This post is brought to you by Well Gifted. Please note that as always, any personal opinions reflected in this post are my own and have not been influenced by the sponsor in any way.
What kind of gifter are you? I generally try to find a gift that the recipient will truly enjoy. While I may or may not be shopping on a budget, price is rarely the factor I use when determining what to buy. I know one or two that only buy things because they are on sale, giving no regard to if the item will be wanted, appreciated or used. Those people are cheap, and I do not mean that in a flattering way. There’s a difference between thrifty or frugal and cheap. I personally would rather have no gift at all then one that had no real thought put into it.
And then there’s the other question. What do you do with gifts you receive that you don’t want? I used to know someone that had a closet where she kept them all. She’d put all of the gifts she didn’t like in there and then regift them. I am not one for regifting, it just doesn’t seem right to me. I’d sooner give something away.
In an ideal world we’d all give, and receive, gifts that we actually wanted or could truly use. Which is the purpose of the app Well Gifted. Well Gifted is a reverse gift registry app. The app was designed by two brothers. One brother got Jamba Juice gift cards but didn’t like Jamba Juice. The two brothers realized how often this sort of thing happened and worked together to create an app to help solve the problem. Here’s how it works.
Let’s say that I’m shopping for the hubby. I am fairly sure that he wants a new digital camera but I am not sure which one he’d like the most. I browse Amazon and select up to three cameras. I go into the Well Gifted app and put the links to the cameras into the app, along with hubby’s email, and send the email.
The next thing that happens is hubby receives the email that I sent. The email contains images of the gifts I had selected, and links to see them or get more information on Amazon.
Once hubby has decided which camera he’d most like he clicks the button to select it.
Then, I receive an email letting me know that hubby has chosen the camera that he’d like the most.
Here’s a brief video that shows the whole process.
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Wow this is such a useful app. I know so many people that impossible to get gift hints from.
What a great app. This sure takes the guess work out of gift shopping!
This is so useful. My husband never knows what to get me.
Looks like Christmas is taken care of for the hubby! I can see how this app is useful for the season
What a fantastic idea. I don’t regift either.
I like this idea a lot! It would be nice knowing I’d be getting exactly what they want.
I am a horrible gift giver for anyone besides my kids. This is an excellent app for people like me.
I could see where this would really come in handy for our family. Our kids are grown and we don’t really do too many surprises now days with Christmas. I would much rather get them what they want.
Regifting is OK but it spoils the surprises. That’s why I ask for everyone’s wish lists.
Wow, this pretty much takes the guess work out of gift buying. What a great app!
What a cool idea. I usually ask or get what I think is fun and cute. It all depends on the person. Often people want pretty extravagant gifts and I’m at a loss.
This sounds like a great app. This will make shopping for friends and family a lot easier.
There’s an app for everything! I would love to try this one. PS that Sony Camera is awesome!
This is a cool idea. You could also do something like give choices in several different categories so the person still wouldn’t know what they are getting, they would just know it was something they like. Very good idea.
Another way to keep it a surprise would be to send gift options and let them pick. Once they pick, send another set of gift options for them to pick from. This way they won’t know if they’re getting the first or second gift they picked.
This is a pretty cool app. I have been known to regift in the past, but it really depends on what it is. I dont make a habit out of it.
This is so interesting. I have been texting my teen links from Amazon of products asking her opinion. This would save me a lot of time.
I need this app in my life. My family is the worst when it comes to gift giving.
This is an interesting app. It’d be neat if the emails did not tell you who was asking about your choices so you would still be surprised abouy thr gift.
You can actually change your name at any time in the ‘Profile’ section so you could change it to Secret Santa for example. The only thing is, they may not open the email if they don’t know who it’s from.
That is definitely a great sounding app. It’d help take the guess work out for hubby. He’s not always good at hints. 😉
What an amazing app especially for the holidays. I do ask people to tell me what they want so I can get it for them. I do like to shop around so if they send me the link online it gives me a chance to get it elsewhere if needed.
I need this app! I hate trying to guess what to get for people.
I pick gifts by the price but I do put thought into the gift. I don’t just buy something because it is on sale. I buy something I can afford that I think the person will like or use.
What a great app! This will definitely make shopping for others a lot easier!
OH this is such a neat idea, thanks for sharing it. I am all done shopping this year, but I am sure I can use this for birthdays or other events through out the year for gift ideas!
There really is an app for everything! This one is really cool and could be super useful!