The HMV shops on Oxford Street and within Selfridges are usually the first places that my kids want to hit on a trip to London and I quite understand why, because no matter if you’re looking for chart cds or dvds or something a bit harder to find, they’re bound to have it. The website is super easy to navigate and there’s a superb choice. As they’re a retailer you’re almost bound to know you may well want to buy here.

On W H Smith's easy on the eye website you can buy books, all the latest DVDs, music and computer games plus a selection from their stationery ranges. There are also lots of gift ideas including original historic newspapers and commemorative sporting books you can subscribe at a discount to all your favourite magazines and order personalised school labels and wedding stationery.

Amazon is truly a great site with a fantastic selection of books, DVD's, CD's etc. Not only can you almost certainly find the book, DVD or CD you're looking for but you'll also get excellent recommendations for similar items. Their One Click shopping option makes it dangerously easy to order more than you intended but that notwithstanding if you like reading or listening to music this site is definitely for you and it's perfect for presents as well.

Whether you have an Xbox, Gamecube, Gameboy Advanced, PS2 or PSP (or whatever the latest gaming station is you'll find a huge range of games here for all of them plus the consoles themselves and accessories. I have to be careful here as things will no doubt have moved on by the time you’re reading this so check out this site to find out what’s new and hot. They also offer a reward points system (a very good idea as loyalty to game sites is thin on the ground due to the amount of competition).

Know the cd you want to buy but want to make sure you get the best price? Use this price comparison website, which not only shows where you'll find the best deal but includes the postage details as well so you absolutely know where you are. This website is almost unbelievably quick to use and you can use it for dvds and games as well. As an example, if you do a search on Take That, Beautiful World, you’ll be given eleven places where you can buy it online, with prices from £8.79 to £12.60. Quite a difference, I’m sure you’ll agree.

Having ordered from this music, movies, books, games, gadget, electronics and now clothing website many times I can only repeat myself (as I'm sure I've said it to you before) and say that they're really excellent, whatever you buy. They also frequently have the best prices on just about everything. They're based in Jersey so you can't have your order tomorrow but couple their very good service, range and discounts and you'll be happy to wait that extra day. They deliver to most EU, Canada and USA and delivery is free.

The Hut offers free delivery on everything within the UK and some extremely good prices on its attractive blue website. Named in the Sunday Times top 100 Tech Track sites and only launched a few years ago this is very much a site to buy from. You’ll find DVDs, cds, games, books and memory storage.

However much you may dislike those extremely noisy computer games (and often violent, but let's not go there), you won't want your precious ones spending more of their not so hard earned pocket money than they need to. If you want to get them the latest game for Christmas or they want to choose one themselves then send them to Games Tracker, where you/they can compare the prices with all the retailers for any specific game and get the deal of the moment.

At Sendit you’ll find all the dvds, games, cds and small electronics (as well as ipod) you could possibly want plus when you buy you’ll automatically be joining their loyalty scheme and collecting ipoints. What is excellent here also is that for a small amount each month you can rent from their huge collection of dvds which they’ll send out by first class post, you can return to them free and there are no late fees. Give them a try, they’re definitely trying harder.