Online shopping has become a craze. Why not? It's convenient, it's easy, and it's secure (usually). Almost every physical store now has an online shopping website. Then, there are the big only-online sites, like eBay, Amazon.com, Overstock, etc. What about the other sites out there? It would take years to count all of the online stores that now exist, so here are just a few to consider next time you need to buy someone a gift or trying to avoid studying for your biochem midterm.
Gaiam: http://www.gaiam.com
Don't have time to go to the gym because you're swamped with classes and work? Get your own yoga mat, pilates ball or pedometer at Gaiam. They even have kits, books, videos, DVDs and music. Whether you want to work on your balance, abs, arms or legs, this is the place to go for some of the easy-storage equipment that can fit in the little empty part of your dorm room. Plus, they have clothes and home accessories if you want to go full out.
Newegg.com: http://www.newegg.com
Founded in 2001, newegg.com has more than four and a half million registered customers and has everything you could want dealing with electronics: PCs and notebooks, digital cameras, Mac products, computer hardware and software, and more. With more than 240 PC games, 130 digital cameras and 160 portable DVD or MP3 players, newegg.com is the place to go to find the coolest gadgets and accessories. Plus, 98% of their orders ship same-day, so you'll get your purchase in no time.
iGive.com: http://www.igive.com/
Do you feel guilty about shopping online? Well then iGive.com is the perfect place for you! Here, every purchase you make also gives a certain amount of money to the charity cause of your choosing. iGive.com is like a parent Web site for different "stores" (627 in all) ranging from computers and cookware to books and beauty. Some stores are well known, like Amazon.com, T-Mobile or 1-800-Flowers; others are more obscure, like Africa Direct, which offers carvings, artifacts, masks, and beads, zChocolat.com, where the name says it all - French chocolates; and ValueMags.com, which has every magazine you could ever want to buy. So far iGive.com has raised $1,825,894.06 for its causes, $375,221.25 in the past year.
GetCheapBooks: http://www.getcheapbooks.com
For you readers out there, or those of you who still have not bought your calc book, don't worry - GetCheapBooks.com shows you the cheapest books available at a variety of sites and lists them from lowest to highest price. It has books and textbooks, beating all those comparing-prices Web sites like abebooks.com, CampusBooks, DirectTextbook and others (a test was done using the wonderful "Organic Chemistry As A Second Language" as the test product). Also, there are three other sections to the website: CheapMovies CheapMusic, and CheapGames, so enjoy!
ebeadSTORE.com: http://www.ebeadstore.com
Arts and crafts, anyone? If you're an experienced beader, or just beginning, ebeadSTORE is the place for you! Their prices are amazingly low, their choices are varied and beautiful (more than 25 sections) and they have sale prices - how can you go wrong? Plus, they charge a flat shipping fee of $2.99 to anywhere in the United States if you order $50 or more, so join in with some of your bead-loving friends and have a beading party!
Gifts.com: http://www.gifts.com
Gifts.com is a great place to go when you're scrambling for a gift and you have no idea where to start. Categories are divided into "For Him," "For Her," "For Boy," "For Girl," "By Occasion" and "By Category." You can find gifts for any "Music Lover," "Gadget Guru," "Fashion Shopper" or "Sports Fan" out there. It even helps you figure out what to get for babies, in case there has been a recent addition to the family and you don't know what to buy for them.
