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The Best Wish List Ever™
Chris Messina
Gift Hero — The best wish list ever
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Gift Hero Wish Lists – add anything, from anywhere, and share your Wish Lists with family and friends. It’s easy to use and it's fast, free, and flexible. Together we can change the gift-giving game. With Gift Hero, you get to ditch the guesswork and keep the surprise.

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Johannes Booy

Being able to add gift ideas from outside Amazon is the best part. For example for this Xmas I have tickets to the Boston Symphony on a list for my Dad; a massage certificate (at a local place) for my Mom. The massage place doesn't really have a website so I couldn't use my browser plugin, but they have an option to manually add gifts into the app. I liked that feature.

The browser plugin works really well, I can add a gift to any of my lists while browsing. I typically add like crazy then sort through ideas in the app.

I was also recently looking to buy a boat for our family and kept track of options on Craigslist using Gift Hero.

Pros:

I can add from outside Amazon, that's key for me.

Cons:

Is a native app on the horizon?

Suvendu Pal
Johannes, thanks for your review. A native app is on the horizon, we expect to have a simple "adder" app by the end of February where you can easily and quickly add to a selected list on a smartphone.
James Walsh
Neat idea. How do you monetise? Affiliate sales? I'm going to create my wish list now!
Suvendu Pal
@walsh_ldn Hi James! That's correct, we generate revenue by driving traffic to retailer websites through affiliate agreements. Also, when you buy off a non-profit's in-kind donation wish list, they receive a cash donation back from us equal to 50% of revenue earned. I'm curious what you think of the User Experience? and the sign-up process?
Adi Furca
Hi ?makers @dupac70 & @kyleridolfo ! Do you still think GiftHero is the best wishlist ever and is it still being developed?
Ghost Kitty
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Suvendu Pal
Good morning, Suvendu Pal here. The idea of Gift Hero was a seed planted in 2015 after I found myself stumped by what to get my niece for Christmas. The frustration of not knowing what to buy friends and family, and having to deal with returning unwanted gifts is a problem we all face, especially this time of year. With Gift Hero, anytime you see something online that you need or want, you can add that item to a Gift Hero wish list and share it. That simple idea planted years ago, through the work and dedication of the Gift Hero team, has now blossomed into an elegant platform that facilitates easier gifting and better gifts through "social gifting." Gift Hero is rated A - for Absolutely Everyone....Kids, Teens, Young Adults, Parents, Grandparents, Businesses, Schools and Non-Profit Organizations. One of the best things about developing and growing Gift Hero is watching how our users adopt each feature of the platform. We love to learn from them and hope you will try Gift Hero too. Hit us up –we're looking forward to your questions and feedback!
Kevin Guebert
@dupac70 In a large family, we definitely have the same problem. Time to pitch it to the rest of the fam and hopefully make shopping easier, thanks @dupac70 🤙
Suvendu Pal
@kevinguebert thanks Kevin! I would love to hear about your experience and how we can make it better.
Bren

Great for keeping lists for self/others organized... really easy to use.

Pros:

Best Wish List out there

Cons:

Lots of cool features they could add down the road, but nothing bad to say about what's there.

Craig Henry

Love this service - it's really made organization and curation a breeze for me and my family.

Pros:

Intuitive layout, great content

Cons:

Would love a native app for quicker access

Suvendu Pal
Thanks for the feedback Craig, we expect to have an "adder" app by the end of February. It'll make tagging and adding super easy on your smartphone.
Michael Witwicki

I use Gift Hero for a number of things. Planning out Christmas/Birthday/Anniversary present lists is great because once I've filled them up I can easily share them with Grandparents, Aunts/Uncles, etc and never have to worry about duplicate presents or endless texts coordinating who will buy what.

However, my favorite thing to do on Gift Hero is use it as a place to daydream about the things I'm saving up for. Recently I started building out a small home recording studio and it's difficult to track all the little things I need to get up and running. I used Gift Hero as a place to organize everything I needed. It gave me an easy way to track how far along things were coming and prioritize my next purchase. Plus, bonus, I could share it with the people in my life who know they could easily pick something off of my list and I'd be happy as a clam with my gift.

Pros:

Insanely flexible - I can add products from any site and even things that aren't online at all.

Cons:

The core functionality I need is all there. I look forward to seeing which features they add in the future.

Loren
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