Givingli - Gifting & Events 4+

All star in the digital card game!

I have to start off by saying that I absolutely love paper cards. There is something very exciting and satisfying about holding and opening up a card and reading it. But in a day and age where convience is key and tangible gifts and recipients are not always a click away... GIVINGLI has change the game for me! This past month alone, a few close friends have celebrated momentous occasions. With Covid-19 and social distancing in place, I wanted to make sure I was able to celebrate, even from a far. Not only was I able to send them all beautiful digital cards that were much more thi if haul and creative than others ones on the digital scene.... I was able to attach a gift to it!! I cannot reccomend this App enough. It was very easy and a pleasure to use! All the recipients were impressed!! Good job Givingli, keep it up!

Nothing is Free

Honestly I was so excited to try this because I’ve already been doing this same thing myself. I would create a digital version of a card, and email/text it to the recipient for the occasion, but sending a gift had to be done separately, and that is a bit of a pain.

I thought I would at least be able to try out this app, which claims to have a free version, but none of the quality designs are free, and it seems you have to pay to customize any design, which just…really defeats the purpose. There also I believe is a fee on top of the gift cards, which I’m not sure is necessary.

I am also irritated that they require a phone number to use it. Not that my phone number is so private anymore, but they’re lying about why they collect that data. If you read their Privacy Policy, you realize that isn’t collected to prevent spam, but actually to connect your app data to your other ad profiles. They are selling off your data profile to third parties, and that’s going to be their biggest profit, which makes it further annoying that none of the app is truly free.

Developer Response ,

HI cmriker,

Ben here, co-founder of Givingli. First off, I really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and feedback. I want to address your concerns and clarify some things which I hope will be helpful. Most importantly, we never have, and we never will, sell your data to third parties. While I totally understand your concerns, that's just not our groove. We're really just about helping people connect. Speaking of helping people connect, we actually have tons of completely free greetings you can customize and send without any payment necessary. That's what's so unique about Givingli: you can send a greeting for free and the gifts are optional! We do have some premium greetings and tools that you can unlock with our Givingli Premium subscription, which I'm happy gift to you so you can check it out. Please email me at hello@givingli.com with any other questions or concerns I can help with. Thank you again for sharing your feedback so we can make Givingli even better!

Sincerely,
Ben
Co-Founder