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notonthehighstreet.com is a website where you can find highly original gifts for the whole family, pets included, that you will not find on the high street. notonthehighstreet.com acts as an umbrella site for small businesses to sell their quality and highly creative wares. Find original gifts for your family, pets, home and garden. The company, which Holly Tucker and Sophie Cornish launched in April 2006, supports over 700 British small businesses, not only providing them with an attractive platform on which to market their wares but also to allow the wider public the chance to purchase them. It's not an easy task to display such a variety of products but notonthehighstreet has risen to the challenge. So how does it work? Participating small businesses, called partners here, pay a small annual subscription and forego a small percentage on sales to the company. Orders and payments are taken through notonthehighstreet but delivery is made by the partner, who charges p&p. Once an order has been taken, the shopper receives an email to let them know the goods are on their way. Standard orders over £30 with an individual partner qualify for free postage. The homepage offers an overview of examples from the ten categories on offer, ranging from fashion, cards & wrap, food & drink, baby & child, jewellery, home & garden, health & beauty, gifts and weddings & parties. Clicking on a category brings up a default page which you can change to file the products in ascending price or the most recent additions. The sub categories help you refine your search for the elusive item, whether it's a particular product, style, colour or price range you're after. If you like something in particular item, you can see other products by the same company, as well as reading their terms and conditions, delivery charges and returns. Alternatively use the gift finder but make sure that you don't hit the reset button by mistake at the bottom of the drop down menus. Go to Sort by and then you'll be in business. Usefully, notonthehighstreet lets their customers run wish lists and wedding lists which can also be viewed by friends. It's worth taking the time to have a good look at what's on offer here. There are lots of interesting things that make present buying very simple.