Group gifts

Some wishes are too big for one person: a bike, a coffee machine, a trip. That's when people chip in together. The hard part is keeping track of who's in, and making sure nobody else buys the same thing in the meantime. In Gave one person reserves the wish and adds the others.

How group gifts work in Gave

One of you reserves the wish as usual, and is in charge of the gift.
The person in charge taps "Group gift" and adds the people who are chipping in.
The people who are added get a notification, and see the gift among their own reservations.
Once the gift is bought, the person in charge marks it as bought. That counts for the whole group.

The others who follow the person see that the wish is reserved, and who's chipping in. The person getting the gift sees nothing.

Who can join

You can add people who follow the person getting the gift, and who you follow or who follow you. So you only chip in with people you already know in Gave, and you never see the whole follower list of the person getting the gift.

If someone drops out

Anyone who's in can leave the group gift themselves.
The person in charge can remove people. They're told.
If the person in charge cancels the reservation, whoever was added first takes charge of the gift. Everyone affected is told. So the gift doesn't become free while the rest of you are still in.

Wishes with a quantity

Group gifts are for wishes of one thing, such as a bike. If someone would like several of something, such as four glasses, each of you reserves as many as you'd like to give. Gave shows how many are taken.

Keep track

Under "My reservations" you see every gift you're part of, sorted by person and occasion. Gave reminds you of birthdays and Christmas before it's too late, and tells you about gifts that aren't bought yet. Read more about reminders and birthdays.