How GiftRise works

GiftRise lets you create a wishlist of the things you really want - a product, a trip, an experience - and share it with friends and family. Instead of guessing what to buy, they chip in money towards a specific wish. You collect the funds and withdraw them when you’re ready.

For list owners

  1. Create a wishlist. Add your wishes with a name, a target amount and, if you like, a link to the product.
  2. Share the link. Send the link to one list, to several lists or to all of them - you decide who sees what.
  3. Watch it fill up. You see every contribution in real time, with the contributor’s name (or “Anonymous”) and their message.
  4. Withdraw or buy. Withdraw your balance to your bank account, or tap “Buy” on a wish: we send the money to your bank and open the shop right away.

Creating lists and receiving contributions is free. Every contribution goes to your balance in full. Withdrawing to your bank costs 2% of the amount (minimum €3).

To withdraw, you verify your identity once with our payment provider, Stripe. This is a legal requirement for payouts and usually takes a few minutes.

New contributions become available for withdrawal a few business days after payment, once our payment provider settles them. A card payment that was not confirmed with 3D Secure becomes available 7 days after payment.

If you don’t withdraw, your balance is paid out automatically to your bank account 85 days after the oldest contribution still in your balance. We remind you before that happens. If you haven’t set up payouts by day 85, we return the contributions to your friends; the service fee they paid is not refunded.

For contributors

  1. Open the wishlist link you received.
  2. Choose a wish and the amount you want to give.
  3. Add a message and choose whether your name is shown or you stay anonymous.
  4. Pay with a card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or a local payment method such as iDEAL, Bancontact or Revolut Pay. PayPal is coming soon.

You don’t need an account to contribute. We accept cards issued in the EU, and all payments are in euros.

Fees

Who pays Amount
Creating a wishlist - Free
Receiving contributions - Free, the full contribution goes to the list owner’s balance
Service fee on a contribution Contributor 4% of the contribution, minimum €0.50, VAT included
Withdrawal to a bank account List owner 2% of the amount, minimum €3, VAT included

The service fee is shown as a separate line before you pay and is the same for every payment method. Example: a €30.00 contribution plus a €1.20 service fee is €31.20 in total; €30.00 goes to the list owner’s balance. Withdrawing €300 costs €6.00, so €294.00 arrives in the bank account.

All amounts are in euros (EUR).

Where the money goes

Payments are processed by Stripe, a licensed payment provider. Contributions are credited to the list owner’s balance and paid out to the list owner’s bank account on request or automatically as described above. GiftRise never stores your card details.

Buy buttons

Some wishes have a “Buy” button. It sends the list owner’s balance for that wish to their bank account (the usual withdrawal fee applies) and opens the shop. Some of these links may be affiliate links: if you buy, the shop may pay us a small commission at no extra cost to you. See our Affiliate disclosure.

Security

All pages use HTTPS. Card payments are handled by Stripe, which is certified to PCI DSS Level 1, the highest level of security for card payments, and confirmed with 3D Secure by your bank. We never see or store your full card number.

Questions

Email us at hello@giftriseapp.com. We reply within one business day.