Terms of service


Your use of the PetSuppliesEmpire.com website, www.petsuppliesempire.com.au (hereinafter referred to as “Pet Supplies Empire”) and services and tools are governed by the following terms and conditions as applicable to Pet Supplies Empire. If you visit, interact, or transact on Pet Supplies Empire, you shall be subject to policies that are applicable to the website. By mere use of the website, you shall be contracting with Pet Supplies Empire and these terms and conditions constitute your binding obligations.

For the purpose of these terms of use, wherever the context so require ‘we’ or ‘us’ or ‘our’ refers to Ecommerce Ventures Pty Ltd trading as Pet Supplies Empire (ABN 84 668 171 659) and ‘You’ shall imply any natural or legal person who is using the site or has agreed to become a member of the Website by providing Registration data while signing up on the website as a Registered user.

When you use any of the services provided by Pet Supplies Empire, you will be subject to the rules, guidelines, policies, terms and conditions applicable to such service, and they shall be deemed to be incorporated into this Terms of use and shall be considered as part and parcel of this Terms of use. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of use, any time. It is your responsibility to check these Terms of use periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes. As long as you comply with these Terms of use, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, limited privilege to enter and use the Site.

The headings used below are used for convenience only and will not limit or impact the terms set out. If at any point we do no exercise or enforce one of the below terms, that does not constitute a waiver of that term.

  1. MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY

Use of the Pet Supplies Empire Website is available only to persons who can form legally binding contracts under Australian governing laws. If you are a minor i.e. under the age of 18 years, you shall not use Pet Supplies Empire and shall not transact or use Pet Supplies Empire website. As a minor if you wish to use or transact on Pet Supplies Empire, such use or transaction may be made by your legal guardian or parents. Pet Supplies Empire reserves the right to terminate your membership and refuse to provide you with access to Pet Supplies Empire if it is brought to our notice or if it is discovered that You are under the age of 18 years.

  1. YOUR ACCOUNT AND REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS

If you use Pet Supplies Empire, you shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your User ID and Password and you shall be responsible for all activities that occur under your User ID and Password. You agree that if you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete that Pet Supplies Empire has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or not in accordance with the this Terms of Use, Pet Supplies Empire has the right to indefinitely suspend or terminate or block access of your membership and refuse to provide you with access to the Website.

  1. FUNCTIONALITY, ACCESS & USE

We don’t guarantee error-free or seamless website free from viruses or other harmful and malicious aspects. This also applies to emails we send out. We do not provide any guarantee over the information contained in this website. Subject to the Australian Consumer Law, we do not accept any liability to the fullest extent permitted by law. You accept that the information may contain inaccuracies. It is your responsibility to ensure that any products meet your requirements.

Product descriptions and images are covered in the Stock Availability and Product Images section below.

We have the right to suspend/terminate/refuse customer access for any reasons including but not limited to suspicion of inaccurate/malicious information being provided or other inappropriate behavior.

Any unauthorized use or activity with this website may be rise to damages a/or be a criminal offence for which you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

It is our current policy to not ship products to destinations outside of Australia.

We may change our prices or terms at any time. A change does not affect an order we have already accepted. Price changes for auto-ship orders are covered by clause 14.

  1. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

When You use the Website or send emails or other data, information or communication to Pet Supplies Empire, You agree and understand that You are communicating with Pet Supplies Empire through electronic records and You consent to receive communications via electronic records from Pet Supplies Empire periodically and as and when required. Pet Supplies Empire may communicate with you by email or by such other mode of communication, electronic or otherwise.

  1. REVIEWS, COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER CONTENT

Users may post reviews, comments, photos, and other content; send e-cards and other communications; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of a card or other content. Pet Supplies Empire reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content.

If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant Pet Supplies Empire a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant Pet Supplies Empire and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify Pet Supplies Empire for all claims resulting from content you supply. Pet Supplies Empire has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. Pet Supplies Empire takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

  1. COPYRIGHT

All content included in or made available through any Pet Supplies Empire Service, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, and data compilations is the property of Pet Supplies Empire or its content suppliers and protected by Australia and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content included in or made available through any Pet Supplies Empire Service is the exclusive property of Pet Supplies Empire and protected by Australia and international copyright laws and can’t be copied or used without our express written consent.

  1. PRIVACY

We view protection of Your privacy as a very important principle. We understand clearly that you and Your Personal Information is one of our most important assets. Please review our Privacy & Security Policy at http://petsuppliesempire.com.au/privacy-security-policy/, which also governs your use of Pet Supplies Empire Services, to understand our practices. By continuing to use the website, you consent to our privacy policy.

  1. TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

If there is any error in pricing or other product information, we reserve right to refuse or cancel orders, regardless of whether the order has been confirmed or credit card charged.

  1. DELIVERY INFORMATION ERRORS & RE-DELIVERIES

We will not cover costs associated with incorrect delivery information being provided, or goods needing to be re-delivered for any reason.

It is the customer’s responsibility to provide accurate delivery information. If incorrect information is provided, please call us immediately rather than email as the email may not be seen in time before the goods are dispatched.

  1. LINKS

We have links to other third party sites. This does not imply our endorsement or guarantee of those sites. We are not liable for anything with regard to those sites. You may not create a link to our site without our prior written consent.

  1. THIRD PARTY INFORMATION

We make available such information to you for practical purposes. Any reliance is at your own risk. Product descriptions and images are covered in the Stock Availability and Product Images section below.

  1. SEVERABILITY

If a provision under these terms and conditions is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect.

If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision under these terms and conditions would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.

  1. LAW & JURISDICTION

A contract under these terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with law of NSW and Australia – whichever is applicable to the specific matter or item under question.

Any disputes relating to a contract under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of NSW and Australia – whichever is applicable to the specific matter or item under question. You agree to that by accessing this site.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your use of this website complies with any local laws applicable to you including but not limited to local taxes or other costs or reporting responsibilities applicable to you

14 AUTO-SHIP

Auto-ship orders are charged at the price shown on our website on the day each order is processed, less any auto-ship discount that applies at that time.

If the price of an item in your auto-ship goes up, or your auto-ship discount is reduced, we will email you at least 14 days before the next order that includes the new price. You can skip, change or cancel your auto-ship before that order is processed, with no fee. If you do nothing, the new price applies from that order onwards. Price decreases apply automatically without notice.

We may cancel or pause an auto-ship if a product is discontinued, unavailable for an extended period, or no longer supplied in the same size or format. We will tell you by email, and you will not be charged for any order we cancel.

If your payment fails, we may retry the charge and will contact you. If we can't take payment, we may cancel that order or your auto-ship.

15 PRICE MATCH POLICY

We expressly reserve the right to refrain from price matching where this would result in a sale below cost price (including postage). All price matches are at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to limit the quantity of products available for price-matching at our discretion.

There are many other examples where price matching will be rejected, including but not limited to:

  • Where the product is out of stock at the competitor location;
  • Where shipping costs are higher at the competitor and need be be factored in;
  • When standard pricing is being compared to discounted autoship pricing;
  • When standard pricing is being compared to pricing with the use of coupons;
  • Etc.

All Rufus & Coco products are excluded from the price matching offering.

16 OUR DETAILS

You can contact us via email at customer@petsuppliesempire.com.au.

17 SHIPPING POLICY INFORMATION

Our Free Shipping policy for orders over $79 applies to over 5000 postcodes within Australia and also depends on the type and weight of item to be shipped. The good news is that it covers all metro areas and most regional centres. When the postcode you want your item shipped to lies out of range or the product is too bulky or heavy for a courier the cost of the consignment will depend on the postcode that the item is going to and the weight of the item.

We always endeavour to keep the costs of shipping down, so we can pass these savings onto our customers.

We aim to dispatch all orders within 2 business days. Some orders may take longer, for example where stock needs to be ordered from our suppliers or stock levels have changed since you ordered. If your order is delayed, we will contact you. Full details are in our Shipping Policy.

If the shipping cost charged at checkout is less than the actual cost of delivering a bulky, heavy or remote order, we will contact you before dispatch. You can pay the difference, change the order, or cancel for a full refund.

18 ORDER ACCEPTANCE

When you place an order you are making an offer to buy the goods. We accept your offer when we dispatch the goods, or when your order is ready for collection if you chose local pickup. An order confirmation email is not an acceptance.

We may decline or cancel an order before we accept it, including where:

  • the goods are out of stock
  • the price or product details were displayed incorrectly
  • we suspect fraud or unauthorised use of a payment method
  • the quantity ordered is more than normal retail quantities, or we reasonably believe the goods are for commercial resale

If we cancel an order we will tell you and refund any amount you have paid in full.

19 AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW

Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure.

If a product is faulty, damaged on arrival or not as described, contact us at customer@petsuppliesempire.com.au with your order number and photos where possible. The Australian Consumer Law does not set a fixed deadline, but you should tell us as soon as you notice the problem. Your right to reject goods and ask for a refund or replacement lasts for a reasonable time, which depends on the type of product and how it is used. Consumable items such as food, treats and litter have a shorter reasonable period than durable goods. Delays in reporting can affect which remedy is available.

We may ask for proof of purchase or for the product to be returned so we can assess it. Where the Australian Consumer Law requires it, we will cover reasonable return shipping.

Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies any right or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law. Any clause that limits our liability applies only to the extent the law allows.

Change of mind returns are not a consumer guarantee. They are covered by our Returns Policy.

20 DELIVERY AND AUTHORITY TO LEAVE

Most orders are shipped with Authority to Leave enabled by default. This means the goods may be left at your address without a signature, in a place the driver considers safe. This also applies to our own local delivery. If you do not want ATL, tell us before you order or add a delivery instruction at checkout.

Once the carrier or our driver records the goods as delivered to the address you gave, the goods are your responsibility. We are not liable for goods lost, stolen or damaged after that point, except as required by law. If a parcel marked as delivered cannot be found, contact us within 24 hours and we will help lodge a claim with the carrier.

For local pickup, the goods are your responsibility once they have been collected.

21 STOCK AVAILABILITY AND PRODUCT IMAGES

Stock levels on the website update regularly but are not guaranteed. If an item is unavailable after you order, we will contact you to offer a substitute, a backorder or a refund for that item.

Product images are a guide only. Manufacturers change packaging, labels and bag designs from time to time, and colours may look different depending on your screen. If the product you receive is materially different from its description, your rights under the Australian Consumer Law apply.

22 PROMOTIONS AND DISCOUNT CODES

New subscribers receive a single-use welcome code for $15 off their first order when the subtotal is $100 or more, before shipping. The code is limited to one per customer, email address and delivery address. It can't be combined with other codes or used on auto-ship orders or gift cards, and it has no cash value. Codes expire 3 days after they are issued.

We may exclude some products or brands from a promotion. Any exclusions will be shown with the offer or at checkout.

We may remove a discount or cancel an order where a code has been misused. This includes using more than one account or email address to claim another welcome offer, or ordering goods for commercial resale.

We may change or end a promotion at any time. Codes already issued will be honoured on the terms they were issued under.