Buythis.co.za Store Overview
Buythis is the online store of AM.CO.ZA (Advanced Machinery (Pty) Ltd). It sells business machines (printers, CNC routers, laser machines, plasma cutters, vinyl cutters, heat presses, screen printing and 3D printers) together with the consumables, spare parts, software and training that go with them. Each product has its own Buythis page, and each page is built from a public product JSON file on am.im (for example https://am.im/product/lc-1390.json).
This page gives the big picture of the store. It was first written on 2026-08-12 from the public shop pages. On 2026-10-20 it was deepened with exact numbers taken from the full product data. It holds no prices and no stock levels. For a price, open the product page. For stock, use only the live stock data.
Quick facts (2026-10-20)
- Products listed: 3,591. Every one has a Buythis page and an am.im JSON file.
- Category names used: 220 am.im category slugs. The full breakdown, with counts and example SKUs, is on the Buythis Category Map.
- Main groups by distinct products: machines 943, consumables 1,116, spare parts and accessories 1,370, software, training and gift cards 52, and 158 products that only carry AM.CO.ZA's own
amcozacatch-all category. Some products sit in more than one group. - Products with at least one product photo: 2,722, with 5,195 photos in total. All photos are served from
am.co.za/img/pro/. - Products with linked videos: 848. Together they point to 286 different YouTube videos. Videos are tagged either
installation(808 product links) orfeature(640 product links). - Products that list related products in their am.im JSON: 736.
- All prices in the product data are quoted in South African rand including VAT. 3,221 products show a sale price below their regular price. The amounts themselves are on each product page and change over time, so they are not copied here.
What the store sells
The table below is a short version of the category map. Click through to it for every category slug.
| Area | Distinct products | What is in it |
|---|---|---|
| Laser machines | 197 | CO2 cabinet, flatbed and desktop lasers, fibre cutters, laser markers, laser welders and laser cleaners |
| CNC routers | 72 | Signage, furniture, general-purpose and desktop routers |
| CNC plasma cutters | 24 | CNC, gantry and tube plasma cutters, cutting tables and plasma power units |
| Vinyl, film, label and flatbed cutters | 158 | Business, contour and entry-level vinyl cutters, film and label cutters, FlatCUT oscillating-blade and drag-knife flatbed cutters (the vacuum-pumps category mostly holds FlatCUT machines) |
| Heat presses | 40 | Single heat presses, multi-function presses and roller presses |
| Large format, flatbed UV and hybrid printers | 267 | Large format printers, flatbed UV printers, hybrid printers and portable printers |
| DTF and UV-DTF printers | 78 | Direct-to-film and UV-DTF printers |
| 3D printers | 3 | One filament, one resin and one pellet 3D printer |
| Screen, offset and embroidery machines | 28 | Offset printers, screen printers and stations, bottle screen printers, embroidery machines and a screen print dryer |
| Other machines and shop equipment | 76 | Printer UV and cooling units, LED light boxes and frames, air compressors, extractors, nitrogen generators, power units, laminators and packaging machines |
| Consumables | 1,116 | Laser optics, plasma torch parts, router bits, inks, media and films, blades and more |
| Spare parts and accessories | 1,370 | Laser, printer, router, plasma, cutter and heat press parts, motion parts, electrical parts, air and cooling parts |
| Software, training and gift cards | 52 | Software and activation codes, training and Ambitious.Academy credits, Buythis gift cards and credit vouchers |
Brands in the product data
The am.im brand field lists the brands linked to a product. AM.CO.ZA's own trade names appear most often. Some entries are compatible brands rather than the maker, for example a vinyl cutter that works with Roland or AutoCAD files, so read the list as "brands this product relates to".
| Brand | Products |
|---|---|
| AM.CO.ZA | 957 |
| FastCOLOUR (large format printers and parts) | 327 |
| EPSON / Epson (printheads, EcoTank-based printers) | 369 |
| TruCUT (CO2 lasers) | 141 |
| MetalWise (plasma and metal machines) | 106 |
| FlatCUT (flatbed cutting systems) | 86 |
| EasyRoute (CNC routers) | 78 |
| RAYCUT (fibre lasers) | 66 |
| V-Smart, V-Auto and V-Series (vinyl cutters) | 136 |
| Mach (CNC control) | 61 |
| Heatware (heat presses) | 58 |
| FlatPRINT (flatbed UV printers) | 47 |
| FlexiSIGN, VinylCut and FABRICAM (software) | 51 |
| Vinyl4, LaserMaster, LabelMark, RustOff, ScreenMaster, ECOLine | 8 to 14 each |
| Hypertherm, IPG, Raycus, JPT, Mimaki | 3 to 9 each |
The EPSON row adds the EPSON (323) and Epson (46) spellings. The vinyl cutter row adds V-Smart (63), V-Auto (39) and V-Series (34). The software row adds FlexiSIGN (20), VinylCut (18) and FABRICAM (13). A product can count in more than one row.
How a product page is built
- Every product page URL looks like
https://buythis.co.za/<sku-slug>, where the slug is the SKU in lowercase with/changed to-(for exampleLC-1390/Dbecomes lc-1390-d). - The same slug opens the product JSON at
https://am.im/product/<sku-slug>.json. That file holds the name, description, specifications, category, brand, photos, videos and related products. - The product data has a short name and a complete name for each SKU. The complete name usually carries trade marks, for example "AM.CO.ZA® FastCOLOUR™ ONE ...".
- Machine pages usually include an
installationvideo (installation, training and call-out notes) and often afeaturevideo showing the machine at work. - AM.CO.ZA KB product pages under products keep every source field from this data except price history and stock.
How to use this page
- For "does Buythis sell X?" start with the area table above, then open the category map for the exact category and example SKUs.
- For a single product, open its Buythis page (add
#aiwhen citing it) or the KB product page. - Do not quote prices or stock from this page. Prices are on each product page, stamped with the data date. Stock comes only from the live stock data.
FAQ
How many products does Buythis list? 3,591 in the product data read on 2026-10-20. The public shop page showed about 3,431 results on 2026-08-12.
Are Buythis prices with or without VAT? The product data quotes every price including VAT.
Who is the supplier on the product pages? Advanced Machinery (Pty) Ltd, trading as AM.CO.ZA, with its website at https://am.co.za/.
Where are orders collected or sent from? The 2026-08-12 storefront read shows pickup from the Sunnyrock, Gauteng head office and free shipping messages for most orders (see the original overview below).
Where can I see installation and demo videos? On each machine's product page. 848 products link to at least one YouTube video.
Read next
- Buythis Category Map for all 220 category slugs with counts and example SKUs
- Consumables overview
- Catalog index
Original overview (2026-08-12)
This is the first version of this page, kept as written apart from adding #ai to Buythis links. Its result counts came from the public shop pages on that day and are older than the numbers above.
Buythis is AM.CO.ZA’s online procurement store for business CNC machines, spare parts, and consumables in South Africa. Public shop listings show on the order of ~3,400+ catalog results (shop page reported 3431 at fetch time). Machines category alone lists hundreds of SKUs; consumables exceed 1,000.
Positioning
- Online sales channel for AM.CO.ZA product lines (printers, CNC routers, laser machinery, plasma, vinyl cutters, heat presses, screen printers, 3D printers, parts, and consumables).
- Pickup from Sunnyrock, Gauteng HQ; free shipping messaging commonly shown for Gauteng, Cape Town, and Durban.
- VIP program and account login/register available on the storefront.
- Supplier on product pages typically listed as Advanced Machinery (Pty) Ltd with supplier website https://am.co.za/.
Operations context (public blog)
From public AM.CO.ZA news content about the store:
- Buythis PTY (LTD) registered 2011; stronger online traction from ~2020.
- Fulfilment from Sunnyrock HQ warehouse (~6,000 m² floor area shared with sales/support).
- Orders processed with barcode-based Fulfillment Warehouse App inventory.
- Browse/order for warehouse pickup or courier delivery; free nationwide shipping noted for most orders.
Source note: https://updating.co.za/buythis-online-store (operational background; not a price source).
Catalog structure (high level)
| Area | Example category URLs | Approx. listed results (fetch) |
|---|---|---|
| All shop | https://buythis.co.za/shop/#ai | ~3431 |
| Machines | https://buythis.co.za/machines#ai | ~842 |
| CNC Laser Machines | https://buythis.co.za/laser-machines#ai | ~197 |
| CNC Routers | https://buythis.co.za/cnc-routers#ai | ~63 |
| Vinyl Cutters | https://buythis.co.za/vinyl-cutters#ai | ~66 |
| CNC Plasma Cutters | https://buythis.co.za/plasma-cutters#ai | ~21 |
| Large Format Printers | https://buythis.co.za/large-format-printers#ai | ~158 |
| DTF Printers | https://buythis.co.za/dtf-printers#ai | ~55 |
| Heat Presses | https://buythis.co.za/heat-presses#ai | ~40 |
| 3D Printers | https://buythis.co.za/3d-printers#ai | ~3 (machine SKUs; related consumables elsewhere) |
| Consumables | https://buythis.co.za/consumables#ai | ~1121 |
| AM.CO.ZA brand filter | https://buythis.co.za/amcoza#ai | ~115 |
Brands / product families commonly seen
EasyRoute (CNC routers), TruCUT / MorCUT / RAYCUT / LaserMaster / LabelMark / RustOff (laser), MetalWise / Hypertherm Powermax (plasma), Vinyl4 / V-Smart / V-Auto (vinyl), FastCOLOUR / FlatPRINT (large-format & UV), Heatware (heat presses), FlowFlex / FlexiFlow (inks), ScreenMaster (screen), PrintUP / PioCreat (3D), FABRICAM (CAM software), EPSON XP600 printheads as a common OEM component.
Coverage policy for this KB pass
- Category overviews + representative SKUs with descriptions/specs.
- No product prices stored (amounts, price history JSON, sale badge percentages, call-out fee tariffs omitted).
- Full SKU dump of ~3400 items not attempted; see MANIFEST coverage limits.