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Sending a gift to the Philippines is one of the many cultures popular for being an OFW or overseas Filipino worker. Gifts sent by OFWs are usually encased in big boxes commonly known "Balikbayan" boxes, which was traditionally the first and only way for OFWs to send gifts back to their families in the Philippines. But because of the advent of online shops, OFWs are now able to send gift Philippines with ease and convenience. Here are some advantages why online shops are far easier and more convenient.

• Speedy Shopping
  • Unlike setting up a balikbayan box, which would usually take several trips from different gift shops or grocery stores, online shops offer convenience and ease in buying gifts and other goods. Buying gifts from online shops usually takes several minutes or several hours.

• At your own leisure
  • Because online shopping only requires a simple computer (or laptop) connected to the internet, online shopping can be done on your own leisure, such as while watching TV at home, or in work, while taking your break.

• Ease of delivery
  • Unlike a balikbayan box, which you would eventually take it to a courier office, online shopping does that all in one click. Many business establishments in the Philippines have come to offer a way for OFWs to send gift Philippines by use of the internet. Online shops such as myAyala and Express Regalo are some of the most popular online gift shops in the Philippines that serve Filipinos working abroad.

• Faster delivery
  • Although airfreight is known to be faster when it comes delivering packages, such as a balikbayan box, online shopping, particularly with those from local online shops in the Philippines, would only take less than a week for the gifts to arrive at your family's doorsteps.

• Able to send flowers
  • The only thing that OFWs couldn't send to their families back home is a bouquet of flowers. But because of local online shops in the Philippines, such as My Flower Depot, OFWs may now have a chance to send gift Philippines such as flowers.

Because of these, several OFWs have opted to using online shops to send their gifts back to the Philippines rather than the use of balikbayan boxes. But there are several limitations to what online shops can provide that balikbayan boxes are known for. One is that with balikbayan boxes, OFWs could send in several items rarely found in the Philippines. Although foreign online shops could provide these, it would also take months before it arrives in the Philippines, plus an added cost. Another is that, online gifts are far more expensive, usually because of the convenience, tax, as well as delivery fee. For more information visit to our site at http://www.myflowerdepot.com