How much is a Virtual Office Address in Australia?

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Written By Angela Hoskins

Author: Laura Carrie, owner of Bustle Studios and deliverer of really good budget virtual office addresses (if she does say so herself).

Short answer, it costs about $19-$345 per month for a Virtual Office Address in Australia.

Long answer? As you can see there is a huge range of prices. The really budget options (like myself here at Bustle Studios) offer a very basic option with no bells and whistles for $19 per month in Brisbane and $25 per month in Sydney. Great for start-ups. 

If you are going to register your business with a virtual address, here’s what you need to check for, as a minimum requirement:

  • Can a virtual address be registered with ASIC? 

Yes. You need a physical address (not a digital-only mailbox) based in Australia. ASIC loves virtual addresses, you just can’t use a PO Box to register your business with them, or an overseas address. You do not need to register the business with ASIC unless you are conducting business under a name other than your personal name. See registering a business name for information on how to register with ASIC.

  • Is mail scanning included in your virtual address?

Some Virtual Address services charge extra for opening and scanning your mail (we don’t) so check that it is included or how much extra it is per piece.

  • How do you get your physical mail, if required?

Most virtual address services have the option to pickup your mail and/or pay extra to get it forwarded to you.

For example, at my Sydney studio you can come and pick it up from our dedicated mail area, 24/7. In Brisbane we don’t have that option but we do physical mail forwarded instead, here are the prices for that:

  • Letters — postage fee + $5

  • Parcels — postage fee + $10 (size limits apply)

  • Are other services available with a virtual address?

Fancy pants extra services that some virtual address services offer, that are nice to have, if you have the moo-lah:

  • Reception Services. Especially handy if you get parcels delivered. (I have my mobile number on the front door in our Sydney office so I can let couriers in, but to keep costs low we don’t have a reception area).

  • Meeting Rooms included, or, at a special price. (Bustle Studios in Sydney offers meeting room hire from $40 per hour. This isn’t available at our Brisbane virtual address.)

  • Phone answering services.

  • Dedicated address. So a unique address, usually with a suite number. 

So, as you can see, there are plenty of options! If Bustle Studios doesn’t suit you we do recommend LawPath because they have a very reasonably priced service and also offer physical mail forwarding.

Angela Hoskins

Built my first site in 2000 and steadily learned what it takes to make websites work. Dabbled in WordPress back then, still do. Since building my first Squarespace site in 2016, I’ve been impressed with the relatively streamlined approach to website design and development that Squarespace offers compared to WordPress. SEO was a major challenge from the start — I’ve spent a lot of time keeping up with what’s required to get sites working, ranking well on a SERP. I have confidence with what Squarespace offers for SEO.

Having worked for more than 10 years in the web team of an inland, regional university in Australia and dealing with frustrations that come with working for a large corporate enterprise, the idea of setting up my own web design business became my goal.

Set up my business in late 2017. Opted for a sea change, too: I now live on Coochiemudlo Island 45 minutes from Brisbane. Love working from home. Love working for small business clients. Still get casual work with the university.

Challenges? The main one is pricing my work for small businesses. Doing quality work, doing the research to be up to date in the industry, takes time; it’s hard to factor in this time to my pricing while being competitive in the market and affordable for many small businesses.

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