An engagement gift from all their friends
The party is Saturday, and a dozen friends were each going to bring a bottle of wine. One link instead: everyone chips in what they want, privately, and the couple picks a gift they'll actually use.
How it works for the friend who organizes it
Start the pool in the free KadoPool app
Add one or both of them and set the closing date before the party.
Invite the friends
By e-mail from the app, and in the group chat.
Let the reminders do the chasing
With automatic reminders on, KadoPool nudges the people you invited by e-mail who haven't chipped in yet, about 3 days and 12 hours before the closing date. You see who has chipped in, never who gave what.
Send the gift
They open it in the KadoPool app, with the KadoBook, and the KadoClip if you add one.
On a computer? Scan with your phone's camera.
Free to organize, in about two minutes. Friends chip in from the link, with no app.
A KadoClip for the engagement party
Everyone's messages as a short video, with the photos friends add in the app, to play at the party.
Friends far away
The friends who can't make the party chip in from the same link, from anywhere.
Then the wedding
When the wedding comes, copy the pool in the app to start the next one with the same people.
What they receive
Prepaid cards or gift cards: they choose
Prepaid cards they spend wherever the card is accepted (up to $999 each; the rest as gift cards), gift cards they pick, or a mix. See the gift cards
Everyone can add a photo
On US pools, each person can add one with their message, in the app or on the website after paying. You choose which ones to keep.
A KadoClip: the messages as a short video
Set to music, from $2.49 per recipient, or with the photos, from $3.99. You see the price before you choose.
Play the sample KadoClip from the messages
Play the sample KadoClip with photosThe KadoBook, free with every gift
Every message on its own page, with the names of the people who chipped in, kept in the app for two years.
A KadoPrint: the KadoClip, printed
The messages and photos you keep, printed and sent to each person you thank. You see its price, with shipping, in the app.
A KadoFrame: the poster
The photos everyone added, as one 18 × 24 in poster in the gift's style, with every name. Printed, rolled in a tube and sent to each person you thank. You see its price, with shipping, in the app.
Why KadoPool for an engagement
- Private by design. Nobody sees who gave what, not even the organizer. The total stays hidden until enough people have chipped in that no amount can be guessed.
- The card is built in. Every message goes in a KadoBook, free with every gift, and a KadoClip can turn the messages and photos into a short video.
- Everyone can join. People chip in from the link with a card, Apple Pay or Google Pay: no app, no account. Family and friends abroad can chip in with their own card.
What it costs
Organizing is free. Each payment carries the card processing and KadoPool's 2% fee: about $1.53 on a $25 gift. You choose whether it comes out of the gift or is added on top. See pricing
Questions
When do they get the gift?
When you send it from the app, once the pool has closed. Set the closing date for the day before you want them to have it, and send it on the day. They don't need an account first: they get one e-mail with the gift and open it in the free KadoPool app.
Can I keep it a surprise?
Yes, always: the couple hear nothing from KadoPool until you send the gift. Just share the link where the couple won't see it.
Can people outside the US chip in?
Yes, from the link with their own card. It is charged in dollars and their bank converts it. Stripe charges 1.5% more for a card from outside the US, shown before they pay.
Should we add one or both of them?
Either. Add both and set each one's share, or add one of them.
Start the engagement gift
Friends chip in from the link, near or far, and the couple picks a gift they'll use.
On a computer? Scan with your phone's camera.