Best Ways to Support Small Brands This Holiday Season

Amazon Alternatives For the Win!

Let’s face it. Amazon has a place in our lives. The ease and convenience of being able to buy school supplies for your kiddos, for example, is unrivaled. When you know exactly what you are looking to buy, and are looking for the best price, Amazon is probably your go-to. It’s ours, in fact. However, when you need help finding the perfect gift, when you need validation that a brand or product is going to be high quality and well-loved, or when you need to know that what you buy is going to arrive well-packaged or beautifully wrapped, Amazon probably isn’t going to be your first choice and you are probably looking for an Amazon Alternative.

When we started building To&From and our curated assortment of the best gifts, all of these criteria were critically important. We wanted to give our customers the best assortment of independent brands. Brands that we trust and have validated, and brands that are not widely available on Amazon. We wanted to curate an assortment of mission-driven brands that support causes we care about – the environment, underrepresented founders, and made in the USA.  We also wanted to curate an assortment that was small enough to not overwhelm our users, but big enough to cover all of our gifting filters, to help you find the right gift for all of the important people in your life. Finally, we recognize that gift presentation is a critical part of a seamless gifting experience. While we can’t control how every brand wraps every gift, we have come up with a great short-term solution as well as some long-term ideas to help address this topic. For the time being, we are happy to offer free gift wrapping on any gift purchase directly from the To&From marketplace. 

As we approach the holiday season, we thought we’d share some of our favorite Amazon Alternatives – gifts from brands that aren’t normally sold via Amazon, that are trusted, validated, and that offer gift presentation options. So, what are you waiting for this holiday season? Use To&From to discover new products, to gift the unexpected, and to make your own life just a little bit easier.