When TechCrunch first covered gift registry platform Thankful Registry eleven years ago, its philosophy was turning the act of asking for gifts into a mindful process, instead of a greedy grab for stu
We live in a world where companies have to send out “gifts” to individuals. Chocolate bars. Bottles of wine. You name it. Companies are gifting it. But right now, that operation is buried
App and web developers are always trying to figure out better ways of keeping their users engaged on their platforms for longer. Today, Amazon is launching a service that it hopes those developers wil
Chalk one up to the power of media exposure. The team responsible for building Target’s online registry saw Honeyfund appear on “Shark Tank,” and thought it would be cool to integrat
Here’s a great present for a sports fan this holiday season: Fanchest is a Brooklyn-based startup that curates and sends team-themed gift boxes as gift. The boxes start at $59 and include about
Anyone who thinks paper books are dead has never been in a Barcelona bookshop the day before Sant Jordi. The Patron Saint festival is Catalunya's equivalent of Valentine's day. But as well as giving l
Welcome to the 2016 TechCrunch Holiday Gift Guide! We’ll be rolling out a bunch of guides leading up to Christmas, hopefully making your holiday shopping a little easier. Looking for gifts for o
Gift cards are soulless and buying the wrong gift leads to annoying returns. But you might not know if your loved one would prefer a drone, action camera or a VR headset. With Snappy Gifts, they get t
I’ve always found that the weirder gifts, no matter how much they cost, are the ones that people appreciate the most. Sure, you could send someone a boring gift card or a basic-ass iPhone case,
Amazon today has rolled out a new mobile application for iOS and Android users called Surprise! that allows you to send e-cards to friends and family to celebrate various occasions like birthdays, ann
<a target="_blank" href="http://sincerely.com/">Sincerely</a>, the mobile gifting startup behind the Postagram, Ink, and Sesame apps which allow users to send everything from postcards to greeting car
Starting today, you can send your friends and family members gifts using only their email address or phone number. This new trick comes from Gratafy, a Seattle-based social gifting platform launched l
Palo Alto-based <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wanderable.com">Wanderable</a>, a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/17/500-startups-fourth-demo-day/">500 Startups-backed</a> company designe
<a target="_blank" href="http://appstore.com/wishpop">WishPop</a>, an iPad application designed to help children, parents, and other family members better manage gift lists and thank you notes, is lau
As Facebook looks for new ways to make money, it disclosed during its Q4 2012 earnings call today that its Gifts product and promoted user posts functionality accounted for less than $5 million of Fac
Amazon today announced a new feature called <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/friendsandfamily">Friends and Family Gifting</a>, aimed at helping customers better organize their gift lists
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.punchbowl.com/">Punchbowl</a>, the party planning site that expanded into digital greeting cards last year, is today announcing a series of new partnerships that wi
<a target="_blank" href="http://sincerely.com">Sincerely</a>, the company known for its mobile photo postcard and greeting card apps, is today expanding upon its vision to become a full-on mobile gift
It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but some startup founders already have their sights set on the holidays. Case in point, the launch of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.giftivo.com/">Giftivo</a>, a n
Facebook Gifts launched with the ability for you to buy something meaningful for a friend or family member on the social network. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/02/forget-saying-happy-birthda
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