{"id":4147,"date":"2021-12-23T19:36:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/23\/certainly-mitigates-the-stress-how-to-give-someone-an-app-subscription-or-other-virtual-gift\/"},"modified":"2021-12-23T19:36:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:36:17","slug":"certainly-mitigates-the-stress-how-to-give-someone-an-app-subscription-or-other-virtual-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/23\/certainly-mitigates-the-stress-how-to-give-someone-an-app-subscription-or-other-virtual-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Certainly mitigates the stress\u2019: how to give someone an app, subscription or other virtual gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A virtual present can be bought hassle-free as late as Christmas morning, and with a bit of creativity, it can feel just as special as a physical gift<\/p>\n<p>Postal delivery deadlines have well and truly passed, and the window of time for a last-minute gift run has just about shut. Add rising Covid-19 cases to the mix, and a hasty trip to the mall on 24 December feels very much like panic buying.<\/p>\n<p>While browsing for digital presents is something we \u201coften don\u2019t consider\u201d because of \u201cthe tradition of having something physically wrapped up,\u201d professor in consumer behaviour from Queensland University of Technology, Gary Mortimer, says the pool of virtual gifting options has dramatically deepened.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2021\/dec\/24\/certainly-mitigates-the-stress-how-to-give-someone-an-app-subscription-or-other-virtual-gift\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/804dc3d0718cfd2b5725cf35e5c82376e3de5132\/0_48_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6198faa340b5189e46e11dc35d4ca839\" title=\"\u2018Certainly mitigates the stress\u2019: how to give someone an app, subscription or other virtual gift\" \/>A virtual present can be bought hassle-free as late as Christmas morning, and with a bit of creativity, it can feel just as special as a physical gift<br \/>\nPostal delivery deadlines have well and truly passed, and the window of time for a last-minute gift run has just about shut. Add rising Covid-19 cases to the mix, and a hasty trip to the mall on 24 December feels very much like panic buying.<br \/>\nWhile browsing for digital presents is something we \u201coften don\u2019t consider\u201d because of \u201cthe tradition of having something physically wrapped up,\u201d professor in consumer behaviour from Queensland University of Technology, Gary Mortimer, says the pool of virtual gifting options has dramatically deepened. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A virtual present can be bought hassle-free as late as Christmas morning, and with a bit of creativity, it can feel just as special as a physical gift Postal delivery deadlines have well and truly passed, and the window of time for a last-minute gift run has just about shut. Add rising Covid-19 cases to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/23\/certainly-mitigates-the-stress-how-to-give-someone-an-app-subscription-or-other-virtual-gift\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Certainly mitigates the stress\u2019: how to give someone an app, subscription or other virtual gift<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}