Online shopping in Australia

If you are new to online shopping, or are a bit nervous about it, be assured that online merchants are bound by the same consumer legislation as normal shops. Online shopping should be just as safe as buying from any other shop, and is often cheaper as merchants can keep their overheads down renting less shopspace.
Just take a few precautions that are recommended by www.accc.gov.au ( Australian Consumer Affairs);

1. Do you know who you are dealing with? Does the site list contact details like phone number, address, ABN?
2. Do you know exactly what you are paying? Is the price in U$ or AU$, are there shipping, handling or other fees? Taxes or import duties?
3. The site should have a secure payment facility, this is indicated by a small padlock in the right hand bottom corner of your screen, and usually their web adress then starts with hpps://
4. Make sure you know what the delivery time will be.
5. The site should list the warranty, exchange and refund policy.

Happy shopping!

Aboriginal T-shirts and crafts

Accommodation

Search available beds in backpackers hostels and book online with Bookhostels.com

Rates to go is a fast and secure service offering great savings on your last minute hotel reservations - up to 20 days in advance. In a few minutes you can find all the best deals and book them online!

If you're planning further in advance use Accommodation Line to find all the best discounted rates.

Adults only stuff

Adult online shopping is a big industry in Australia. Many Aussies that live way out in Woop Woop where it is way too embarrassing to walk in to the local store and ask for those naughty things get online and order it through the web and get it mailed out to them. Take a look at what's available....

Welcome! Range of Sex Toys for him and her, Adult DVDs Videos, Adult Games Novelties and Aromatherapy Essential Oils! Shipped Daily across Australia and New Zealand. Click here....

Airfares

Airfare.com.au is the another place to start looking for cheap airfares to Australia and budget domestic airfares within Australia. Browse and book online.

Firstclass.com.au is the best place to look for just about anything to do with airfares and holidays, both in Australia and internationally.

All sorts of things, food, tours etc.

Red Balloon Days and GoDo are very useful websites to find the perfect gift for friends and family. If you want to surprise someone with an amazing gift, Red Balloon Days has gift vouchers for more than 750 experiences across Australia and New Zealand to suit everyone aged from eight to 80 years old! From chocolate delights to Feng Shui consultations to wine to Harley rides and jet fighter flights, here you'll find the perfect gift. You don't even have to know what you're looking for , just use this convenient gift search engine and it will suggest the perfect gift!

Anything at all

Art

Australian College Distance Education

Learn at home with personally-assigned, professional industry tutors. Study from the comfort of home, at your own pace, with our assistance. Fast-track your course over weeks, months, or take up to five years. More info...

Australiana T-shirts

Australia has a great range of funny T-shirts that poke fun of the Aussie people and culture. They make great gifts or souvenirs.

Baby and kids clothing

Beer

Yes, you can buy beer online, and you can even get it with your own design label! At Brewtopia you can design your own label with your own text and photo and get a carton of beer (or more) with your custom label home delivered. And it's a bloody nice drop too!

Boating and camping stuff

Anything you need for your boating and camping adventures find it on boating4x4camping.com

Books

Car rentals

There is a choice of car rental companies where you can book your car or campervan online to be assured of a car on your arrival, most offer one way rentals between major cities. Nothing beats the freedom of having your own car and stopping when and where you want.

RentNewCars.com.au is an Australian company that exclusively distributes Europcar & Thrifty's Australian fleet of 16,000 new vehicles and offers access to over 200 locations around Australia via the RentNewCars web site. They also guarantee that through their True Quotes™ Promises that your final corrected payment will be the same as what they quoted - and if they are wrong then they will refund you DOUBLE the difference to your credit card.

You can check availability and book your camper van to have it waiting for you on arrival with Discovery Campervans Australia, they have a huge range of Maui, Britz, Backpacker and Kea campervans for hire in Australia. Simply type in your pickup location and dates and they will give you an overview of all available campervans and their prices to make sure you get the best deal on campervan hire anywhere !

Christmas stuff

Clothing

Computers

Dogs

Buy a dog online! Aussiepuppys.com exports Chocolate Labradors and Cavalier King Charles Spanials to any country around the world.

Domain names

Flowers

Oops! Forgot that birthday again? Don't despair, go to fastflowers.com.au and if you get your order in by noon they will still be delivered that same day!

Food

Click here to book dine- in and takeaway

On this website you can order both Takeaway food to be delivered to your door or book at table at a restaurant!

Gifts and greeting cards

Don't know what to give someone as a present? Are they on the other side of the country? No problem! Pick something out at giftsaustralia.com.au and they will deliver it, beautifully wrapped up.

Home loans

Don't have time to wait for appointments at a bank branch? Do your homeloan shopping and comparisons online and find the best deal!

Jewelry

Kids videos and toys

Kids Vids and Toys - Welcome to Australia's online toy store where we deliver to anywhere in the world! We offer a wonderful range of toys, books, videos, DVD's and CD-Rom's featuring all the major characters such as Bob the Builder, Thomas the Tank Engine, Barbie, The Wiggles and Disney, and brand names that children love including Fisher Price, Lamaze, Playskool and many more. We also have gift certificates, complimentary gift wrapping & tagging, a party planning service and even a children's DVD hire club you can join. Fun and education is our main focus, and there is plenty here to entertain and delight children. Click here to go to their website..

Life

Get a life at this website! Getalife.com.au is Australia’s first activity-based networking service for people who wish to enjoy a wide range of sporting, cultural and recreational activities; from clubbing & dancing, to sailing, traveling, bush walking and tete-a-tete dining. Members are able to create their own events, and invite others to participate. At Getalife.com.au, we help you get more out of your social life by suggesting activities, finding locations to do them, and putting you in touch with fun, like-minded people. Activities can be of a sporting, cultural and recreational nature - anything from sailing to theatre going to dinner parties or poker evenings...even underwater hockey, if you want. Getalife.com.au is for anybody and everybody - single or married, young or old, mum or dad, super hero or couch potato. It's a site for people with a taste for adventure and a zest for life. And it's a safe and relaxed environment to play in.

Lingerie

Seductive Lingeries
Seductive Lingeries brings you an exciting range of the latest and most beautiful lingerie for every occasion. Whether you are looking for romance or to spice up your life; for an exclusive surprise for mothers or lovers or for gift ideas for special occasions and special people, then we will have something to please. We stock only the best quality fabrics and designs for all shapes and sizes. The homework has already been done for you. Seductive Lingeries is an all-Australian Online Retail company. More info....
Contact via email	Phone 0438-450481

Aceofhearts.com.au is another Aussie online lingerie shop.

Movies

Looking for some good Aussie movies? Try Amazon's Aussie movie selection or try 1st video for those hard to find rare movies.

Music

Looking for some good Aussie music? See Amazon's Aussie music selection or download it from MyMusic below;

Novelty items

Partners

Shopping for a partner? Loads of Aussies do their dating online..

More online dating sites

Pheromone spray

Melbourne company Acrux has developed a spray that has shown to significantly improve younger women's sexual enjoyment and satisfaction. So far the spray has been tested on 261 premenopausal women aged 35-45 across Australia who had a low libido and testosterone levels who had to record all sexual events along with the level of satisfaction during a 16-week study. On average they reported two more satisfactory sexual experiences a month than before taking the hormone.

Posters of Australia

Russian Brides

Aussie sheilas not to your liking? Prefer Smirnoff to Bundy? Don't want the in-laws around every weekend?
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Travel insurance

World Nomads is an excellent travel insurance for the international traveller

Travel Insurance Direct is a very well priced insurance for Aussie travellers

T-shirts

Wine

Buy your wine online at Winemakers Choice and get it home delivered!

Or buy your wine online from Cleanskins.com.

- Low prices.. 1/2 of what you would pay in a bottleshop.
- Premium cleanskin wine direct from the winery... cuts out the middleman and saves you money and time.
- One "selected" wine of each style or variety... tried 20 cleanskin wines of each style and selected only the best.
- Free home delivery.. Australia Wide.
- 100% money back guarantee... return it if you don't like it.

Australia is a huge country and you can find yourself a long way from the shops. Fortunately the internet has made life easier and nowadays just about anything you want is available online; flowers, car parts, dirty videos, distance higher education courses, didgeridoos and Russian brides!

Happy shopping!