You have done it again. You were sure you were going to get an early start on the holiday shopping this year, but life just seems to get in the way...again. Christmas is just around the corner, and if you find yourself without anything to put under the tree, don’t panic. With just a few mouse clicks you can buy everything you need without even having to wait for FedEx to deliver.
Many people shy away from buying gift cards to bookstores or music stores because they want to put a personal touch on their gifts. Now, you can do just that: Send a travel book, an iTunes app, even a movie you’ve chosen for your loved one. You can personalize your message and send your gift via email, or print out the confirmation and wrap it up if you’d prefer to have something physical to give.
Check out these five great last-minute gift ideas that you can print out and give instantly:
Is there a specific book your special someone has wanted to read? No need to go to the bookstore for this one, if they enjoy eBooks. Log into the Kindle store and choose the book you want to send as a gift. All you need is their email address. Click the “give as a gift” button, enter their email address and choose the date you would like the email delivered. You can even include a message with your gift.
The best part is the recipient doesn't even need to have a Kindle eReader to read the book. They can download and enjoy it on any device using the free Kindle app.
There’s not a whole lot of things easier than getting your shopping done online. The busier you are, the more amazing Amazon Prime’s free two-day shipping deal is. You’d be surprised how many things you can order and get delivered right to your door, saving the time and hassle of a run to the store.
Make someone’s life easier by gifting them a one-year membership to Amazon Prime. For $79 they not only get free two-day shipping on most items, they also have access to instant streaming of over 41,000 movies and TV shows through Prime Instant Video. Book lovers will enjoy a free book to borrow each month from the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library.
Simply enter your recipient’s email address and the date you’d like your gift to be sent. Also, unlike many subscription services, it’s not automatically renewed when the year is up.
You’re determined to get your friend using Garage Band and playing Angry Birds Star Wars, but "free apps only" is his motto. In Apple’s iTunes store, you can gift a specific app, dollar amount, movie or TV show and schedule the gift to be sent via email on the big day.
If you can get your hands on one of the new iTunes gift cards, (from Best Buy and grocery stores) they have a cool new feature this year. You can simply point your iPhone’s (running iOS 7) camera and it will read and redeem the code, and apply the gift to your account. It doesn’t get much easier than that.
Give the gift of entertainment with a subscription to streaming services like Netflix or Hulu Plus. This way, your recipient can watch thousands of movies and TV shows on their TV, computer or mobile device.You can buy just a few months’ worth - no need to shell out for the whole year. Netflix gift subscriptions are available here starting with one month for $7.99.
Hulu Plus gifts subscriptions are here and are available for a month up to a year.
Music lovers will enjoy an ad-free Spotify subscription giving them access to unlimited music, skips and the ability to listen to their music offline. If you want to get romantic, maybe include a link to a personalized playlist in your message.
If you’re not sure what to get, or if there are no appealing deals in your area at the moment, buy a Groupon gift card to be used for an exciting deal down the road.
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