Virtual Phone Number Australia — a Grounded Guide

This guide keeps one rule: only published facts. 1300 Easy Dial publishes 1300 numbers, 1800 numbers and Phonewords — Australian inbound business numbers on public plans from $10 per month. It does not publish virtual-mobile or SMS-number services, so the guide covers the "virtual number" goal — a business contact point separate from the phone that answers it — as far as the published products actually go, and says plainly where they stop.

Step 1: Define what you need the number to do

Most searches for a virtual number want one or more of: separation from a personal line, a caller cost you control, and a number worth remembering. The first two are direct published facts; the third is the Phoneword's whole job. If your need is device behaviour, apps or messaging, the published range does not cover it — say so to yourself now, and a mobile carrier is the honest next stop.

Step 2: Choose the caller arrangement

1300 number: shared cost — the caller pays a local call cost, the business pays the remainder.
1800 number: caller-free in the stated Australian 1800-number context; the business pays the call charges.

Both plan families start at $10 per month, with published plans across $10, $15, $39, $79 and $99 per month. The pricing page holds the current rate tables.

Step 3: Search what is available

Find a Number searches available 1300/1800 Phonewords by word or by the last six digits — the prefix is not needed. A 1300 or 1800 Phoneword carries up to six letters on the standard keypad mapping, and 1300 327 934 spells 1300 EASY DIAL. Availability is not guaranteed for a specific number, and Phoneword pricing starts from $40 per month with availability and desirability affecting the price.

Step 4: Connect and confirm

Sign up with the answering point ready — the flow asks for the number the service will connect to. Read the terms and conditions before committing; they govern licence, billing and cancellation. If you want the published call-management options, they are the three add-ons on the pricing page: Call Tracking Numbers ($5 per month), an IVR Keypress Menu ($35 per month) and a Postcode Prompter ($250 per month).

Where this guide deliberately stops

No nationwide-presence or coverage claims appear here — the published pages make none. No activation timing — the pages state none. And no outcome promises — no number, virtual or otherwise, is sold with more calls attached. What the guide has given you is the checkable decision: caller cost, plan price, availability, answering point, terms. The virtual phone number for Australia overview covers the same ground from the category side.

Guide questions

Is a 1300 or 1800 number "virtual"?

The published pages do not use the term. They are inbound business numbers where the published contact point is separate from the answering point — the substance most "virtual" searches are after.

Can I receive SMS on a number from this site?

The published products are 1300, 1800 and Phoneword inbound numbers; SMS capability is not part of the published range, so this guide cannot claim it.

What is the cheapest published starting point?

1300 and 1800 plans start at $10 per month. A Phoneword starts from $40 per month, priced on the desirability and availability of the word.

How do I verify a specific number is available?

Search it on Find a Number by word or last six digits. The results are the current listing; a specific number is confirmed only during the sign-up process.