These Digital Gifts Can Be Ordered Online (and Delivered Instantly)
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If you need a last-minute gift, but don’t want to stress about delivery deadlines, consider sending a digital gift this year.
As the name suggests, the best digital gifts can be ordered online and delivered instantly — and you won’t have to worry about shipping or about quantities selling out. Many of these presents are gift cards and subscriptions to popular services, and you have the option to e-mail them directly to their recipient, or print them out and give them as a card. Other top digital gifts are for experiences, letting your recipient choose exactly what they want — and how they want it.
We’ve found the best digital gifts you can get right now. If you need to order a gift online fast, these digital gifts will deliver just what you — and your recipient — are looking for.
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MasterClass Subscription
Get up close and personal with some of the world’s most famous newsmakers and artists through a subscription to MasterClass, an online learning platform that taps everyone from celebrities to CEOs for on-demand classes you can take from home.
The platform has classes from Metallica, Nas, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, and classical musician Yo-Yo Ma.
A subscription to MasterClass costs just $180 a year (or just $15 a month) but the site is offering a deal that gets you 35% off, just in time for Mother’s Day.
Each pass gets you unlimited access to every course on the site. Start and stop each class on your own schedule and download workbooks for offline reading. Some classes also offer the chance to ask the instructors questions.
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Headspace Subscription
No matter the time of year, it’s still common for you (or your friends and family) to feel the stress around gift-giving holidays.
Gift your loved ones ‘peace of mind‘ this season with Headspace. The app offers guided meditations, tips to help manage anxiety, and even breathing exercises for better sleep.
Right now, you can also get the first 14 days for free when you pick the annual subscription, giving you or your friend a chance to test the app out.
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Rosetta Stone
Anyone trying to learn another language will appreciate a gift subscription to Rosetta Stone. The service offers courses in 25 languages, and will help them through beginner lessons through to intermediated and advanced classes.
Rosetta Stone offers a gift subscription to a single language, or unlimited access to all of its language courses. A subscription starts at just $7.99 a month. Your best bet: get a lifetime subscription for just $179, which includes unlimited access to all 25 languages on the site.
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Disney Plus Gift Subscription
Send someone a year of access to Disney+ with a Disney+ Gift Subscription. The subscription costs just $109.99 and makes it easy to deliver a full year of award-winning stream to anyone on your last-minute gifting list.
Disney+ is winning over millions of fans with original series like The Mandalorian, and films like Encanto, Black Widow and Shang-Chi. Families will also enjoy on-demand access to hundreds of Disney and Marvel favorites, plus the entire Star Wars franchise.
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“Find Your Trainer” Subscription
FYT (a.k.a. “Find Your Trainer”) allows you to schedule sessions with a personal trainer from the comfort of your own home. A gift card to service will help the person you love get into better shape, and learn the proper forms for exercise, so they don’t hurt themselves as they get into it.
Sessions start at $29 per month, and for a limited time FYT is offering a bonus 10% on all gift cards.
Buy Find Your Trainer Subscription $29+
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A Private, Virtual Cooking Lesson
The Chef & The Dish lets you learn how to cook authentic, regional food from a professional chef. Your lesson will be taught over Skype, and a Kitchen Assistant will contact you before your lesson to run through your shopping list and provide tech support.
The only gadget you’ll need for your lesson is a tablet or laptop with a webcam and speakers, and some basic kitchen equipment (chef’s knife, pots, pans, etc).
Lessons last roughly two and a half hours, covers a three-course meal, and includes a recipe book so you can make the dishes in the future. You’ll be walked through each recipe step-by-step, and given the opportunity to ask as many questions as you’d like. This is a truly interactive experience.
The Chef & The Dish allows you to explore food from 16 different regions of the world, including Brazil, Peru, Japan, the Caribbean, and America.
Any home chef would love the opportunity to work with a professional to fill out their repertoire, or try something new. Two people can take a private class, which makes this a great date night idea, too.
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Uncommon Experiences
Uncommon Experiences offers digital classes on astrology, music, cooking and even mindfulness, all taught by true experts on the subject.
We recommend this two-hour Mindful Organizing class, taught by a professional organizer on how to help you declutter. All you have to do is pick the date, fill in your giftee’s info and they’re good to go. Uncommon Goods will send an email with the video call link before the class begins.
Choose from tons of unique classes at extremely reasonable prices.
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An Adventurous Experience
Shopping for someone who loves the great outdoors? A vacation from 57hours is the ideal gift. The service specializes in high intensity experiences (think skiing, rock climbing, surfing) all over America.
You can book a half-day trip or multi-day excursion depending on how far you’d like to push yourselves. Each experience has been vetted by 57hours and is led by an experienced instructor.
You can view the recommended skill level, best time to book, and the nearest city before you choose. Many experiences are available at different skill levels, too.
This one-of-a-kind gift may get delivered immediately, but it’ll give you something to look forward to in the weeks or months ahead.
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A Sling TV Subscription
A Sling TV subscription is a great gift for anyone considering cutting cable. The streaming service offers access to over 30 channels of live TV, including premium channels like CNN, ESPN, HGTV, AMC, and TNT.
You can access Sling through a web browser on a computer, an app on iOS or Android devices, or an app on popular media streamers like this one from Roku. If you’ve cut the cord but still want live TV, Sling is one of the best streaming services to check out online. Right now, you can get 50% off your first month with one of the best streaming deals out there.
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GameStop Gift Card
We can’t think of a better digital gift for gamers than a GameStop Gift card. GameStop has a wide selection of both physical and digital games available for every major console, and regularly runs promotions — like a current 50% off sale — that offer the best-possible value for gamers.
If the person you’re shopping for goes to GameStop frequently, we recommend getting them a subscription to their PowerUp Rewards program. A subscription comes with a $5 monthly reward that can be spent on anything in-store, early access to new console drops, a subscription to Game Informer, and more. These benefits can be used in store and when shopping online. Subscriptions start at $14.99 per year.
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Amazon Prime Membership
If you know someone who isn’t an Amazon Prime member yet, be the person that finally signs them up for the popular subscription service — one of the best values for an online membership.
One year of Amazon Prime costs just $119 (that’s almost $50 less than Netflix), and gets you free shipping on almost anything you’d want to buy, as well as unlimited access to Amazon Music, free gaming through Twitch and a ton of original content through Prime Video.
A Prime membership also gets you free access to more than a thousand eBooks, magazines, comics and audiobooks through Prime Reading. Read, listen to and watch all your Amazon Prime content on practically any device.
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Fender Play
Fender Play is a subscription service launched by the iconic guitar maker to help you learn how to play an instrument. Subscribers can learn how to play guitar, bass, ukuklele, and songwriting from professionals through guided, pre-recorded video sessions.
Amateur musicians looking to hone their skills will appreciate the step-by-step instructions and gentle learning curve, with each lesson building on the one before it. If you know someone looking to pick up an instrument for the first time, this is a fantastic gift.
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Audible Plus
There’s no better time to gift someone a subscription to Audible, which offers thousands of audio books that you can download and keep on your device for easy access.
A subscription includes three titles every month plus 30% off additional audiobooks. Get everything from best-selling fiction to memoirs, many of which are read by the authors themselves.
Purchase a gift subscription online and Audible will send your recipient an email on the day you choose, along with redemption instructions for them to log-in right away.
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Kindle Unlimited
If you know someone who struggles to put a book down or spends hours looking for their next read on Goodreads, gift them a Kindle Unlimited subscription. This online subscription will get them access to over two million digital reads.
They can access Kindle Unlimited on their smartphone, laptop, tablet or Kindle. Sweeten the gift by getting them their very own all-new Kindle, in case they don’t already own an e-reader — there’s no better gift for bookworms.
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Xbox Game Pass Subscription
Xbox’s Game Pass is an excellent gift for PC gamers or fans of Microsoft’s home consoles. Subscribers get unlimited access to over 100 titles, which they can download and play for as long as they’d like.
New games are added regularly, and the services features titles appropriate for kids and adults (Need an Xbox? The Series S is currently on sale at Amazon too).
Microsoft also offers Xbox Gift Cards, which can be used on digital games, and Xbox Live subscription cards, which enables you to play games online.
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A Criterion Channel Subscription
Film fanatics can catch up on classic and contemporary works on DVD or Blu-Ray with a Criterion gift card. From Oscar-winning movie Parasite and Jean-Luc Godard’s digitally restored Pierrot le fou to Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films and more, Criterion’s collection promises something for every type of cinema lover.
For those who prefer to stream their movies, try a Criterion Channel subscription instead.
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A Qobuz Subscription
Qobuz is a high-resolution music streaming service that makes a great gift for audiophiles.
Plans start from just $10 a month (about the same as say, Amazon Music) and let you stream millions of songs in better-than-CD quality on your smartphone, tablet, or computer, and download them for offline listening.
Many albums also include a digital booklet, something that’s not available on competing services. If you need a quick gift for a music lover, you can’t go wrong with a Qobuz gift subscription
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Nintendo Switch Online
A Nintendo Switch Online subscription is the perfect digital gift for the gamer in your life. A subscription will let them play games like Mario Kart 8: Deluxe and Among Us online, and give them access to exclusive titles like Tetris 99. They’ll also be able to play an expanding library of classic Nintendo and Super Nintendo games.
If the gamer you’re shopping for is already a subscriber, get them a Nintendo eShop gift card, which they can use on new, digital games.
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Gift Cards from eGifter.com
Going the gift card route? Make sure you’re getting your gift card from eGifter.com. This site offers a ton of gift cards below face value.
What we like: email or text the gift card to your recipient instantly, or print out to hand deliver in time for dinner. Sign up to get points for every purchase you make, too, and then use the points to save on your next transaction.
The best bet: pick up a “Vanilla eGift Visa,” which is like a virtual Visa account you deposit money into. Start them off with a limit (I.e. $100) and let them use their card at any store and any website.
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