Giftbeat

What is Giftbeat?

For more than 30 years, Giftbeat—a reader-supported monthly newsletter for independent retailers—has fulfilled its mission of providing unbiased data on top-selling gifts. In today’s world, incentivized reviews often obscure the truth about a product. This lack of honesty can cause retailers to struggle to know what to order for their shops. Can they count on recommended products to be of good quality and to sell well?

Giftbeat counters this problem by “reporting 100% ad-free, unbiased factual market data.” Retailers can learn what gifts have sold the most each month, helpfully divided into a range of categories. In turn, they can stock their shelves with these gifts and increase their business. This benefits not just retailers but their satisfied customers and the gift recipients as well, creating a positive chain reaction.

How does Giftbeat Work?

Giftbeat calculates its data by interviewing over 300 independent gift store owners across the United States each month. The owners complete a “detailed survey to rank their best-selling items from the previous month, across 50 categories, based on actual store sales.” Reporting stores come from a variety of categories: “Card, Gift, Boutique, Specialty, and Home Decor stores across every region of the country.” Because none of these stores is “affiliated with any vendors,” the data that Giftbeat provides is factual, objective, and reliable for retailers.

Christian Art Gifts’ Journals and Notebooks: What Makes Them Bestselling?

With all the data that Giftbeat unearths each month, winning their Top-Selling Supplier of Journals and Notebooks two years in a row is a significant badge of honor. What makes our journals and notebooks so popular in the gift industry?

One element that makes us stand out is that our products are specifically designed to be given as gifts. This means we devote time and thought to every detail of every item, from its usefulness to its interior and exterior design. We make sure each one would be something we’d be excited to give or happy to receive. We also make sure it serves a clear purpose, so our gifts won’t be gathering dust on a shelf.

Our journals and notebooks come in an assortment of binding and material options. Whether wirebound, durable faux leather, or sealed with a zippered closure for privacy and protection, each item is built to last. Recipients can write their thoughts, ideas, and prayers for years until the pages are full. Not only that, but our intentional, beautiful cover designs catch the eye. From colorful florals, gold foil lettering, and gilt-edged pages to intricate embossed details, no part of the designs has been overlooked. Men and women alike can find something that matches their personalities and motivates them to write, even if they never have before.

Most of all, every one of our journals and notebooks focuses on inspiring the recipient with biblical truth. Scripture verses seamlessly incorporated onto the cover designs and throughout the pages bring encouragement when it’s needed most. The occasions they are given to celebrate become even more meaningful as recipients find themselves uplifted and encouraged.

For moments when a blank page seems a little too daunting, we’ve even published prompted journals. These encourage recipients to turn their faith into action. Brief devotionals and Bible verses are interspersed with thought-provoking questions to answer. But the guidance doesn’t just offer a “warm fuzzy feeling.” It helps the writer set goals to improve their life and bless those around them.

Given these one-of-a-kind features, it’s no wonder that retailers, customers, and recipients widely appreciate our journals and notebooks. How about our books? What makes them so remarkable?

Christian Art Gifts’ Books: What Makes Them Bestselling?

This year, Christian Art Gifts won the Giftbeat Award for the Top-Selling Supplier of Books. Like our journals and notebooks, our gift books are flawlessly designed. The same uniquely beautiful and high-quality style of covers meets legible, life-changing text. Our authors have established themselves in the Christian world with their insightful contributions. Each one continues to do so through their publications with us. Authors like Carolyn Larsen, Rob and Joanna Teigen, Shaunti Feldhahn, Lina AbuJamra, Boyd Bailey, and many others cover topics ranging from prayer, relationships, marriage, and family life to suffering, joy, work, and rest. All of our books are rooted in a biblical perspective to transform and uplift readers from the inside out.

Our gift books are also available for every gender and age group. Devotionals specially written for men, women, teens, and kids connect with the struggles of each demographic. They offer relevant wisdom that every reader can learn from. Likewise, our Bibles are tailored to each group. Their distinct footnotes, book introductions, articles from biblical leaders, indexes, maps, and more serve to deepen the reader’s understanding and faith. Our prayer books offer hundreds of prayers to guide and strengthen their quiet time. Our promise books remind them that God always does what he says he will, even when they can’t see it right now. Coloring gift books for both kids and adults relax the mind, boost creativity, and aid in verse memorization. And for babies, boy and girl memory books can record their first stages of life—because rooting them in God’s love is essential right from the start.

It’s no doubt a blessing to have received three Giftbeat Top-Seller awards in the past two years. As much as we pour our hearts into every product, these awards wouldn’t have been possible without dedicated retailers and loyal customers. It’s ultimately thanks to all of you who have invested in our mission that we were able to earn them. We’ll always provide the same quality and encouragement you and your recipients already love, so you can continue to give and cherish our products for years to come.