Shop Online
As ecommerce becomes increasingly safe, online shopping is gaining widespread acceptance. Avoid congested parking lots, sullen clerks and jostling crowds. Take advantage of powerful tools to research products, check out merchants, find bargains, and save money. Or try out the popular online stores listed here. Many offer free shipping before Christmas and most ship to Canada.
Shopping Portals
eBay (auction) Buy.com Yahoo Shopping Yahoo Canada Shopping ShopStix Altavista Shopping Excite Shopping Canada.com (find U.S. sites that ship to Canada) CanadaShop Shop Canoe.ca ShopNow (60,000 merchants) C|Net's Shopping InternetShopper 800.com Outpost BlueFly Red EnvelopeThe Big Chains
Canadian Tire Eatons (needs Flash) HBC (Bay/Zellers) Future Shop Radio Shack Staples Walmart Sears Canada BlueLight (K-mart) Office DepotBooks
Amazon Barnes & Noble BooksaMillion Bolens (Victoria) ABE Books (rare & out of print) Munro's (Victoria) IndigoMusic CDs, Videos, DVDs
Mainstream Sources
CDNOW Amazon Music Chapters Music (Canada) Sam the Record Man Barnes & Noble Music Yahoo Shopping Music CD Universe CD World ArtistDirect Tower Records Sony MusicSpecialty Music
LadySlipper Women's Music GoldenRod (women's, gay & lesbian) PapaJazz Music (rare jazz, folk & blues) Sugar Hill Records (blue grass, folk, blues) NorthSide Records (Scandinavia, Iceland, Faeroe Islands) Collectors' Choice (Import & Hard-to-find) Vanguard (folk, blues, blue grass) Putumayo World Music Yahoo Shopping World MusicComputers and Consumer Electronics
Computers
Dell Deals! Onvia.com CompuSmart Future Shop MicroWarehouse (Canada) Computer Discount Depot (Canada) Amazon Software Buy.com Canada EggheadConsumer Electronics (PDAs, cameras, audio, etc.)
Future Shop Radio Shack Amazon Consumer Electronics Amazon Handhelds & PDAs ShopWireless.com (Canada) Amazon Digital Cameras Chapters Electronics E-lectronics Direct (Canada) 800.comToys
eToys Kids@Chapters.ca Amazon Toys (Toys R Us) Alex & Zoe (Canada) DisneyStore.com Amazon PlayStation Amazon PlayStation2 Amazon Nintendo 64 Science & Nature Company (Canada) Mastermind Educational Toys (Canada/US) FamilyWonder Smarterkids ZanyBrainy (US only) KBkids (US only)Safe Shopping Tips
SafeShopping.org
BBBOnline FAQ
Fool.com Guide to Online Shopping
Consumer Reports Safe Shopping Tips & Merchant Ratings
GiftBasketsThings Safe Shopping Tips
Don't Be an e-Sucker