Spot bonuses, sent while the win is still fresh
A rep saves an account on Tuesday and hears about it at the next review cycle. A spot bonus through Gifted closes that gap to about the length of a coffee break.
Free forever. No card, no contracts, no minimums.
Great work outruns the approval queue
Nobody forgets the deal that nearly walked or the sprint that finished early. What gets forgotten is the thank-you, because it needed a form, a signature and a finance ticket. By the time the reward clears, the team has moved on to the next thing and the moment it was meant to mark is gone.
Three ways to send a spot bonus
Most spot bonus programs come down to who can send, how much, and how fast it goes out.
Give managers a budget
Set a monthly amount each manager can spend without asking anyone. Caps and permissions hold, so nothing goes out that you did not approve in advance.
A $50 reward on Thursday beats a $200 one in October.
Set the amount to fit
A small save and a career deal should not be worth the same thing. Pick the value at the moment you send, inside the cap you already set.
The size of the reward is part of the message.
Say what they did
Every bonus carries a written thank-you from the person sending it. Naming the specific save is what makes it land differently from a payroll line.
People remember the sentence longer than the amount.
Set it up before you need it
Connect your people
Forty-five HRIS integrations bring your roster across, or upload a CSV. Leavers drop off on their own.
Build the budget profile
Decide the cap, the values and who is allowed to send. Once it exists, a bonus goes out with no approvals to clear.
Send and track it
The gift reaches their inbox in moments and they pick what they want. Real-time reporting shows who sent what and what has been redeemed.
Five minutes from sign-up to your first gift.
You set the amount, they choose the gift
Send a specific gift or let the recipient pick from the whole catalog. That choice is what keeps a spot bonus from feeling like a form letter.
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 →The simple processes, reliable campaigns, and spot gifting has allowed us to keep appreciation and thankfulness at the forefront.
Speed is what makes a bonus feel earned
The reward that arrives the same week says the work was noticed, and the one that arrives in the next quarter says it was processed.
Set the budget once, hand the send button to the people who see the work, and put the whole amount into the gift rather than a slice of it into a license.
Spot bonus questions
Is a spot bonus the same as a spot award?
In practice, yes. Both reward one piece of work right after it happens rather than at a review cycle. With Gifted it arrives as a gift the recipient chooses, from 4,500+ gift card brands or 1,988 physical products.
What is a spot bonus?
It is a reward sent right after a win, rather than at a review cycle. Birthdays and anniversaries are the recognition people already expect. A spot bonus lands because nobody saw it coming, and because the recipient chooses the gift themselves.
Who is allowed to send one?
Whoever you say. You decide which admins and managers get permission, and the budget profile you set holds the caps, so nothing goes out that you have not approved.
How fast does it arrive?
Instantly. A digital gift reaches their inbox in moments, so you can send it while you are still talking about what they did.
Can the recipient choose their own gift?
Yes. Send a specific gift, or let them pick anything from the catalog. Gift cards cover 4,500+ brands in 150+ countries, and there are 1,988 physical products.
Is there a fee for this?
No platform fee, no per-user fee and no minimum. You pay the face value of what you send. ACH and wire are free, credit card is 3%, and international FX is 5%.
Other ways teams use Gifted
Peer-to-peer recognition
Most peer recognition programs celebrate one winner and quietly ignore the twenty people who noticed the work first.
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.
Start sending
Someone earned one before you finished this page
Set the budget once and the next reward takes about a minute to send.
Free forever. No card, no contracts, no minimums.
