Hillis accessed the same website twice more; first to order 10 tablets of the same drug, then to order 50 tablets and 25g of ecstasy powder.
On both occasions Customs officers intercepted the two imported drug packages.
Hillis told police he got the idea to import the drugs from watching a TV programme, and said he deeply regretted his actions.
Crown prosecutor Ashley Shore argued that given the gravity of the offending, and Hillis' two prior drug convictions, including selling cannabis, a prison sentence was warranted.
Shore suggested a starting point of four years before allowing discounts for an early guilty plea and any other mitigating factors.
Lawyer Nicholas Dutch said his client's offending was in a different category to offenders who imported drugs to sell to other people.
There was no evidence that this was a commercial scale operation, and Hillis had imported for personal use.
Dutch said a suspended prison sentence or home detention would be appropriate.
Despite Community Probation's concerns about Hillis' ability to serve home detention at a family member's home, the parties had signed a written contract outlining a set of house rules he would have to abide by, he said.
Judge Emma Parson said Hillis was involved with a type of "pernicious offending" that had to be treated seriously.
The court had to not only hold Hillis to account, but also deter him and others from engaging in this type of crime with the sentence she had imposed, she said.
Judge Parson said that, given Hillis' age, she was prepared to grant him leave to apply for home detention to be served at another address.
What is the "dark web"?
It exists on "darknets", or overlay networks that use the public internet
It requires special access
It is not indexed by search engines
Identities and locations of darknet users stay anonymous
- Source: Wikipedia
