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Finding highly personal, one-of-a-kind gifts that your giftee wouldn’t expect can be a challenge. Luckily, there are many websites that can help in your search. Below, we rounded up 17 of the best websites to find truly unique gifts, whether it’s a beautifully personalized piece or a custom box of their favorite sweets.
Some of our favorite gift websites at a glance:
Uncommon Goods: A website that specializes in unique gifts and products
Goldbelly: A food gifting website that can deliver regional favorites right to their doorstep
Mark & Graham: A website for sleek personalized gifts
Etsy: An online marketplace of independent makers
Bespoke Post: A curated selection of gifts specifically for hard-to-shop for men
The best unique gift websites
Mark & Graham
Mark & Graham
Shop unique gifts at Mark & Graham
Best for: Tastefully monogrammed gifts
For a high-quality gift with a touch of personalization, look no further than Mark & Graham. The brand can monogram anything from custom leather handbags to cheeseboards, making a genuinely useful gift a little more special.
Abbode
Abbode
Shop customizable gifts at Abbode
Best for: Custom embroidery
Almost everything from Abbode — a NYC-based small business — can be customized with embroidery. You can add a monogram to a vegan crocodile pouch, memorialize a special family recipe on a tea towel, or emblazon a pillowcase with with a loved one’s initals. The brand also has plenty of pre-set designs to choose from, whether you want to add a tiny martini glass to a set of cocktail napkins or a bow to a pair of lacy undies.
Uncommon Goods
Uncommon Goods
Shop unique gifts at Uncommon Goods
Best for: Fun, unusual gifts
As the name suggests, Uncommon Goods specializes in more unusual products, whether it’s a QR code mug with a daily dad joke, an edible butter candle kit, or pajamas you can color on. It even has virtual classes you can gift, ranging in topics from a couple’s map-making class to astrology readings.
Wonderbly
Wonderbly
Shop personalized books at Wonderbly
Best for: Personalized books with minimal effort
Wonderbly is a website that creates giftable, personalized books for all ages and interests — from kids’ stories to cookbooks. Personalizing a book for your recipient only takes a few minutes, and the site guides you through the process with prompts and questions. The result is a keepsake you can make in minutes that still feels unique and special.
Flamingo Estate
Flamingo Estate
Shop unique gifts at Flamingo Estate
Best for: Highly curated, slow-living little luxuries
Flamingo Estate started as a collection of sundries from one man’s California home and has grown into a brand focused on bespoke, expertly sourced and crafted delights for the home and kitchen. You’ll find plenty of beautifully packaged items with a small-batch, California-local focus. Some favorite finds include a bottle of California olive oil that can be customized with a hand-written label, its viral Roma tomato candle, and Pamela Anderson’s own pickles.
Etsy
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Shop unique gifts at Etsy
Best for: Highly specific, original gifts
Whether you want a non-corporate greeting card, a digital couples portrait, or a personalized sweater, Etsy probably has every gift you could possibly come up with.
Goldbelly
Goldbelly
Shop unique gifts at Goldbelly
Best for: Gifts for foodies
Rather than offer gift baskets of snacks, Goldbelly ships regional foods all over the country, whether it’s Maine lobster rolls or Memphis BBQ. If you don’t want to send food directly to the recipient, you can also opt for a simple gift card and let them pick what they’re craving.
Read our review of Goldbelly here.
MET Museum Store
The MET Store
Shop unique gifts at the MET Museum Store
Best for: Arty, curated gifts
The Metropolitan Museum of Art boasts one of the best art collections in the world, so it’s no surprise that its gift store offers an equally curated array of gifts at surprisingly affordable price points. You’ll find beautiful, arty gifts for all ages, including jewelry, prints, and coffee table books.
Bespoke Post
Bespoke Post
Shop men’s gifts at Bespoke Post
Best for: Unique gifts for men
Like Wolf & Badger, Bespoke Post is an online marketplace of small brands, but with a focus on items for men. You’ll find dedicated pages of axes, knives, and tools alongside top-quality kitchenware and home decor. The brand also offers a curated subscription box, in case you’d like someone else to do the shopping for you.
Shutterfly
Shutterfly
Shop unique gifts at Shutterfly
Best for: High-resolution photo gifts
Whether you want to create a straightforward photo book or an elaborate three-piece wall photo, Shutterfly is one of our favorite places to make custom gifts out of photos. The photo editor is incredibly simple to use — all you need is high-res photos to upload.
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Shop unique gifts at Coming Soon
Best for: Truly unique, arty home pieces
Imagine if the coolest art friend you know opened a boutique: that’s the vibe of Coming Soon, an NYC-based gift and homewares store. Color, playfulness, and curved lines are the basis for most of the shop’s items, including a pill bottle-shaped wine cooler and whimsical glassware. The shop also sells some small delights, too like a rainbow kitchen sponge, a $30 surprise ball shaped like an orange and a $5 brat-inspired lighter.
Wolf & Badger
Wolf & Badger
Shop independent brands at Wolf & Badger
Best for: Unique finds from small brands
Wolf & Badger is an online marketplace where small, independent brands from around the world can sell their products to a global audience. Think of it as an online department store specifically for small brands: It’s a great destination to discover unique products, including handmade and artisan gifts, festive decor, and clothing for men and women. No matter the category, you’re bound to find something you’ve never seen before, like charming cottage-core designs from Fable England or silly kitchenware from Jimbobart.
Greetabl
Greetabl
Shop unique gifts at Greetabl
Best for: Fully customizable gift boxes
Using Greetabl’s simple gift builder, you can craft a custom gift box in minutes by selecting everything from the packaging to what goes inside. You can choose from an assortment of things like candles, candy, skincare products, gift cards, and other small trinkets like keychains or socks.
Ten Thousand Villages
Ten Thousand Villages
Shop unique gifts at Ten Thousand Villages
Best for: Ethically-sourced, globally-inspired gifts
Ten Thousand Villages is a non-profit, fair trade organization that sources its wares from more than 20,000 skilled artisans across 30 countries. Globally-minded giftees will appreciate its sustainable gifts, like carved gourd earings from Peru and baskets woven in Vietnam.
Personalization Mall
Personalization Mall
Shop unique gifts at Personalization Mall
Best for: Maximum gift personalization
Personalization Mall fits its name perfectly: it offers a wide array of products — from blankets to wind chimes — that you can customize with someone’s name, photos, or a special message.
Minted
Minted
Shop unique gifts at Minted
Best for: Stationery and wall art
Whether you want a simple, cute greeting card or a unique wrapping paper, Minted has both already-made stationery and home decor and some customization options. It’s also great for specific collections, such as wedding gifts and Disney art.
MoMA Design Store
MoMA Design Store
Shop unique gifts at MoMA Design Store
Best for: Colorful, design-focused gifts
NYC’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has one of the best gift stores in the world and you can shop all of it online. The selection is highly curated: each item is assessed against MoMA’s eight criteria of good design before it is included in the store’s offerings. While you’ll find plenty of books and art prints, there’s also a strong focus on lifestyle items that blend form and function.
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