27 October 2009

Which Printer - Laser, Inkjet or Solid wax?

We've added a new category page on Hot about Printers - and we've been trying to answer the most common question we receive "which type of printer should I buy?". The answer, as all good answers do, varies - although we've tried to summarise our suggestions as much as possible and steer you away from high costs, wherever possible. Have a look at our new Printers Guide and feel free to tell us about any improvements we could make.

When buying a printer, remember that the cheapest colour printer to buy will almost never be the cheapest to run!

Getting Hotter?


We've only been open a short while - but we've been collecting your feedback and trying to make Hot simpler to use and better to look at. You may have noticed we've dropped the size of our top bar to reduce scrolling and added more whitespace to make it easier to find the information you're after. Feel free to contact us with any further improvements you think we could make to make your shopping experience even easier.

13 October 2009

Genuine Xerox Toner and Genuine Hot Savings

We have some of the lowest prices on genuine Fuji Xerox laser toner cartridges and solid ink wax cartridges for a wide-range of DocuPrint and Phaser printers. We can do this because we have lower overheads than a lot of other retailers - we don't have to pay for sales staff to explain the differences, rental and staff at a variety of retail locations and we don't pay for expensive marketing campaigns telling you how great we are. Instead, we offer you authentic laser cartridges at rock-bottom prices. Click here to see our Xerox toner range.

Currently we stock genuine carts for:
  • Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C1110,
  • Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C1190,
  • Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C1618,
  • Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C2090,
  • Xerox C-2100,
  • Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C2255,
  • Fuji Xerox C-2428,
  • Xerox DocuPrint C2535,
  • Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C3210,
  • Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C3290,
  • Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C4350,
  • Xerox Phaser P6200,
  • Fuji Xerox Phaser P-6250,
  • Fuji Xerox Phaser P6360,
  • Xerox Phaser P7750,
  • Fuji Xerox Phaser P7760,
  • Xerox Phaser P8200,
  • Fuji Xerox Phaser P8400,
  • Xerox Phaser P8500,
  • Fuji Xerox Phaser P-8550,
  • Fuji Xerox Phaser P8560

02 October 2009

Competitive Technology Shopping Engine with Supply Guarantee

October 1st, 2009 - Australian Interactive Multimedia Pty. Ltd. (AIM) has today launched hot.com.au, a new website giving Australian technology consumers increased control and confidence when purchasing online. The unique shopping engine allows users to choose between leading wholesalers and hot.com.au's own warehouse in a straight-forward manner. The new site demystifies claims like "in-stock" and "in-store" by being up front about stock levels and locations.

The Australian technology market is based mainly on stock supplied from a handful of distributors whose items are sold through countless websites. Many websites claim to have thousands of items 'in-stock' – the reality is many items are held by distributors and sold by competing websites using the same database simultaneously. This situation allows multiple sales of the same physical items (overselling), leaving many consumers disappointed and fighting for their money back.


Compounding the problem, many online retailers are reluctant to refund people's money – often making customers wait 30 days or longer for a refund, if at all. "Too many times we've heard of customers being charged for goods that a retailer could not supply even though they said they had it 'in-stock'," says Steven Brown, CEO of AIM, "shopping comparison engines often list items months out of date, no wonder people are disappointed. Nothing on hot.com.au is older than 2 days."


hot.com.au supplies over 50,000 products Australia-wide from top technology wholesalers as well as its own warehouse. Stock levels, update time and actual stock location information is always provided. Therefore, customers can select products based on price, stock availability and location to match their own priorities.


Unless a company actually has physical stock they cannot give a 100% guarantee they can supply. When a client sees an item on hot.com.au they can have confidence in supply because hot.com.au offers an apology and $50 cash if they don’t live up to their claims, by failing to supply paid "in-stock" purchases within the agreed timeframe.


Demystifying misleading claims such as 'thousands of items in-store', 'in-stock' etc., hot.com.au is giving the consumer more confidence and control of their shopping experience by telling the truth about stock and offering a $50 supply promise.


ENDS


hot.com.au is a technology shopping engine with over 50,000 items available, it is a subsidiary of Australian Interactive Multimedia Pty. Ltd. (AIM), a 100% Australian-owned business established in 1984.