Gift Services

Gift services providers are specialists in gift ideas for special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries and weddings.

There are many specialty markets in this area including gifts specifically for men or women, baby gifts and special occasion gift-giving such as Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day or Christmas. The gift service industry is designed to make gift giving easy and convenient for the customer who may be pressed for time, lacking in gift ideas or located interstate or overseas in which case gifts can be organised to be delivered on the customer’s behalf via mail or courier. The most popular form of presents that are available from gift services are gift hampers or gift baskets. The range of variety in content, size and cost is vast but generally a typical gift basket may contain non-perishable food items such as chocolates, nuts, dried fruits, wines, soaps, bath milks, fluffy toys, gourmet teas and coffees or cookies.

The most common way to organise a gift hamper is via an online service provider whose website will have a number of packaged gift ideas for any occasion imaginable. Ordering, payment and delivery instructions can be made via the website. Some retail outlets such as larger department stores or boutique gift shops also provide gift giving services. Gift baskets are used widely in the corporate world to reward staff, acknowledge team or individual achievements or mark milestones and special occasions. Gift hampers may be tailored to the occasion whereby, for example, an Easter hamper may contain Easter eggs or religious iconography and in the case of a sporting enthusiast, personalised to include books, equipment, games and garments oriented to a particular favourite sport of the recipient.