Employee Appreciation Day gifts that set the tone for the year
Employee Appreciation Day lands on a single date, and everyone on the payroll is supposed to feel it that morning. Gifted sends your Employee Appreciation Day gifts as one link to all of them, in their own country and currency, without a shipping spreadsheet.
Free forever. No card, no contracts, no minimums.
Appreciation Day breaks in the shipping spreadsheet
Nobody argues about whether to mark the day. The argument is about sizes, home addresses and customs forms for the fourteen people who work from other countries. By the time the list is clean, March is over and half the team opened a box in April. The intent was never the problem. The logistics ate it.
Employee Appreciation Day gifts in three decisions
Between them, these cover what most teams actually mean when they say they want to do the day properly.
Send one link
Every person gets the same budget and picks their own gift from 4,500+ brands in 150+ countries, priced in local currency. No sizes, no addresses, no customs forms.
A remote developer and a long-time manager rarely want the same box.
Time it to morning
Schedule delivery so the gift is waiting when each person wakes up, wherever they are. The thank-yous come back across the day as time zones catch up.
A gift at 9am reads as planned. One at 4pm reads as remembered.
Reuse the setup
The campaign that goes out in March runs the birthdays, anniversaries and December gifting after it. Nothing gets rebuilt and nothing gets re-uploaded.
Most companies treat the day as a one-off. It works better as a start.
When to plan Employee Appreciation Day gifts
Employee Appreciation Day is the first Friday in March. Two to three weeks is enough for digital gifts; give physical ones four to six.
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Early February
Pick the amount
Most teams spend between $25 and $100 per person. One number, the whole company.
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Mid-February
Sync everyone
Your HRIS brings the list across, in every country, with nobody left off.
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Late February
Write the note
The part people remember. Add it once and it goes out with every gift.
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The first Friday in March
Waiting when they wake up
Schedule it for the morning in each time zone, and the thank-yous come back across the day.
Set it up before the date
Connect your HRIS
Forty-five integrations, with daily auto-sync. New hires appear on their own and leavers drop off without anyone maintaining a list.
Set the date and budget
Pick the amount per person and the morning it should land. Most teams land somewhere between $25 and $100 a head.
Watch it land
You see what was sent, what was opened and what is still outstanding. Export the whole thing for finance.
Five minutes from sign-up to your first gift.
You set the budget, they pick the gift
Gift cards reach everyone on the same morning, wherever they log in, in a brand and currency that makes sense where they live. The same budget can go to a physical gift or branded apparel instead if you have the lead time.
01Gift cards
4,500+ brands in 150+ countries, in local currency. The whole budget, their choice of where it goes.Browse gift cards → Shipped to the door
02Physical gifts
1,988 curated products from makers and names people recognize, shipped to the door.Browse physical gifts → Made on demandCustom swag
Your brand on things people actually wear. No minimums, and they pick their own size.See custom swag →Regardless of what time zones or countries your team is spread across, Gifted enables you to send meaningful and personalized gifts for any occasion.
One day in March, then the rest of the year
Choosing the gift was never the hard part.
Run the day once from one place, keep the same setup for birthdays, anniversaries and December, and put the whole budget into the gift instead of a share of it into a license.
Employee Appreciation Day questions
When is Employee Appreciation Day?
It falls on the first Friday in March, which is March 5 in 2027. Plan two to three weeks ahead for digital gifts, and four to six weeks if physical items are involved.
How far ahead should we plan?
Two to three weeks for digital gifts, and four to six weeks if physical items are involved. Digital delivery means you can set the campaign up close to the date without shipping risk.
What do companies usually spend per person?
Most teams spend between $25 and $100 per person. The amount matters less than the message attached to it, and you set an exact budget per campaign so the total stays fixed.
Do we need home addresses?
No. The gift link goes to a work email or phone number, and the recipient only enters delivery details if they choose something physical.
Will this work for a team spread across countries?
Yes. Links work in 150+ countries and the catalog carries 4,500+ gift card brands, curated by country and shown in local currency, so no one is choosing from a list they cannot use.
What does the platform cost?
There is no platform fee, no user fee and no minimum. You pay the face value of the gifts you send. ACH and wire are free, credit card is 3%, international FX is 5%, and unredeemed gifts come back at 100% within 72 hours and 75% up to two years.
Other ways teams use Gifted
Employee recognition
Thank people while the work is still fresh, on autopilot.
Automated work anniversaries
A five-year anniversary noticed a week late reads as an afterthought, because it was one.
Employee birthday gifts
The one date on the calendar that belongs entirely to the person is their birthday, not the company's.
Peer-to-peer recognition
Most peer recognition programs celebrate one winner and quietly ignore the twenty people who noticed the work first.
Start with March
March is closer than the shipping deadline
Set the campaign up now and let it send itself on the day.
Free forever. No card, no contracts, no minimums.
