Australia virtual numbers

Australia is a long way from most of its trading partners, and the time difference makes a local number more valuable than it is in Europe or North America. A +61 number that forwards to your phone means a customer in Sydney can call during their working day and reach you, wherever you are, instead of giving up on an international number and a ten-hour gap.

Australian apps and services also expect a +61 number. Marketplaces, classifieds and banking apps send verification codes to Australian numbers, and many Australian-only services will not open an account without one. WhatsApp and Telegram deliver codes to Australian mobile ranges without the extra checks that some smaller countries trigger. Expats keep an Australian number for exactly this reason: to hold on to accounts after they leave.

Choose a mobile virtual number if you will register the number on WhatsApp, Telegram or any app that checks the carrier type. These sit on real 04 mobile ranges and pass the lookups that reject VoIP, which makes them the best choice for verification and for a WhatsApp Business account.

Choose a local number if customers in a specific city should see a familiar area code: Sydney 02 and Melbourne 03 are the most requested, and other Australian cities are available where stock allows. Choose a VoIP number for a business line or support desk where you mostly make and take calls over the internet and the carrier type does not matter.

Receive unlimited inbound SMS in your dashboard or forwarded to your email. Make and receive calls from the app on any device, with the +61 number as your caller ID. Forward calls to the mobile phone you already carry, in any country, so a customer in Melbourne dials a local number and reaches you wherever you happen to be.

Register the number on WhatsApp Business and run an Australia-facing support line without an Australian office. The number stays yours for as long as the rental is active; we do not recycle Australian numbers between customers mid-term, so a number you have attached to accounts keeps working month after month.

Australian virtual numbers start at $12.99 a month on a monthly term. A three-month term is 10% cheaper and a twelve-month term is 25% cheaper, and both renew on the same number. Mobile numbers are priced slightly above VoIP numbers because supply on verified 04 ranges is tighter.

There are no setup fees and no contract. Inbound SMS is included; outbound calls and SMS are billed per use at Australian rates. Cancel at the end of any term, free of charge, from the dashboard or by email.