputs: the word (or the choice to skip one), the caller arrangement, and the answer point the signup flow will record.
Can I make up any digit combination?
No — beyond the word mapping, digits are not customisable on this record. Standard numbers are arranged with the team.
Does making it cost anything before connection?
Searching costs nothing. Cost begins at connection — the plan row and, where applicable, the word price.
How long does making one take?
No activation timeframe is published. The team confirms the exact number and price before connection.
Inputs and outputs
Making a phone number, precisely described
Three inputs, one published output.