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Thoughtful Last-Minute Gifts You Can Buy From Your Couch
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So you didn't organize your time appropriately to get loved ones a gift? Don't be too down on yourself — you can still give her the gift of entertainment with these affordable digital gifts they'll enjoy all year long.
1 Oyster Ebooks Subscription
Have you heard of Oyster Books? The ebook streaming service gives users unlimited access to more than 500,000 titles on the web, iOS, or Android devices, and you can gift a subscription for one month ($10), three months ($30), six months ($60), or a year ($119).
2 Food Subscription Service
For your foodie friends, consider the Goldbely subscription box ($39-$649). Every month, they'll get hand-selected feasts from the country’s best restaurants, bakeries, and more.
3 Priv Beauty Services
Priv is a beauty app that lets you order hairdressers, masseurs, and other beauty experts straight to your home in Los Angeles, New York, and London. Why not order a service for your favorite person who needs pampering?
4 Magazine Reads
Texture is great for those with various interests. The media app provides unlimited access to dozens of magazines and has been called the Netflix of magazines. You can gift the service and choose between three, six, and 12 months of service (starting at $35).
5 Kindle Books
If there's one thing that's a no-fail gift, it's a good book. Help your Kindle-owning friend add to her reading list with any number of Kindle books that can be delivered instantly or scheduled for a certain date.
6 Giftly Gift Cards
Giftly is the flexible gift card that allows you to gift someone money to use in a number of places. Whether it's a restaurant, a retail store, a movie theater, or something else, just set your price point, select the places your giftee would adore, and send via email or text.
7 Must Have Box Subscription
POPSUGAR's own Must Have Box offers over $100 worth of full-size products in beauty, fashion, home, fitness, and food — all curated by editor-in-chief Lisa Sugar. Gift them their first $40 box, and maybe buy one for yourself too!
8 iTunes Gift Card
An iTunes gift card works on the iTunes store, App Store, iBooks Store, and Mac App Store, so it's the perfect gift for those who swears by Apple products. If you don't want to bother with the iTunes gift website, you can even send an app or a song straight from your phone.
9 Spotify Subscription
Spotify gift cards (from $10) are available at your local store, much to the joy of gifters everywhere. Give a one-, three-, six-, or 12-month gift subscription for a premium account, which features unlimited access without ad interruption, Spotify mobile, and more.
10 Hulu Plus Service
Kicking the cable habit has never been easier with a Hulu Plus subscription ($15-$100), and the price options make it simple to buy within your means.
11 Marvel Digital Comics Subscription
There's no doubt comic-fans will enjoy an unlimited subscription to Marvel comics (starting at $10 per month). For a year, they can access more than 10,000 new and classic comics in Marvel's online archive; how's that for an action-packed gift?
12 Xbox Music Streaming
Formerly known as Xbox Music, Groove Music ($10 per month, $100 per year) will let you stream and download more than 40 million songs and listen — ad-free — from the web, PC, Xbox, iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone.
13 Scribd Ebooks
Another book service to consider gifting is Scribd. The digital library offers 500,000 ebooks, and users can read as many books as they want. Buy an electronic gift card for three months ($25), six months ($50), or one year ($100) of unlimited reading.
14 Xbox Live Membership
You can buy a three- or 12-month Xbox Live Gold Membership ($20-$60) on Amazon and open up new worlds for your online-gaming friends.
15 Pandora One Upgrade
Your music-loving friends will dig a one-year Pandora One subscription ($55), which offers higher-quality streaming and ad-free listening.
