Chemist Warehouse is Australia's largest discount pharmacy chain, selling medicines, prescriptions, vitamins, beauty, fragrance, baby and personal care through 500+ stores and online.
Prices are in AUD, and the saving that's easy to miss is postage: regular shipping is free only on online prescription orders, so everyday buys pay a fee worked out at checkout.
Chemist Warehouse has been trading since 2000. Its online pharmacy accepts prescriptions as an eScript or a paper script, although Schedule 8 medicines can't be ordered online, and the site also promotes Instant Consult, a consultation service with a doctor. Part of the catalogue is marked 'Online Only': those items come from marketplace partners, who sell and dispatch them themselves.
The range runs well past medicines. Vitamins are grouped by need, from sleep and stress to heart, joint and gut health; the baby section covers nappies, formula, bottles, baby monitors and cots; and the beauty aisles include K-Beauty skincare, cosmetics, hair styling tools, electric toothbrushes and IPL hair-removal devices. Gift cards come in physical and digital form, can be spent at both Chemist Warehouse and Ultra Beauty, and stay valid for 3 years.
Does Chemist Warehouse offer free shipping?
Yes. Regular shipping costs nothing on online prescription (Schedule 4) orders, with no minimum spend; other orders pay a fee calculated at checkout.
How long does Chemist Warehouse shipping take?
Orders go Australia-wide by Australia Post Regular or Express eParcel, with Express taking 1-3 business days, and PO Boxes and Parcel Lockers are fine.
What is Chemist Warehouse's return policy?
You have 7 days from delivery to send back unopened, unused items in original packaging, and shipping costs aren't refunded.
More about shopping at Chemist Warehouse
Fast Delivery
Participating stores within 50 km can deliver in 3 hours or the same day for a distance-based fee, though scheduled medicines are excluded.
Excluded from returns
Medicines, baby formula, fragrances, vitamins, consumables, adult products and gift cards can't go back unless faulty.
Marketplace items
'Online Only' products come from marketplace partners, who ship them and allow 30 days for change-of-mind returns.
Delivery area
Chemist Warehouse ships within Australia only, so every order needs an Australian delivery address.
From Chemist Warehouse's own pages, read Oct 13, 2026.
No promo codes were listed on the Chemist Warehouse pages read, so the discount pharmacy's shelf prices are the starting point.
If you hold a code, enter it at checkout and check the total before paying.
What changes your total more is the order mix.
A basket with an online prescription ordered by eScript or paper script ships free by regular post, while the same basket without it pays shipping.
Schedule 8 medicines can't be ordered online at all.
Marketplace 'Online Only' items follow their partner's own shipping, so they may arrive separately and cost extra to send.
More ways to save at Chemist Warehouse
Gift cards, physical or eGift, are valid for 3 years and work online and in 500+ stores at both Chemist Warehouse and Ultra Beauty, so a beauty gift can be spent at either chain.
If you need something today, compare the Fast Delivery fee with a trip to the store within 50 km before paying for speed.
A faulty item is refunded including shipping, so a product that arrives broken doesn't cost you the postage as well.
Chemist Warehouse questions, answered
Can you return vitamins or fragrance to Chemist Warehouse?
Medicines, baby formula, fragrances, vitamins, consumables, adult products and gift cards are excluded from change-of-mind returns. Faulty items still get a refund that includes shipping.
Does Chemist Warehouse ship outside Australia?
Chemist Warehouse ships within Australia only. Orders go by Australia Post Regular or Express eParcel.
How long are Chemist Warehouse gift cards valid?
Physical and eGift cards are valid for 3 years and can be spent online or in 500+ Chemist Warehouse and Ultra Beauty stores.
Can prescriptions be ordered from Chemist Warehouse online?
Prescriptions can be ordered online with an eScript or a paper script. Schedule 8 medicines are the exception and can't be ordered online.