Group gifts, without the chase

A group gift for a friend, from the whole squad

Everyone chips in what they want, wherever they live, and nobody sees who gave what. Your friend picks their own gift, gift cards or prepaid cards, and opens a KadoBook of everyone's names and messages.

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How it works for the friend who organizes it

Start the pool in the free KadoPool app

Add your friend and choose the closing date. It takes about two minutes.

Invite your friends

Invite them by e-mail from the app, so the reminders reach them, and drop the link in the group chat too. Everyone chips in by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, from any phone or computer, with no app or account.

The page where a friend chips in from the link

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.

Pool details in the KadoPool app: who has chipped in, amounts hidden

Send the gift

Your friend opens it in the KadoPool app: everyone's names and messages, then gift cards or prepaid cards.

A KadoBook message in the KadoPool app
QR code to get the KadoPool app

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.

Friends in other cities

Anyone with the link can chip in, wherever they live, with a card from any country.

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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.

Do my friends need the app?

No. They chip in from the link on any phone or computer. Only you, to set up and send the gift, and your friend, to open it, use the app.

Can I keep it a surprise?

Yes, always: your friend hears nothing from KadoPool until you send the gift. Just share the link where your friend won't see it.

More questions

Can friends abroad chip in?

Yes. Anyone with the link can pay by card, wherever they live.

What if someone pays late?

The pool takes payments until its closing date. A payment after that is refunded in full, automatically. You can move the date later to reopen the pool, until you send the gift.

Start the group gift

Friends chip in from the link, wherever they live, and your friend picks the gift.

QR code to get the KadoPool app

On a computer? Scan with your phone's camera.

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