You just realized you forgot to buy holiday gifts for some of the people in your life , and there ’s no metre to go to the store or have anything shipped without express obstetrical delivery charges higher than the cost of the talent itself .
Thankfully , the digital entertainment lovers on your last - minute list are n’t out of fortune . Many sites now let you send due east - send gift codes that are instantly reformable for euphony , movie , or e - Christian Bible downloads .
iTunes Store
need to bestow the Modern iTunesBeatles Box Seton a favorable pal ? Just chatter the record album ’s iTunes varlet , get through the pointer to the rightfulness of the Buy Album button , and select Gift This Album from the drink down - up menu . you’re able to then e - mail the gift , or print it out and hand it to someone in person ( observe that the receiver has to redeem the gift in the same commonwealth ’s iTunes Store that you purchase it from ) . The same die for songs ( Gift This Song ) , movies ( Gift This Movie ) , TV show season ( Gift This idiot box Season ) , TV show episodes ( Gift This TV Episode ) . audiobooks ( Gift This Book ) , apps ( Gift This App ) , and so on .
If you want to get really originative , you cangive custom playlists as giftsas well . Just make a new play list in iTunes , and get behind the items you want from the iTunes Store into that play list ( you could mix and match file character , but I had trouble getting record album and movies into a play list ) . When you ’re done , click the pointer to the right of the playlist , and you ’ll see a window that put up a Give Playlist clitoris as an option . Click that and you ’ll get the option to e - ring mail or print out the natural endowment .
Unfortunately , there ’s no way to post someone a specific e - book from the iBookstore . you may , however , buy aniTunes Gift Certificateand einsteinium - chain armor or print it out , which a soul can then deliver for iTunes Store credit and use to buy thing to read in iBooks ( or for anything else in the iTunes Store , App Store , or iBookstore ) .
Amazon e-books and music
Just in time for the holidays , Amazon latterly tot up the abilityto give Kindle e - books as giftsas well asMP3 song and albumsvia eastward - ring mail . Each e - Good Book now boast a Give As A Gift button , and MP3s have a Give Album Or Song As Gift button . ( Although Amazon says that MP3 credits can be apply to any Amazon leverage , the language for Kindle e - Word of God is slightly dissimilar : “ If this rubric is n’t available for your natural endowment recipient , we will change your gift for an equivalent value Amazon.com gift card . ” )
you’re able to also send a gift cardsuggesting a particular itembut still reformable for any Amazon item . And if you’rereallynot trusted what somebody wants , you may still give astandard Amazon gift cardvia e - ring armor , a Facebook Wall berth , on paper ( printed by you ) , or in a greeting board from Amazon with free one - day shipping . With the e - chain armor and Facebook options , you may purchase anytime and schedule “ delivery ” on a set date .
Barnes & Noble
Is there a Nook user in your life-time ? Then send that person aNookbooks eGift Cardvia e - chain armour . ( you’re able to actually use an eGift carte du jour for almost any B&N purchase in - store and online , but not for eNewspaper or eMagazine subscription . )
Netflix
If you need a last - minute natural endowment for someone who likes to follow TV show and movies , and has one of themany devices that allow you well out Netflix contentedness to a video , then aNetflix subscriptioncould be a slap-up idea . Netflix recentlyadded a cyclosis - only subscription for $ 8 a month , or you may pick one- ( $ 10 a month ) , two- ( $ 15 a calendar month ) , or three DVD ( $ 20 a month ) at a metre — all gift option let in unlimited Watch Instantly streaming — for one , two , three , six , or 12 month . you could print or einsteinium - mail the endowment , and your recipient role can begin watching as soon as he or she is done setting up and authorizing a compatible gadget .
Streaming music subscriptions
A print or e - post one - twelvemonth subscription toPandora Onecosts $ 36 , and provide unlimited — and advertising - free — listening and in high spirits - timber streams .
A twelvemonth ’s WVIP rank to theConcert Vaultcosts $ 48 , and occur with $ 50 deferred payment to purchase Hellenic rock concerts or memorabilia from the Bill Graham archives , as well as outright take heed on iOS devices , reenforcement for Sonos systems , and better - quality streams .
Although big streaming services such as Napster , Rhapsody , Mog , and Rdio do n’t have way to straightaway ship gift to hoi polloi , you’re able to give agift subscription to eMusic(e - mailed immediately ) for three month ( $ 27 ) , six month ( $ 51 ) , or 12 months ( $ 96 ) .
