Christmas shopping and gift suggestions for friends and family

Box of lollies

Rainbow Designs do funky little packages of lollies and chocolates in noodle boxes starting at below $20. Order a few for your chums or for difficult-to-buy-for family members.

Delivery: By flat fee all over Australia - cheaper if you've not left it to the last minute so you don't need next day delivery.
Payment: Visa, Mastercard, Diners Club, American Express, Paypal and Direct Deposit.

Personalised Christmas cards

Moonpig - could a mock magazine cover featuring your own photo be the best way to convey your Christmas well wishes? Or maybe some cheeky retro humour? Perhaps! Moonpig do one-off or batches of Christmas cards - you can modify the words and the pictures. You can even do serious ones.

Delivery: Postage costs only slightly more than the cost of a stamp if you sent it yourself. Order before 2pm Sydney time Mon-Fri for same day despatch within Australia - but post moves slowly at Christmastime, so order as early as you can.
Payment: Visa, MasterCard, Amex, and some debit cards.
Stuff You Should Know: Cards for Australian delivery addresses are sent from Sydney, but international orders are printed and sent from the UK, so they can get to distant destinations a bit faster.

Silly gadgets

Coolthings - if you've read the name of the shop we think you know what they sell: lots of cool gadgets and novelties. Buy a bunch of things to combine postage and you can cross off half your list.

Delivery: All over Australia for as low as $6.95 (a bit more for heavier items or express)
Payment: Visa, Amex, MasterCard, Diners, Money Order, Direct Deposit, Cheque
Stuff You Should Know: Peter from Coolthings tells us all his parcels are in non-rectangular boxes.

Gift vouchers

Everything But Flowers have a big range of non-floral gifts and hampers, including gift cards and movie vouchers, including universal VISA gift cards that can be used in 500,000 shops across Australia.

Delivery: For the gift vouchers, the delivery cost includes a personalised gift card.
Payment: Bankcard, Mastercard, Amex or Visa

Magazine subscriptions

iSUBSCRiBE is an Australian site that offers great prices on popular Australian and international magazine subscriptions. It's a great gift for anyone you know who has a special interest or just likes sitting down for a fun read every now and then. iSUBSCRiBE also suggests similar titles so if you know the person's favourite magazine, you could help them discover a new one.

Delivery: Australian delivery is included in the subscription price.
Payment: Credit card, PayPal and Pay It At Post.

Something else...

If our suggestions haven't quite crossed everyone off your list, go to LionEyes shopping to see all of our online shops.