A P.O. box holds mail at a post office. A virtual office gives your Los Angeles or Beverly Hills business a real street address, plus someone to receive mail and packages during business hours. If you work from home or you are just getting started, that difference is often what belongs on your website, invoices and business cards.
ABC Virtual Offices has offered this kind of address and mail handling from 9100 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, since 2005. The Beverly Hills mailbox rental in our Mail Package is $85 a month, month-to-month, with no setup fee. You get a private mailbox in a staffed office and a street address you can use in public, not a post office box number.
Why a street address looks more established than a P.O. box
Clients, banks and vendors are used to seeing a street address. A P.O. box tells them your mail stops at a post office, not at an office building. A Beverly Hills street address on Wilshire Boulevard is an address people recognize, and it keeps your home address off your public materials.
Our address plans include both pieces: the street address at 9100 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, and an on-site private mailbox. Staff are here 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, Pacific Time, to receive letters and packages and to sign for deliveries with your permission. We email you when something arrives.
What happens to your mail
You or someone you designate can pick up mail and packages during business hours. If you cannot stop by, we can forward your mail to an address you choose, billed at the actual postage plus 20%, plus $2 per regular envelope or $4 per large envelope. Envelope scanning is $25 a month; open-and-scan is $50 a month once you sign a release giving us written permission to open your mail.
Mail service starts after we have your completed USPS Form 1583, signed at our office in front of our staff or a notary public if you cannot come in, with two current forms of ID, one with a photo. We walk you through that when you sign up. See how a mailbox compares with a business address.
A virtual office can include more than mail
A P.O. box does not answer your phone or give you a room to meet a client. If you also want a local 310 number, the Basic Package is $135 a month and includes voicemail. A live receptionist answers in your company's name from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, Pacific Time, on the Standard Package at $155 a month, or on the Transfer Package at $175 a month, which also transfers calls to one U.S. number you choose. Transfers are within the U.S. only. After hours, on weekends and on holidays, calls go to voicemail.
When you need to meet in person, rent a conference room or hourly office in the same building for $45 per hour, during those same business hours. No virtual office plan is required to book a room.
If you want a real Beverly Hills street address instead of a P.O. box, start with Beverly Hills mailbox rental or compare all packages.