Fair Trade on-line An excellent range of quality crafts from around the world, the Oxfam Fair Trade online store helps small producers earn a fair living from their skills. From beautiful textiles to luxury food hampers, the shop has something that will delight everybody and all for a good cause. New products are frequently added to the selection of Traidcraft's fairly traded food and handicrafts from around the world. Best Feature: Good range of handmade gifts for a worthy cause. Worst Feature: Our Rating: 9/10. UK Delivery Charges: £3.50 per order. Click here to visit FairTrade online I want one of those - Gifts and gadgets for men If you are looking for an unusual gift for a man, then this is a very similar shop to Firebox (below), with a good sense of fun and a stylish range of great gifts. Just as good, if not better than its competitor and features more in the way of practical and stylish items for the home. Great selection of lights, cd racks and clocks etc as well as gadgets and gizmo's galore and lots of good stocking fillers. Best Feature: Good clear pictures, stylish range of products. Worst Feature: You could end up spending a fortune! Our Rating: 9/10. UK Delivery Charges: Free. Click here to visit I want one of those. Buy a Gift - Unusual Gift Ideas Shop If you are looking for unique gift ideas, then how about 1 acre of the moon; a day spent tank driving or white water rafting; a relaxation day at a health spa; or a champagne hot air balloon flight? These are just a few of the dozens of unusual gifts available at this site which is well designed and easy to use. Other experiences to buy as gifts (or to treat yourself!) include: drive a Ferrari; gliding; a makeover; bungee jump; skydiving; paintballing; white water rafting; wine tasting and many more. As well as buying these gift experiences for friends and loved ones, many of these would make good corporate gifts too. If you can't decide what to get, gift vouchers are also available. Also take a look at the 'hot deals' section to find gift ideas on special offer. The site is a member of the Which? Webtrader Code of Practice. The current bestsellers include the Beer Mug Helium Balloon; a hands on trial flight lesson in a real 1942 Tiger Moth; Tank Driving; 'Paintball Extravaganza' (A VIP voucher giving you and 7 of your friends a fantastic paintball day anywhere in the UK); A Limited Edition Magnum of 'World Cup' Champagne,signed by all 10 remaining players from the winning 1966 team - and (for the less energetic), a relaxing day at a Health Spa. Best Feature: Unique gift ideas. Worst Feature: No complaints really, we like it. Our Rating: 9/10. UK Delivery Charges: Varies. Click here to visit Buy a Gift. Clearwater Hampers - Gift Hampers Offers a good selection of high quality food hampers which would make ideal gifts for gourmets! How about a celebration hamper for breakfast in bed on the special day? Or the luxury of smoked salmon and champagne? Other options include food hampers for Christmas and Easter, as well as food hampers filled with chocolates, port and stilton hampers, and wine hampers. If you live in Australia, New Zealand or Canada, you can even send a food hamper gift to a friend or relative in the UK filled with produce from your country. For example, the Australian 'Kookaburra' hamper offers Arabicas Black Mountain Ground Coffee, Lemon Myrtle Sweet Chilli Sauce, Penfolds Wine, Suncoast Gold Roasted Salted Macadamias and a Yummy Kitchen Australian Celebration Cake in a presentation box for £34.84 plus £4 for UK delivery. You can also create your own gift hamper by choosing products from a wide selection of food, as well as coffee, tea, port and wine. The only negative point is that while delivery to an address in the UK is very reasonable at around £4, delivery to other countries is expensive, particularly outside of Europe. Best Feature: High quality food hampers. Worst Feature: Delivery outside of Europe can cost more than the hamper! Our Rating: 8/10. UK Delivery Charges: Delivery to the UK and worldwide - cost varies. Click here to visit Clearwater Hampers. Prezzy Box The buyers at Prezzy box "seek to buy the best products from a countless number of sources throughout the year". They stock 1000's of gifts and great feature is the 'Gift Wizard' which helps you choose a gift - you input the persons age, their relation to you (father, mother, sister, brother, boyfriend, girlfriend etc) and you will be presented with a range of suitable gift ideas. Gifts are also sorted into categories, including gifts for her; gifts for him; gifts for kids; living; dining; kitchen; bedroom; bathroom; garden & outdoor; 'fun things'; gadgets & gizmos; stocking filler ideas; adventure days; collectables; office gifts and wedding gifts. Best Feature: Gift Wizard helps you choose. Free delivery. Worst Feature: Our Rating: 8/10. UK Delivery Charges: Free delivery. Click here to visit Prezzy Box Firebox - Gifts for Men If you are buying a gift for a man, then there is bound to be something worth getting at this online shop. Lots of gadgets; toys and technology as well as posters, videos, magazines and much more. Unique ideas for presents include the Twister Duvet Cover, the Airzooka or Monkey Picked Tea [Wild tea leaves that have been hand (or rather paw) picked by specially trained monkeys in China!] If you are looking for an unusual present for a man, then similar products are on offer at I want one of those (above) and also at Boys Stuff online gifts. Best Feature: Great range of gifts for guys. Worst Feature: Nobody really needs this stuff! Our Rating: 8/10. UK Delivery Charges: up to £20: £1.95; £20 to £30: £2.95; over £30: £3.95. Click here to visit Firebox 101 Candles 101 Candles is a retailer of high quality candles and accessories. The site also features information on products, candle safety, home decoration, health, aromatherapy, feng shui and many related subjects. Offers a wide range of candles, which would make good gifts. Best Feature: Good quality products, reasonable prices. Worst Feature: None. Our Rating: 8/10. UK Delivery Charges: £2.50 per order. Free on orders over £25. Click here to visit 101 Candles. Need a Present Need a Present is an excellent site for unusual gift ideas. The site offers a 30 day no quibble returns policy, flexible delivery options, set response times to your enquiries, and a secure shopping guarantee. Need a Present also belongs to the Which? Webtrader Code of Practice which ensures that consumers are treated fairly when shopping online. This is a user-friendly and well designed web site for online gifts and presents which was shortlisted for the UK e-commerce awards 2002 and has attracted favourable press comments from the likes of The Guardian; The Independent and TimeOut Magazine. Popular stocking fillers include: Bond Cufflinks; Baaa Lamp (A sheep that thinks it's a lamp!!); the Everlasting Torch; a Projector Clock; the Fish Corkscrew and the Shiny Shades Sunglasses Case. Best Feature: Unusual gift ideas, easy to use. Worst Feature: None. Our Rating: 8/10. UK Delivery Charges: First Class Delivery costs £1.95 for 1 item and £3.95 for 2 or more items - other delivery options are also available. Click here to visit Need a Present. Card 2 Touch Bit of an odd name, but this is a good idea - an online greetings card shop which who will send real (as in paper and not e-mail!) cards to the recipient of your choice. Some good features include Design-a-Card (design your own card); Bloomin Cards (come with flower seeds!) and Add-a-Snapshot, where you can get your favourite photograph or image printed inside the card. Your message can be hand written for a small additional charge. Postage in the UK is free. Best Feature: Good ideas for cards with a difference. Worst Feature: Our Rating: 7/10. UK Delivery Charges: Free. Click here to visit Card 2 Touch. Other Gift Shops and Unusual Gift Ideas. Need an idea for a birthday present or any other gift? Here are some more ideas and good online shops to try for gifts (all of which will gift wrap your purchase with a personalized message, if desired): BlackStar (Films on video and dvd as well as PlayStation Games); Amazon UK (Books, Music, etc); As Seen on Screen (Unusual gift ideas with products featured in films and on TV); Clare Florist (Quality Flowers) and Choc Express (Luxury Chocolates). Another good personalised gift idea is to get a favourite photograph put on a mouse mat, on a t-shirt, place mats or even made into a jigsaw puzzle - all of these can be ordered online at Fotango photo processing. Emporium UK has nearly 2,000 high quality goods sourced from 35 manufacturers. These goods are often made by hand by small companies using traditional methods. These goods make excellent gifts for any occasion, as well as being perfect for brightening up your home. Click here to view their range. Need another unusual gift idea? Why not buy a domain name - for a suprisingly low price you can buy, for example www.thejonesfamily.co.uk and give someone a personalised e-mail address [eg:john@thejonesfamily.co.uk] using free e-mail forwarding. We recommend 123 reg domain names who charge as little as £2.79 for a year. The only limitation is your imagination - and that the domain name is still available. Or take a look at the range of products at Past Times 'inspired by the past', many of which would make unusual and interesting gifts. How about a Blast from the Past ? Try the Let´s Go Retro Store for Groovy Gifts and Cool Collectables....Far Out Man! Some of the more unusual gift ideas in their online shop include Retro home furnishings, original classic arcade games, authentic autographs, classic movies, posters, authentic autographs, rubiks cubes, Lambretta Clothing and country flags (Union Jack; St George Cross; Stars 'n' Stripes or Canadian Flag). Another popular gift is the amazing micro digital camera - possibly the smallest digital camera (around the size of a matchbox) and a nice small price too - only £39.99 at I want One of Those. A similar mini digital camera which is likely to be a very popular gift this Christmas is the blink digital camera - available for only £36.99 at amazon .co.uk. If you are looking for a gift for a gadget lover, then you can't go far wrong at the Gadget Shop who offer online shopping for all sorts of unique gifts. If you are still looking for an unusual gift idea, how about your choice of picture or photograph and message printed on a personalised chocolate card from Groovy Chocolate - unique chocolate gifts that will really be enjoyed! Almost everybody has a mobile phone, so how about this for an unusual gift idea - Customised Phone Covers create unique customised phone covers, using your photograph or other image and text to create a unique mobile phone cover which will be the only one like it in the world! They can digitally print your face, text, logo, business card, website or anything else on the phonecover. The aim is to produce a unique high quality mobile phone cover, computer mouse and free ecard as the ultimate mobile phone accessory / gift. If you are looking for some good gift ideas for children, take a look at Planet Baby and Child, the site can be a bit difficult to navigate, but they have some great products for kids. Flowers may not be the most original gift in the world, but they are always popular. The online florists uk web site that we recommend is Clare Florist, based in Edinburgh, but they deliver anywhere in the UK next day - guaranteed. Clare Florist have been online now for 5 years and are a family owned business who have carefully built up their reputation over the last 25 years, delivering flowers throughout the UK and beyond. Another reliable choice for sending flowers is Marks and Spencers - they deliver flowers Monday to Saturday - order by 12 noon for next day delivery. You can also include Belgian Chocolates or Champagne with your gift of flowers. Another popular choice for flowers is the Interflora web site. For something different, take a look at the delightfully named Angels in the Buttermilk, who offer American style crafts and unique gifts including scented candles, room mist sprays and body products by Buttermilk barn from Homespun Americana. Looking for a cute and cuddly gift idea? How about a Teddy Bear or Soft Toy from Teddy4U. For a nice personal touch to go with your gift, why not give a handmade card - professionally designed and hand made to order from your specifications. You can have the card designed around a theme - the recipients favourite hobby, sport or interest, for example. This service is available at blackmouse.co.uk and we were very pleased with the results when we tried it out recently. Need a good gift for a Guinness ® drinker? Pop along to the Cotton Traders WebSite - they sell Guinness ® rugby shirts, t-shirts and hats. Something unique? www.great-gifts.org from World Vision, the world’s leading aid and development charity, is an alternative approach to helping some of the poorest and most disadvantaged people on Earth. The concept is simple, yet incredibly effective, and as well as giving hope also solves a tangible present buying dilemma when searching for that unique gift for a friend or relative. What do you buy the man / woman who has everything? What about a gift for someone who has nothing. At Greatgifts.org, you can purchase a life-changing gift from their extensive catalogue, with gift prices starting from as little as £5. The cost also includes a personalised greetings card. The gift is then dispatched overseas, whilst the card (with a gift certificate) is sent to the nominated friend or family member. A similar concept is on offer at www.goodgifts.org and at the World Land Trust, where you can buy an acre of Rainforest in Ecuador or Wilderness in the Patagonian Steppe for your friends or loved ones. You can choose which WLT project to donate to. £25 saves a Real acre in a Real place Forever. They will send a personalised certificate and a copy of their newsletter twice a year, to you and your gift recipient. The certificate can be personalised in any way you like. Lots of unusual presents featuring cuddly animals can be found at the online shop of the World Wildlife Fund - perfect for animal lovers! For an adopt an animal gift, how about an Orangutan Adoption Box which includes a year's adoption certificate; a plush cuddly toy; a wall chart; information about the endangered species and a card that, once activated, will ensure that the adopter receives regular newsletters about their animal. You can also adopt a dolphin, a panda or a tiger - the perfect gift for kids of all ages. More animal adoptions are available at the Born Free Foundation web site or at Care for the Wild where you can adopt adopt a tiger, an elephant or a snow leopard. Birthday presents for someone who has everything? What about a goat or some chickens from Oxfam Unwrapped - your gift goes to Africa while your receipient gets a nice card explaining the gift. Still stuck for unique gift ideas? Try the Gift Wizard at PrezzyBox.com or the selection of unusual gift ideas at the Alternative Gift Company. Top 10 UK Flowers & Gift sites *: GadgetShop I Want One of Those Interflora Crocus FireBox BoysStuff BuyaGift MemoriseThis HSamuel RedLetterDays * Source: Hitwise - based on the number of visits UK retail websites achieved between July and September 2003. Note: All trademarks, product names and company names or logos featured on this site are the property of their respective owners.