Christmas 2023: The best online gifts you can give

Christmas 2023 is just around the corner, and for all those who don’t have time to buy a gift in a physical store and are more pragmatic, there are great alternatives to online gifting: mainly digital subscriptions.

So here we collect some alternatives.

Gift cards for Xbox, Nintendo Switch and Playstation

One good alternative is to give away subscriptions, or rather money that can be spent on purchasing online video games for platforms such as Xbox or Playstation.

• Give someone on your list a digital Xbox Gift Card that they can use in the Microsoft Store online, Windows, and Xbox.
• Trade your gift for anything you want on the PlayStation Store: games, add-ons, PlayStation Plus and more.
• Give the gift of fun with a Nintendo eShop Card
• Another alternative for Xbox is Access to EA via Starselect. Thanks to this gift, a person will be able to play a good part of the EA catalog.

• The most complete option for those who play on Xbox is Ultimate Game Pass, which combines Game Pass games as well as the online Live Gold mode. On the Microsoft website you can buy a 3-month offer as a gift.

• For PC, we can give away games through Steam. Just add it to your cart and click “Buy as a gift.”

Windows and Apple

• Another option is a Windows gift card, which you can spend on apps, games, and digital content for that operating system.

• AND if you have a Mac, iPhone or iPad, you can give them an iTunes gift card to redeem for apps, books, movies, and over 50 million songs. These cards can be used in the iTunes Store, App Store, and Apple Books Store, or to purchase an Apple Music subscription. You can choose the amount you want.

• You can also give one Gift card from Apple, which you can spend in a physical Apple Store or online store on hardware and other products they sell.

Amazon

• If you sign up for Amazon Prime, you’ll have a 30-day free trial (after €36 per year) to take advantage of free fast shipping, priority access to offers, services like Prime Video, Prime Music and unlimited photo storage. Plus, if you’re a student, becoming Prime Student is half price and you have a 90-day trial. You can also try services like Kindle Unlimited or Audible for free for 30 days.
• Give a gift card so that special someone can use the amount at their discretion for any purchase.

Streaming services: Netflix and others.

• Netflix subscription
• Star Plus subscription
• Disney Plus Subscription
• HBO Max Subscription

Spotify

• Redeem gift cards while you subscribe to an individual Premium plan to continue paying for your premium account or upgrade your free account.
• AND if you like classical musicYou can give a voucher for access to the Berlin Philharmonic’s digital concert hall, which gives access to concerts and other digital content.