[paul9290]

Pardon my ignorance with Minecraft but a family members plays it constantly with friends. Their birthday is coming up and I wondered if Minecraft sells things within the game I could buy them for as a gift?

I am aware its a MMORPG, but don't know too much more about it.

[citricsquid]

There are individual servers that sell things, but Minecraft as a game has no purchasable content.

Have you considered Minecraft merchandise? There's a ton: http://www.jinx.com/shop/coll/minecraft/

[tomrod]

I don't think it's set up like that. The functionality was intended to be single player from the get go (with MMO functionality tacked on), but I haven't played it much since it's official release.

[forensic]

Vanilla minecraft does not have in app purchases.

Some privately run servers do have perks you can buy.

Your family members might enjoy some merch like a creeper mug or a diamond mug.

[aristidb]

Minecraft is not a MMORPG. People either play locally, with the possibility to invite people on the local network to one's own game, or on servers that are run by third parties (the Minecraft makers don't run any). Some servers may have extensions installed that allow trading, but they are not part of the game itself.