The Top 5 Sites to Help Shoppers Shop this Holiday Season

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Agenda Magazine
– December 2, 2010Posted in: Advice, Gifts, Happy Holidays

Online shopping saves time and shoe leather, but all of the sites, deals, and offers can be a bit intimidating to navigate through while sorting though a seemingly daunting selection of items.  For those hitting the net this season, here are the top sites which do the best to narrow the shopper’s search for that unique and special gift that can only be found online:

For Mom:

ShopSalamander.com

For the loved one who has it all, or definitely won’t be happy with another pajama set this year, ShopSalamander.com, recently launched by Salamander Hospitality features a variety of luxury and specialty gift items and apparel from bath and home products to leather travel accessories from high end and unique vendors, all separated into organized and pared down categories, offering the best of the best.

For the Fashionista:

Shopbop.com

Shop by brand, trend, exclusives, or even discount (30, 50, or 70 percent off). This nine-year-old site features hip finds from the likes of Anna Sui and L.A.M.B. Keep an eye out this fall for ofthe- moment faux-fur vests and jackets not available anywhere else from LaRok and Torn. Subscribe to the mailing list, and be the first to know about sales.

For That Last Minute Gift:

Surprise.com

This site offers an eclectic array of gift ideas compiled from hundreds of Web sites and broken down by personality type (Hippy Dippy, Wants To Be An Evil Mastermind), style (Hip Hop, Always Casual) hobbies (Woodworker, Birdwatcher), occasion, and more. Each item’s description comes with links to online stores where you can make a purchase. Search by the Who’s the Gift For section with innovative categories like Has Everything Already (personalized billiard balls), Lives in a Small Apartment (smell killer air cleanser) or Caffeine Fiend (coffee-of-the-month club). Categories serve everyone from the hopeless bachelor (beer games, cleaning supplies) to the empty-nesters (theater tickets, dance lessons). Gifts range from mildly insulting (etiquette videos) to incredibly useful (maid service).

For the Techie:

Newegg.com

Newegg offers everything from digital cameras to memory cards to build-it-yourself computer components, and features extensive product photos and a steady stream of undercutting one-day sales.. What really makes this site stand out, however, is that you’ll find great detail about the products Newegg sells. The category searches, for example, give you the opportunity to get additional information, such as the kinds of connectors that come with a particular camcorder. You can also drill down to the nitty gritty—such as whether a processor chip has hyper-threading support, a feature that gives a PC higher performance without having to resort to significantly larger chips or even adding a second processor to the system.

For the Kids

etoys.com

This site brings the universe of toys to your browser. From the homepage, you can shop by category, character, brand, gender, or the child’s age — which is an especially handy tool, allowing you to narrow your selection further by gender and type of toys.

Happy Holidays!

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