The simple joy of honoring a teacher, coworker, friend, or loved one with a gift is often eclipsed by the hassle of making that gift happen, but it doesn’t need to be that way. GiftCrowd is a digital platform that finally takes the stress out of group gifting.
Eshed Doni creates GiftCrowd to make teacher gifts easy
When Eshed Doni, GiftCrowd’s CEO and founder, bravely volunteered to organize the holiday gift for his son’s teacher, he got a crash course in the complexities of group gifting. Under the impression that he would knock the project out with a few emails, he set to work. Days later, he realized how frustrating, challenging, and time-consuming the process can truly be.
“I spent hours composing tactful email reminders, phoning unresponsive parents, and carrying small bills to make change,” Doni recalls. “To top the whole experience off, within minutes of purchasing the teacher’s gift, a parent approached me with her late contribution.”
Following that ordeal, Doni was sure there must be a simpler way. His goal was to find an innovative business model that streamlined group gifting and operated free of usage fees, but when he could not find a ready solution, he took on the challenge of building it from the ground up.
The digital platform Doni designed accomplished everything he hoped it would. GiftCrowd streamlines and automates gifting, turning an infamously tedious process into an enjoyable experience.
Doni is not the only one grateful for a simpler way to purchase group gifts. One GiftCrowd user from Montana says, “My kids attend a school where kids come from all over the county, so collecting money was always a nerve-wracking and time-consuming process. Using GiftCrowd made it a breeze. Last Christmas, we broke the participation rate record, and it only took eight days to collect all the gift funds.”
Another platform user in New Jersey remarks, “As a class mom (and it was always me), I dreaded the moment I would have to collect the teacher’s gift money and send numerous reminders to the other parents. GiftCrowd changed that completely.”
“Being a teacher is such a demanding job,” observes another GiftCrowd user from Virginia. “Showing our appreciation by pulling our resources together is the least we can do. Thank you, GiftCrowd, for changing this tedious process into a hassle-free experience.”
How GiftCrowd streamlines group gifting
When you organize a gift through GiftCrowd, everything is automated because the platform takes care of the entire procedure. To start the process, you simply create your gift page by entering the name of the gift recipient and the day and time you want it to be delivered and then invite other people to join in.
GiftCrowd shares your gifts page link with the people in your group so they can chip in if they choose to. As they join in, they contribute to the gift and add a personal message to the card.
On the day of your gift’s delivery, your recipient receives an email containing personalized greetings, the amount, and instructions on how to spend it on a gift (or gifts) of their choice.
The platform allows recipients to redeem gifts from popular online merchants, including Amazon, Visa, Walmart, Target, Nordstrom, Crate & Barrel, Lowe’s, Celebrity Cruises, Delta Airlines, and more. To check out more options, simply browse GiftCrowd’s list of over 400 popular brands.
Your gift recipient can redeem the amount immediately or save it for later with the option to spend it on one present or split the amount to purchase several items. GiftCrowd even enables recipients to send personalized thank-you notes online. From beginning to end, the platform makes gifting fun and easy and ensures that everyone involved enjoys the experience.
“Do it,” advises Jenna Altepeter, another satisfied GiftCrowd user. “It saves time when trying to organize a group gift, it’s easy and free of cost, and it offers a great selection for the recipient.”
Customers turn to GiftCrowd for a variety of group gifting occasions
Life is full of moments for gifting. With GiftCrowd, you can easily and simply organize gifts for graduations, birthday celebrations, anniversaries, office parties, teacher appreciation week, bridal showers, baby showers, retirement send-offs, and so many other occasions in as little as two minutes.
When the challenges of group gifting are no longer an issue, the process makes sense for so many occasions. You can fully enjoy celebrating with your friends by giving a wedding shower gift that your loved ones will truly need. At the next baby shower, you and your friends can pool resources to give your loved ones the convertible car seat or luxury jogging stroller they want rather than a pile of washcloths, onesies, and pacifiers.
Holly Owiti, another satisfied GiftCrowd user, sums up the process of organizing a group gift through Doni’s innovative platform by saying, “It is an easy way to get a group together for a gift, and it is awesome that the receiver gets to choose what they want to spend it on.”
