Shopping sites focus on the marketing and sale of goods and services, whether physical or digital. They are often accompanied by user reviews for the products in question, and typically have a payment system allowing users to make purchases directly through the website.

Thingamagift

https://thingamagift.com

Shopping , Blogs

Finding the right gift is hard, at least, it used to be. There are plenty of good ideas out there but they’re hidden away in every far corner of the internet. If you’ve got the time for chasing wild geese, then you’ll eventually catch one on your own, though you may have googled your fingers to the bone in the process. Luckily there’s an easier way. We chase wild geese all day long, and we’ve collected them so you can find the rare bird you’re looking for. We do all the work, you...

To the Nines Jewelry

http://www.totheninesjewelry.com

Accessories , Shopping

Are you a budget-minded fashionista who is looking to explore beyond the usual retail chain stores for great jewelry deals? Shop To the Nines Jewelry for an exciting collection of super-chic and high-quality jewelry at totally affordable prices. At To the Nines you’ll find everything from cute charm necklaces to gold/silver-plated, gemstone, beaded, restyled vintage, sterling silver, gold/rose gold-filled, crystal, hypoallergenic jewelry pieces, and much, much more!

Amazon

http://www.amazon.com

Shopping , Marketplace

Online shopping from the earth's biggest selection of books, magazines, music, DVDs, videos, electronics, computers, software, apparel & accessories, shoes, jewelry, tools & hardware, housewares, furniture, sporting goods, beauty & personal care, broadband & dsl, gourmet food & just about anything else. The site also allows user reviews for each product, and third party sales can be offered alongside Amazon's own price. The site is free to use, with a paid option that includes free shipping a...

Groupon

http://groupon.com

Deals & Discounts , Event Tickets

Deals from 50-90% off on Restaurants, Fitness, Travel, Shopping, Beauty, Spas, Holiday Gifts and more. Groupon (a portmanteau derived from "group coupon") is a deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies. Groupon was launched in November 2008, and the first market for Groupon was Chicago, followed soon thereafter by Boston, New York City, and Toronto. By October 2010 Groupon served more than 150 markets in North America and 100 mark...

Threadless

http://www.threadless.com

Clothing , Fashion

Threadless is an online community of artists and an e-commerce website based in Chicago, Illinois. In 2000, co-founders Jake Nickell and Jacob DeHart started the company with $1,000 of their own money. Threadless designs are created by and chosen by an online community. Each week, about 1,000 designs are submitted online and are put to a public vote. After seven days the staff reviews the top-scoring designs. Based on the average score and community feedback, about 10 designs are selected...

PadMapper

http://www.padmapper.com

Search Engines , Housing

A free tool to help you find an apartment or sublet to rent. Basically, it's a big Google map with lots of house and apartment sublet and rental listings from Craigslist and other sources marked on it. Realtime filters make it easy to narrow down the massive number of apartments to just the few you'd be interested in. My goal with PadMapper is to make apartment hunting into something people no longer dread. It shouldn't have to be harder than buying a car. You shouldn't have to deal with s...

TripAdvisor

http://tripadvisor.com

Travel , Shopping

TripAdvisor.com is a travel website providing directory information and reviews of travel-related content. It also includes interactive travel forums. TripAdvisor was an early adopter of user-generated content. The website services are free to users, who provide most of the content, and the website is supported by an advertising business model. TripAdvisor was founded in February 2000 by Langley Steinert, Stephen Kaufer and several others. Original financing was obtained from Flagship Venture...

ModCloth

http://www.modcloth.com

Fashion , Clothing

Shop the latest selection of cute and unique women's clothes at ModCloth! Get free shipping & easy returns on dresses, shoes, accessories and home decor.

ThinkGeek

http://www.thinkgeek.com

Shopping , Geek

Selling geek t-shirts, mugs, ties, high caffeine products, and many other gifts for programmers, linux hackers, and open source geeks. ThinkGeek is an American online retailer that caters to computer enthusiasts and other "geeky" social groups. Their merchandise includes clothing, electronic and scientific gadgets, unusual computer peripherals, office toys, pet toys, child toys, and caffeinated drinks and candy. ThinkGeek was founded in 1999, is based in Fairfax, Virginia, and is owned by Gee...

Travelzoo

http://www.travelzoo.com

Deals & Discounts , Travel

Travel deals on flights, hotels, vacation packages, cruises and local & entertainment deals too. Travelzoo is a global Internet media company. With 27 million subscribers in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and 25 offices worldwide, Travelzoo publishes deals from more than 2,000 travel, entertainment and local businesses such as restaurants and spas. Travelzoo is the largest publisher of travel, entertainment and local deals. Travelzoo employs more than 250 "Deal Experts" worldwide who...

Recent Reviews

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The History of Byzantium

The History of Byzantium

by mcdon290
Good for any history fans.


RealClearPolitics

RealClearPolitics

by tvanstee
One of the very few politics sites on the internet that is truly unbiased and is not pushing neither a right or a left-wing agenda.

It is a fantastic compendium, compiled twice daily - once in the morning and once in the afternoon - of all the news that is worth reading - in a read...


BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed

by tvanstee
Born as a clickbait, arbitrage website completely devoid of any substance or content - it somehow took that concept and made it worse.

Buzzfeed is known as the laughingstock of the internet, for its truly vile cesspool of social justice warriors, for its overly dramatic authoritari...


The Huffington Post

The Huffington Post

by tvanstee
A heavily biased so-called "news" resource - HuffPo is hypocritical in nearly every possible aspect. It preaches equality and diversity, and yet it's boardroom is nearly completely composed of white women. It claims to be strongly for diversity, and yet it practices no diversity of thought whatso...