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A digital gift has three advantages over a parcel. It cannot get lost in the post, it costs nothing to ship, and you can still buy it at 11 pm on the day of the party. The catch is that a file is easy to get wrong: the wrong format for the person's tablet, a licence that does not cover what they want to do, or a course they will never open. This guide covers which digital products make good gifts, what to check in each listing, and how sending a product as a gift works on Getly.
Some context from the catalog, measured October 2026: Getly has 9,684 active listings with a median price of $6.00, and 95 of them carry Christmas or Xmas in the name. So most of the ideas below cost less than a box of chocolates, and you are choosing on fit, not on budget.
Why digital gifts work
- They arrive on time. No shipping window, no customs, no "delivered to a neighbour". The recipient gets an email.
- They can be scheduled. On Getly you can pick a delivery date and time, so a gift bought in November can land on the morning of a birthday or on 24 December.
- They fit people abroad. A friend in another country gets the same file at the same price you paid, with no postage.
- They are useful, if you match them to a habit. A planner for someone who already writes lists. Presets for someone who already edits photos. The gift works when it plugs into something the person does anyway.
The one weakness: a digital gift has no box to unwrap. Add a personal message (Getly gives you 500 characters for it) and, if it fits, schedule it for a moment that matters.
Gift ideas by person, with what to check
For the person who plans everything: digital planners
Planners are a natural gift for anyone with an iPad and GoodNotes or Notability. Getly has 81 active digital planners at a median of $5.00, plus 76 daily, weekly and monthly planners at a median of $3.00 and 80 budget planners and trackers at a median of $10.50. Two examples: an all-in-one digital planner covering 2026 to 2030 and a minimalist weekly planner that works printed or on a tablet.
Check before buying: is it a hyperlinked PDF (tabs that jump to months), which apps it was tested in, and whether it is dated or undated. An undated planner never goes stale, which matters if the gift arrives in December for a year that starts in January.
For the reader: e-books and novels
E-books are the biggest gift shelf on Getly: 524 active e-books at a median of $9.99, with separate shelves for fiction, children's books (168, median $4.99), cooking and self-help. For a fiction reader there is, for example, Stars on the Tempest's Edge; for a cook, a Ukrainian family cookbook or a gut health cookbook.
Check the format. Most e-books here are PDF, which reads well on a tablet or laptop and less well on a small e-reader. If the person reads on a Kindle, look for EPUB or confirm the page size in the listing.
For the photographer: Lightroom presets
Presets are cheap and personal: 11 active Lightroom preset packs at a median of $1.99, such as nine analog film presets with grain or nine golden hour presets. Check that the pack includes both XMP (desktop Lightroom Classic and Lightroom) and DNG (the free Lightroom mobile app). A phone-only photographer needs the DNG files.
For children and parents: coloring and activity books
Printable coloring books are a good gift for families because they can be printed again and again. There are 179 active digital coloring books at a median of $3.99, for example a bold, easy ABC coloring book for toddlers and ABC Zoo. Look for thick outlines, one design per page and a paper size that matches the family's printer (US Letter or A4).
For the maker: cross-stitch and crochet patterns
A pattern is a gift of a project, not just a file. Getly lists 61 cross-stitch patterns (median $7.00) and 14 crochet patterns (median $4.49). Seasonal picks include a primitive angel cross-stitch pattern and a Christmas baby bunting crochet pattern. Check the stitch count, the fabric count it was designed for and whether the chart is in colour, symbols or both.
For the wall or the phone screen: wall art and wallpapers
Printable wall art (110 listings, median $4.99) becomes a real present once it is printed and framed, like this set of six boho botanical line prints. Phone wallpapers (239 digital wallpapers, median $1.99), such as aesthetic floral bouquet wallpapers, work as a small add-on to a bigger gift. For wall art, check the largest print size at 300 DPI; for wallpapers, check that the resolution matches a modern phone (at least 1170 by 2532 pixels for recent iPhones).
For the learner: courses
Courses are the riskiest gift, because they need time the recipient may not have. Pick a short, focused one tied to a goal the person already mentioned, such as a 30-day spoken English course. Check the length, the format (video files or PDF lessons) and whether the files download or stream.
Fonts are a good gift for designers too, but the font shelf on Getly is small right now, so you may find more choice elsewhere for that one.
Licence: the part most gift buyers skip
A gift is usually personal use: the recipient reads the book, prints the coloring pages for their own children, uses the presets on their own photos. That is covered by a personal licence. If the person will use the file in paid work (wall art they sell, a font in client logos, patterns for items they sell at a market), look for a commercial licence on the listing. If the listing does not say, message the seller before you buy.
How gifting works on Getly
- Add the product to your cart and switch on Send as gift under that item. You need to be signed in.
- Enter the recipient's email. A name and a personal message (up to 500 characters) are optional.
- Leave the date empty to deliver right after payment, or pick a date and time in your local time zone.
- Pay as usual: card, Apple Pay or Google Pay where available, or USDT or USDC.
- The recipient gets an email with a gift link, signs in or creates an account with that same address and redeems it. The product lands in their library.
You can follow every gift under Gifts you sent in your library, resend the email if it went to spam, and you get an email when the gift is redeemed. The seller never sees the recipient's address. The full walkthrough is in our tutorial How to send a digital gift on Getly.
A short checklist before you press pay
- Format matches the recipient's device (iPad app, e-reader, printer paper size, phone resolution).
- Licence matches what they will do with it.
- The email address is the one they actually use, because it is also the address they must sign in with to redeem.
- The delivery time is set if the moment matters.
- Your message says why you picked it. That turns a file into a present.
Every purchase on Getly comes with a refund window of at least 30 days. Start with the digital planners, e-books or coloring books, or browse the full catalog.
