Movoto has a useful search function. The mapping function is dynamic in that the properties that are available can change as you move around on a map.

Zillow.com Based on some unknown and proprietary algorithm, Zillow attempts to tell you what your home, or any home in your neighborhood, is worth. You can also find homes for sale by zip code or by simply clicking on a map.

Trulia shows you what houses are for sale in a given zip code. It also has historical statistics so you can see how a specific area developed since just before 1900. It looks like the map shows the date when the property first sold.

Home.com - sale property search (very few matches on test search), rental search, calculators, tips and advice.

EveryHome - Sale property search, rental search, tips and advice.

Point2Homes - Sale property search, rental search, tips and advice, good filtering system for the search function. Property info includes demographics, distance to various features like schools, nearby schools, etc.

Montgomery County Property Data You can select a property from a map and get the owner and sales history for the property. This is only part of the public data that are available on the site.

RealtyHop shows valuations of selected property, owner, taxes, parcel number, etc.

Century21

Realtor.com - sponsored by National Association of Realtors - property search (best number of matches), moving, insurance.

Senior Housing shows 55+ housing and various levels of care facilities.

55Places shows 55+ housing communities. Nice search function with workable filtering.

Retirement Living is home of the SourceBook as well as a pretty good database of retirement and aging housing options. Good source to find options even if the details are missing.

Homemetry shows who is living in a given block along with stats on the houses, fire and police incidents, phone numbers, etc. You enter a zip code and it lists the streets. Click on a street to see the details on the housing.

USPhoneBook has a reverse address lookup. Historical tax and sales info is available along with a list of owners.

Owners Network sells houses directly through the owners.

Home Fair - info on buying a home, moving, etc. Includes calculators, city reports, search databases, etc. Includes a number of useful calculators.

4WallsinPhilly has information on renting in Philadelphia.

Apartments.com has an effective search engine with plenty of options.

Apartment Guide - apartment search, furniture, moving, etc.

ForRent - find apartment and other housing rentals

Lovely - find apartment and other housing rentals

Quicken Mortgage and Home Financing has a bunch of decision helpers and calculators.

Mortgage Bankers Association has mortgage news, advice, tips, tools, etc.

Montgomery County Property Records shows assessed values, detailed description of home, last sale price, taxes, etc.

Interactive Housing Costs Diagram from the Economist, shows rental and purchase data by state over the last 15 years.

moving.com helps you find a moving service

RiskFactor gives you data on the risk of flooding or wildfire for specific addresses.

FEMA Flood Maps has maps that indicate the frequency and types of floods for a selected area. It is helpful to know your map coordinates.

FEMA National Risk Index has maps that indicate the risk of natural disasters for a selected area.

Free Risk Tool has maps that indicate the risk of natural disasters for a selected area - sponsored by Hazard Hub.

American Society of Home Inspectors

International Association of Certified Home Inspectors

A Taste of Philadelphia will deliver cheese steaks, pretzels, black cherry wishniak, Tastykakes, etc.

Pennsylvania General Store sells Philly foods such as Melrose Diner Cookies or Goldenberg's Peanut Chews as well as Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine such as Cope's Dried Corn. Seasonings and other treats are available, too.

Best Snacks Online is an article about the better types of snacks available online.

Best Gift Boxes (2021) Wirecutter review of the best gift boxes. Expensive.

Peapod Similar to NetGrocer, you pick out what you want and they deliver the next day (although the service is not available in many areas). Site is less intrusive than NetGrocer's.

Jelly Belly Online home of the best jelly beans in the world.

Harry and David sells gift baskets.

Best Meat Delivery Services (2025) article reviews a handful of delivery sites as well as subscriptions services.

Best Meal Delivery Kit Services according to Chowhound (2020).

Best Meal Delivery Kit Services according to CNet (2021).

Best Meal Delivery Kit Services according to PCMag (2023).

Best Wine Subscription Services (2020) as evaluated by CNet.

Best Seafood Delivery Services (2020) as evaluated by CNet.

Faraway Foods handles Terrapin Ridge mustards and condiments as well as a bunch of other interesting food stuff.

Snake River Farms sells meats. Highly rated with a good variety. Expensive.

Goldbelly is a distributer of other people's products and sells a variety of food from a variety of sources and the pizzas look especially delicious.

Rastellis sells meats and fish. Guaranteed. Expensive shipping. Steaks are worth a try but the crab claws suck.

Omaha Steaks expensive meats (high cost per pound)

Kansas City Steaks expensive meats

D'Artagnan expensive meats - good reviews - looks like you can select your delivery date.

Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors very expensive meats - excellent reviews

Porter Road sells meats. Gift cards are available.

iGourmet - gift baskets - rated best by Consumer Reports.

The Crab Place Maryland crab and fish

Lobster Anywhere - mostly lobster

Fulton Fish Market CNet rated it best of 2020. Gift cards are available.

Seafood Direct - rated highly for their salmon.

Vital Choice - rated highly for their seafood.

Hancock Gourmet Lobster - rated highly for their lobster products including pies and mac.

Di Bruno Brothers Philly company has cheeses, meats, charcuterie, and other gourmet gifts including monthly gift baskets.

Mackenzie Ltd began their business with salmon which remains their best product.

Olympia Provisions sells charcuterie, salami, chorizo, and sausage.

The Fruit Company - gift baskets - their fruit is good but their cheese is not, according to Consumer Reports.

Gift Tree sells a wide variety of epicurian goodies like fruit, candy, wine, cheese, jams, etc. They also sell flowers and balloons.

Stone Wall Kitchen sells a variety of kitchen gifts as well as food accoutrements such as spices, jams, syrups, relishes, etc.

Sincerely Nuts - nuts, seeds, dried fruit, popcorn, candy, and snacks

nuts.com - nuts, seeds, dried fruit, candy, baking goods, gift baskets, and snacks

Williams-Sonoma sells food as well as spices and kitchen items. Expensive.

Spoonful of Comfort - excellent soup and cookies.

The Winexplorer has info on wines as well as an estore where you can buy wine.

Wine.com sells wine.

Prime Wine sells wine on the wire.

Wine Enthusiast sells gifts associated with wine.

Pennsylvania State Stores sells wine on the wire.

Wine Stuff sells wine accessories.

Best Wine Subscription Boxes reviewed by CNet late 2020.

Golden State Fruit has fruit, nuts, candy, etc.

800Flowers has gift baskets as well as flowers.

See's Candies sells candy.

Woodstock Candy Co. sells candy from Woodstock, NY for million year old carbon. They sell buckets of nostalgic candy.

Fannie May Candies

Old Time Candy sells candy you ate as a kid.

Candy Critic is a guy who reviews all kinds of candy.

Candy Direct - huge selection.

Goetze's - home of the Cow Tale.

Cadbury

Hershey's

Godiva

Ghirardelli

John and Kira's - rated highly by Consumers

Recchiuti - expensive but decadent chocolate

L.A.Burdick - excellent chocolate

Compartes - expensive chocolate

GoodGood Chocolate - expensive chocolate

Fat Witch - brownies and other food gifts

We Take The Cake - predominantly sells cakes

Levain Bakery - cookies - big ones.

Candina's Chocolates - best value rating by Consumers

Mr. Chocolate is Jacques Torres - "fine" chocolate (that means it's expensive).

Charity Dine You purchase gift certificates to restaurants (deep discounts) and the site donates a portion to a charity of your choice.

Mouth - luxury food and monthly subscription boxes. The site also sells gift cards.

Crate and Barrel

Williams-Sonoma sells equipment, spices and ingredients, as well as cookbooks.

Chefn - salt and pepper ball-type grinders and a few other gadgets for the kitchen

Progressive International Corp. has high tech and engineered kitchen gadgets.

Chef's Resources

Calphalon

Better Homes and Gardens

Anima Causa sells artsie utensils and houseware

Fishpond Kitchen sells kitchenware and houseware

Target

Kohls

Christmas Gifts is a collection of pretty good links to stores. Sorted into categories.

New York Times Christmas Gifts (2019) suggestions are always excellent, often expensive, in a variety of categories.

New York Times Gifts For People Who Have Everything (2022) suggestions are always excellent and expensive, in a variety of categories.

Uncommon Goods ($) This site claims to help you find a gift for someone. You identify the relationship you have with the person and then select from a list of possible interests you think they have. The site comes up with ideas for gifits.

DoDoBurd ($) This site can help you with generating gift ideas.

GiftGen ($) This site generates gift ideas for you based on a few inputs.

Give Anything ($) sells gift certificates for about 200 big name stores and restaurants. You buy 'super certificates' that the receiver can then trade in for a certificate for a specific merchant. Small charge for service.

Etsy ($) - is a marketplace for selling and buying crafts and other homemade stuff.

FirstStreet ($) - gadgets and gifts for older folk including phones for the hard of hearing, reading assistance, kitchen tools, etc.

See's Candies ($) has very good candy.

Burdick Chocolate ($) - home of the deadly excellent chocolate cookies, chocolate mice and penquins, etc.

Christopher Elbow Chocolates ($) - artisnal chocolates.

Personal Creations ($) - gifts.

Uncommon Goods ($) - has unusual gifts and ideas for gifting.

Zazzle ($) - gifts.

Perpetual Kid ($) - unusual gifts

Omaha Steaks($)

Brookstone($)

Harry and David ($) - gourmet gifts

The Fruit Company ($) - fruit baskets

DiBruno Brothers ($) - specializes in Italian appetizers and meats

Boarderie ($) - charcuterie and cheeses on a board. Expensive.

Levain Bakery ($) - cookies - big ones.

GiftBasket.com ($) - wine and gourmet food baskets

Katz Delicatessen Birthday Box ($) This gift box is from the Katz Deli in New York and includes everything you need to make Pastrami on Rye and Corned Beef sandwiches.

Zingermans ($) sells a wide variety of gift baskets for much money. Check the Weekender box.

iGourmet ($) - gourmet food

Fat Witch ($) sells brownies - nothing more need be said.

Cheryl's Cookies ($) sells individually wrapped cookies. Excellent gift boxes, encouragement cookie of the day, treats, special occasions, etc. Excellent cookies.

Levain Bakery ($) cookies

Recchiuti Chocolates ($)

Chef's Catalog ($) - gifts for the cook and kitchen

The Discovery Store ($) - gifts associated with shows on the Discovery Channel.

PA Guild of Craftsman ($) They don't make it easy to buy stuff on this site but you might find some great, hand-made crafts.

Gifts for Men ($) - mostly of limited usefulness - referring to the gifts.

Top Places to Buy Food Baskets Online - collection of sites from The Spruce folks

RetroPlanet ($) sells retro gifts like Felix the Cat Clocks and balsa wood gliders. Cool.

CrateJoy reports on various "subscription box" services that send you a box of stuff each month.

Best Subscription Boxes is a review (2024) of a wide variety of subscription boxes. Food, crafts, underwear, jewelry, gadgets, etc.

Best Food Subscription Gifts is a review (2023) of a wide variety of subscription foods.

Best Care Boxes is a Wirecutter review (2022) of a wide variety of care packages.

Best Subscription Boxes Buzzfeed rates subscription services that send you stuff every month (or periodically). Cookies, books, etc.

Best Gift Baskets (2025) This article from CNet suggests the best food gift baskets including baked goods, chocolates, charcuterie, ice cream, etc.

Gifts

Candle Delirium ($) sells expensive candles and scents.

Walmart Jigsaw Puzzles ($) - who knew Walmart had such a big collection of puzzles.

Best Jigsaw Puzzles (2022) as rated by The Spruce includes a custom puzzle made up of a map of the area around any given address, a puzzle with wooden pieces, a clear puzzle, etc.

Barnes and Noble Jigsaw Puzzles ($) has a big collection of puzzles.

Madd Capp Jigsaw Puzzles ($) has a big collection of puzzles.

Puzzle Warehouse ($) has a big collection of jigzaw puzzles from a wide variety of manufacturers.

The Hut ($) has a variety of luxury items - based in Great Britain but will ship everywhere.

Best Valentine Mail Order Food Gifts is a rather large list of sites that sell chocolates, baked goods, lobster pies, etc. The list is drawn up by CNET.

Sequoia Trees Sells trees and seed kits. Amazing variety.

Best Product Reviews Gifts has reviews of gifts that might generate some ideas.

Best Ice Cream available online according to CNET (2023).

FCC Consumer Complaint Site allows you to file a formal complaint about cable billing errors, errorneous phone charges, robocallers, etc.

FTC Complaint Site allows you to file a formal complaint about robocallers, business fraud, etc. The site claims they will guide the complaint to the appropriate enforcement office.

ConsumerWorld

The Better Business Bureau

Fraud Information Center reports on recent scams, has special alerts, contact information, etc.

Internet Fraud is sponsored by the FBI.

Privacy.com This site lets you use temporary credit card numbers. You can set limits to how much can be charged on them and how often they can be used. They are connected to your real credit card but vendors that you use online never see the real number. This protects you from fraud and evil-doers who might steal your info from vendor databases.

Consumer Research Network is a guide to purchasing decisions.

eConsumer is a government site that hears complaints of Web transactions that went sour.

FDA Product Recall Alerts

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a federal organization that has a database of consumer complaints about financial institutions. The public is encouraged to share their experiences.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Fakespot rates the user reviews of products on Amazon. You enter the URL of the product on Amazon and the site analyzes the reviews. It awards the product reviews a letter grade from A to F based on its algorithm and there is a pretty good explanation of the rating after the analysis.

ReviewIndex Enter a URL from Amazon and the site analyses reviews and reports on how many are unverified or fake.

How to Deal with Late Amazon Delivery Prime members can get an extension of their subscription.

How to See How Much You Have Spent On Amazon This article has instructions on how to get a download of your spending history from Amazon - every purchase for every year. The instructions don't work real well for non-business accounts so you need to click on the link that goes directly to the reporting function on the Amazon site.

Checkbook - rates vendors in a number of various categories. Local to Delaware Valley and a limited number of other metro areas.

Talk to a Real Person helps you get through the phone tangle at the help desk of various companies and get in touch directly with someone who can help. (2018)

Nike has an extensive selection of sports equipment.

Dick's Sporting Goods extensive inventory, good prices, buying guides.

GolfSmith

Dunham's Sports

L.L. Bean sells outdoor sportswear and equipment.

REI sells outdoor sportswear and equipment - specializing in camping gear.