10 Tips On How To Buy Gifts For Women

By Philip Yiga | May 17, 2016

Gift-giving can actually be a great thing for both the recipient and the giver. In fact people have been exchanging gifts for centuries as a way of expressing their gratefulness or to gain something back in return. In fact, in old days gift-giving was restricted to special days like Christmas, valentine’s day, birthdays and other special events but today’s gifts can be offered on any day and with or without any attachments. Additionally, the kind of gifts offered have changed over the years but people still love exchanging gifts most especially women. On the other hand, gifts can be hand-made or bought depending on what you prefer to give the receiver. However, gifts given to women are different from those given to men and that’s why I have provided you with some of the steps on how to buy a gift for women especially those in your life.

 

STEPS ON HOW TO BUY GIFTS FOR WOMEN:

1. Know your relationship with the woman: before picking a gift for a woman, you actually need to consider your relation to that woman and she can actually be your mother, sister, co-worker or fiancée. So, try to get buy her a gift that is appropriate to your relation with that woman. For instance, buying a coffee-mug can make a great gift for your mother or co-worker and buying lingerie can actually make a great gift for your girlfriend or wife. So, take note of your relationship to the woman when choosing a gift for them and you will probably come-up with the best gift-idea for any of them.

 

2. Consider your budget: you really need to consider how much money you’re willing to spend on that gift before making a purchase. In fact, several thoughtful gifts bought or made with less money while awful gifts may at times consume allot of money. So, try not to spend more money on a gift than you can afford because most women tend to appreciate the thought or motive behind the gift rather than the money it costs.

 

3. Know her interests, likes and hobbies: it’s very crucial to get to know about the likes, interests and hobbies of a particular woman in your life when choosing for them a gift. In fact, getting a woman a gift that relates to something she already loves actually makes the gift seem more thoughtful to her side and this is actually the key to getting a woman the right gift. So, be very simple and careful when choosing a gift for that special woman in your life.

 

4. Consider giving her a sensitive gift: if the woman you’re buying a gift for is picky try to carefully choose for her a gift. in fact, it’s better to first ask her about the things she likes before getting her a gift but if you have asked her, then buying some products like appliances, clothing, weight-scale or weight-loss items because they may make her feel uncomfortable and sad. so, try to be sensitive about what she likes and always keep away from buying her gifts that are related to anything you know she does not like or self-conscious about.

 

5. Listen to what she always talks about: you need to always listen to her hints when talking because most women tend to be more vocal about things they love or hate. So try to take note of things they comment about and then consider buying them such products as gifts. In fact, giving her a gift that she is always talking about will make her very happy and she will also know that you were always listening to what she says.

 

6. Ask her to make a list of what she likes: in case you have been with a woman for while, you will notice that in order to get a gift they really like they will have to make a wish-list. In fact, there is nothing wrong in asking a woman what she likes because it’s far better for her to get something that she had always wanted than getting something she does not and will end-up dumping or re-gifting it.

 

7. Consider giving her a gift card: in case you fail to choose the right gift for a woman in your life, then consider getting them a gift-card of any store and then let them go there and buy whatever they like. In fact, gift-cards are great because they remove the burden of looking for gifts and even enable the receiver to get what she really likes at a particular moment.

 

8. Offer a gift of time: most women really like to be given time and this means that you can decide to spend some time with that woman in your life by taking her for a movie, dinner or anything else that will make her feel comfortable with you. However, you need to make sure that she will be available in order to spend some time with her.

 

9. Take her for trip: women like travelling and seeing new things and this implies that taking her for a trip to a local game-park or to a foreign country can actually make a great gift in her life. But make sure that you have enough money to sustain your trip and that she has the time to go for the trip.

 

10. Try making her a handmade gift: making a handmade gift for someone can actually be amazing because such gifts are unique and really show how you care about someone. So, you can decide to make something like card, baking cookies or cake on that special day of her life and she will actually love it.

 

TIPS TO CONSIDER WHEN BUYING GIFTS FOR WOMEN:

• Avoid buying technological gifts because most women actually prefer having simple gifts like flowers, jewelry or clothes compared to tech-products like phones, headsets and much more.
• Get to know what the woman likes before buying for them a gift. In fact you can get to about what she likes in her conversations or you may even try asking her about she loves and what she doesn’t.
• The best gift you can give that woman in her life is time and so this means that you try to spend some time with her on that special day.