How to Buy Inkjet Cartridges Online

By eHow Internet Editor

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Shopping online for inkjet cartridges saves gas and prevents aggravation. Buying your printer supplies online probably won’t lower your cholesterol, but it certainly won’t increase it, either. Seriously, you can get exactly what you need online and you can get your printer back on the job faster with a few clicks of a mouse.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Internet access
Inkjet printer

Step1

Get online and head to your favorite shopping site. Feed the site’s search engine an “inkjet cartridge” request. You may have to use “printer supplies” or some other variant depending on your site’s particular quirks.

Step2

Filter the results by brand, price or print yield. Not all of the sites will have the same options for narrowing your search, so use what your site offers.

Step3

Scan the narrowed results for the right inkjet cartridge model for your printer.

Step4

Select the print cartridge that you need by clicking on the picture or product name. This brings up a list of sometimes hundreds of prices from stores that carry this inkjet cartridge.

Step5

Pick a few stores and compare the real cost of the printer cartridge once you figure in shipping and applicable taxes.

Step6

Jot down the best price and vendor combination or bookmark the results page in your computer, because you are going to do this entire process again at one more shopping site.

Step7

Compare these two best price and vendor combinations and select the better value.

Step8

Get out your credit card and seal the deal. Double check your mailing address and card numbers when entering your information.

Tips & Warnings

Some shopping sites don’t have a search engine-style utility for their products. They prefer a catalog-like or department store arrangement where like products are grouped together. To find inkjet cartridges, the computer department is your best bet.
If, after comparing prices, you have a tie between two or more merchants, you can use the shopping site’s customer reviews to settle the question of who gets your business.
Keep your computer’s Internet security features current to insure safe online shopping. Maintain a firewall and make sure your anti-virus signatures are up-to-date.
Reputable merchants will not charge a purchase to your credit card before the item ships.