Defector is correctly recognized as an authority on hideously expensive holiday wares, but we are also a purveyor of sensible gifting options ourselves! Consider giving someone the gift of blogs this holiday season:
Reader and Pal subscriptions can be purchased HERE, and Friend and Friend-of-a-Friend subscriptions to Normal Gossip can be purchased HERE.
Like your public radio station during pledge week, we’re offering quite a deal: U.S. residents who purchase an annual gift subscription between now and the end of the year will get a 2025 wall calendar featuring art by Defector Staff Writer Chris Thompson! We'll also send a calendar to anyone who makes a contribution of $79 or more into our Tip Jar during this period.
Longtime readers of The Cipher, followers of the Urban Meyer Postgame Physical, and watchers of Defector Trivia will be familiar with Chris’s work. The handsome 11” by 18” wall calendar features some of Chris’s best nature art dating back to Defector’s beginnings. They should add more months so we can give you more art!
Some details:
- If you want a calendar, we need your mailing address. If you purchase a gift sub or make a qualifying contribution, please enter your contact info either here or in the form embedded below. Please take care to enter the email address you used to make the gift sub purchase.
- Anyone who bought a gift subscription between Black Friday and now is grandfathered in; our Ops team will contact you to coordinate.
- The deal only applies to annual gift subscriptions purchased and Tip Jar contributions made between today and New Year’s Day 2025.
- Calendars will start to ship in late December of 2024.
Gift subscriptions also come with the knowledge of where your money is going and our abiding gratitude to you for making Defector possible. Thanks again for your support. If you have any questions, our customer service team (info@defector.com) is happy to help.
FAQ
Can I schedule a delayed send for a gift subscription (e.g., recipient only finds out on Christmas morning)?
Unfortunately our system does not currently allow for delayed sends. Upon checking out, your gift recipient will immediately receive an email alerting them to the gifted subscription. The best way to approximate a delayed send is to set yourself as the gift recipient, and then forward that email to your recipient on whatever day you’d like. (To redeem a subscription, your recipient just needs to click the link in that email–it doesn’t actually matter what email is set as the "recipient." But also: DO NOT click on the link yourself, if you're going to wait to forward the link.)
Can I gift a subscription to someone who already has an active Defector subscription?
Yes, the system will automatically tack newly purchased gift access onto the end of an existing subscription. Nifty!
