By Rachel Heit, Senior Director of Product Marketing
Mother’s Day is coming up fast and we know you have (hopefully) been diligently picking out the perfect gifts for all the moms in your lives. If you are out of ideas, though, our friends at Yahoo Search have pulled together some of the most searched-for gifts at the bottom of this post. After you’re done ordering your flowers, chocolates, picture frames, and more, the team here at Yahoo Mail wants to give you one last special gift to send: a heartfelt note delivered on beautiful, personalized stationery.
Through Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 13th, you can now easily send emails on our Mother’s Day-themed stationery by clicking “compose”, then choosing the folded “stationery” card. Don’t worry if you’re the forgetful type – Yahoo Mail will remind you before Mother’s Day to make sure you stay her favorite daughter, son, grandchild, spouse, or friend:
Once you tap, you can choose from a number of hand-crafted designs that look beautiful no matter if she opens it on the go or sitting at home in front of her computer. Your card will look perfect no matter what:
If your mom loves GIFs just as much as gifts, Yahoo has you covered there as well. To add a little more personality to your email, you can select from our hand-picked selection of Mother’s Day GIFs or just search for “love”, “hearts”, “puppies”, “flowers” or anything else that speaks to your love for Mom and pick the perfect animated add-on for your card.
Did you know that Mother’s Day is celebrated on the same day in over 90 countries around the world? To give moms across the globe little more love, Mother’s Day stationery is available for Yahoo Mail users on desktop and mobile (Android, iOS) in the US, Canada, Germany, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Need inspiration? Here are Yahoo Search’s Mother’s Day insights:
If you’re stumped for the perfect gift to get Mom, there’s no shame in turning to the wisdom of the crowd. The Yahoo Search team poured over 2017 and 2018 U.S. search data to identify the top gifts and help you find something special. Check out the lists below:
Gifts consistently in the top 10 for 2017 & 2018:
- Canvas prints
- Flower delivery
- Blue Apron
- Pandora jewelry
- Patio furniture
- Clarks shoes
- Dresses
- Laptops
- MAC cosmetics
- Picture frames
Unique gift ideas – some of the more popular searches out of the top 10:
- Mother’s Day poems
- Essential oils
- iPhones (the iPhone 6 remains the most-searched model around Mother’s Day)
- Vacuum cleaners (Shark and Dyson were popular last year, Roomba is the 2018 favorite)
- Photo books
- iPad Pro
- Rolex watches (consistently in the top 25 most-searched-for gifts)
Gifts to avoid – dropped well out of the top 10 for 2018:
- Maxi skirts and dresses
- Keurig K-cups (and coffee makers)
- Charm bracelets