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Wisheo's group gift solution featured on the web

2009-05-12T23:20:00.000-07:00

Wisheo, a new group gift and wishlist solution that enable people to give and receive better quality gifts without stretching the budget, was recently featured on a popular website. Check out the video!

http://girl.inyourshirt.tv/wisheo/

Wisheo's goal is to simplify group gifting and allow people to give and receive better gifts. In this economy, it also allows people to shop smarter, spend less, and still buy quality gifts. It works both ways; you can give great gifts on special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, baby showers etc. But it is also great if you are setting up a wishlist and want people to contribute towards your own birthday or Christmas wishlist.

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift and wishlist process and buy group gifts for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

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Wisheo - no more hassle organizing group gifts

2009-04-20T20:57:00.000-07:00

The concept of group gifting is not new. Most of us probably have gone in on a group gift a couple of times. Everybody usually likes receiving group gifts as well because they get a few good gifts instead of many cheaper individual gifts. So how come people don't give more group gifts? It is pretty simple. People don't like the hassle of organizing group gifts. They don't like to collect all the money and they don't want the hassle of sending out multiple emails.

This is where Wisheo comes in. Wisheo is a new group gift site that enables people to setup group gifts, invite friends to contribute, and collect contributions. No more emails back and forth. No more hassle collecting all the contributions. Everybody will get an invite to contribute money to the group gift on Wisheo. The organizer collects all the money via Paypal and she can also monitor all the contributions from Wisheo and keep track of the funding levels to ensure all the gifts are funded on time.

Wisheo has many unique features that add value for everyone. For instance, it is possible to personalize the invites with pictures and text to liven up the invitation a little bit. If the due date is coming up, Wisheo sends out reminders to the organizer so she can send out friendly reminders to everyone to pitch in their share. Another nice thing with Wisheo is that it has an application on Facebook so it is easy to invite everyone in the network. For the people that are not on Facebook, no worries, they don't have to be Facebook members to participate in a group gift.

Wisheo's goal is to simplify group gifting and allow people to give and receive better gifts. In this economy, it also allows people to shop smarter, spend less, and still buy quality gifts. It works both ways; you can give great gifts on special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, baby showers etc. But it is also great if you are setting up a wishlist and want people to contribute towards your own birthday or Christmas wishlist.

Come check it out and let us know what you think!
Mother's day is just around the corner.

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift and wishlist process and buy group gifts for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

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Mother's Day Gift Ideas

2009-04-06T23:24:00.000-07:00

Mother's day is coming up. The economy is still no good so what do you do?
You want to get your mom something nice without spending too much? Use Wisheo to setup a group gift for your mother.

This is how it works.

1) Go to www.wisheo.com or
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=13348931661
2) Setup a Group Gift
3) Suggest some gifts you think mom will like
4) Invite brothers and sisters. They don't have to be facebook members
5) Collect contributions via Paypal
6) Buy the gifts directly from Wisheo

Wisheo's goal is to bring the fun back in group gifting. The reality is that it does not take a lot of work to put a smile on someone's face. It just takes a little bit of organizing and this is what Wisheo can help out with. No more emails back and forth. It is easy to manage all the contributions.

So instead of buying your mom three of four individual gifts, use Wisheo and buy one group gift. It could be a weekend getaway, a massage at her favorite spa, or how about a new iPhone or iPOD loaded with pictures of you guys.

It is only one month away, start planning today!

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift and wishlist process and buy group gifts for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

Earn Free Cash With Wisheo's "Gift Bucks"

2009-04-06T21:55:00.000-07:00

Wisheo recently added "Gift Bucks" to its popular group gift and wishlist application. Wisheo users can now earn free cash and donate this to their friends' group gift or they can apply the free cash to their own wishlist. Users who want to redeem cash for themselves will receive payments directly on their Paypal account. For users who want to donate the earned cash to their friends, payments are made direction to the friends Paypal account.

Earning free cash is simple. All users need to do is to complete offers and surveys, many of which do not require any purchases. The Gift Buck solution is well integrated with the rest of the setup process making it easy to keep track of all cash redemptions and donations as these are automatically recorded on Wisheo and reflected on the statistics page.

It sounds too good to be true, earning free cash by just filling out some surveys and apply this towards that special wedding gift! Well it is not a joke, go to wisheo.com and check it out. Start earning your free gift bucks today!

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift and wishlist process and buy group gifts for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

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Popular Baby Shower Gifts

2009-03-30T23:28:00.000-07:00

The central theme for every baby shower I have been to in the past six months (and I have been to one too many) has been the gifts. Here are some popular baby shower gifts.

New Baby Gift Basket
You can never go wrong with the new baby gift basket. This includes all the essentials for both girls and boys. They usually include a growth chart and a camera to make pictures for the album. Even though the child will grow and grow quickly, it is important to monitor the growth.

The crib
You will be the ultimate hero at the party if you buy the crib. There have been a lot of improvements in the crib world since I was a baby and today's cribs certainly are impressive and the 4 piece set includes bumper, sheet,skirt, and crib blankets. You will have to fork up the big bucks to look like a hero. If you use Wisheo, you can setup a group gift and split the average $500 crib with your friends to make it more manageable.

Sport Outfit
Don't forget that while this is an occasion mostly for the mother, it does not hurt to give something the father will appreciate. How about a little Shark's or Dodger's outfit for the boy? I went to a baby shower where someone brought an LA Lakers outfit for the boy, this was very much appreciated.

Rocking Horse
Here is a gift that never goes out of style and can be passed on to the next generation. No matter if it is a boy or a girl, the rocking horse is always a homerun. And they can be found at reasonable prices online. If not, Wisheo can be used to split the cost with friends.

Baby Monitor
Nervous first-time moms and dads will most certainly appreciate the reassuring presence of a portable baby monitor receiver on their bedside table. A lot of improvements and progress has been made in the baby monitor world. Some products can now pick up tiny sounds more than 400 ft away. And the newer models include motion sensors that will trigger alarms if the child has not moved in a while and let the parents monitor every single step of the child's movements. This is a must have for any parent.

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift process and buy group gifts for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

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Popular Wedding Gifts

2009-03-16T23:43:00.001-07:00

What are some of the most popular wedding gifts in today's economy?
It is pretty clear that people are affected by the financial situation and a common link we see is that people prefer getting a few good gifts instead of many random gifts normally found in wedding registries.

Not very surprisingly, one of the most popular wedding gifts or most wanted wedding gifts today is help with the actual honeymoon vacation. Couples simply can't afford to pay for everything but there is nothing better than taking a vacation to start out the marriage right, and to forget about all the dull economic news on the home front.
Bali, Cancun, Thailand, and Hawaii are popular honeymoon spots.

A close second is money. This is not very surprising. Most people today could use some help to pay off debt they either incurred with the wedding or to get some assistance with the down payment of their new home.

Another popular gift is a weekend getaway. Today it is possible to get very good bargains on popular weekend getaways to New York, San Francisco, or Lake Tahoe.

It might seem like it would be difficult in this economy to buy these gifts for the wedding couple. The key is to shop smart. Wisheo enables users to go together and share the cost and buy a few good gifts instead of many gifts that will not be used. It is a perfect supplement to traditional wedding registries.

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift process and buy group gifts for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

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Collect donations with Wisheo

2009-03-15T23:23:00.000-07:00

Wisheo, the latest hit for group gifts and wishlists is also ideal for fundraising.
Just like you can setup a group gift or wishlist, Wisheo allows you to setup an event or cause. You can personalize the event with links, text, and pics. Then invite all the friends in your facebook network or non-facebook members. They will see what the cause or event is for and they can donate money directly to your paypal account. Best of all, you can view all the donations directly from Wisheo and see how much in total has been raised, how much each person has raised, what the average/max/min amounts are etc.
You can also send out reminders before the due date to ensure that you collect all the donations on time.

Wisheo enables you to collect money for your sponsor child or favorite charity.

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift and wishlist services allow people to manage the entire group gift and wishlist process. It enables people to give and receive quality gifts in a hassle free way for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

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A smarter wedding registry

2009-03-03T00:05:00.000-08:00

Being in a wedding can be a very stressful experience for all the parties involved. In order to keep the stress level down, it helps to be organized and prepared. One of the less stressful jobs of the wedding planning should be to setup the registry, if things are done right.

There are so many different registries available today but very few of them give the flexibility that people are looking for today. Crate & Barrel, Williams-Sonoma and these traditional registries have good inventory but there is one problem with this registries, it is not possible to buy nice and expensive items without spending a fortune.

More and more people are starting to use Wisheo's group gift registry. This is perfect for weddings. The couple can put down gifts that they really want and there is no need to hold back as all the guests can share the cost and contribute a small part of the entire gift.

We received a thank you note from a couple that used Wisheo for their wedding registry. They setup a personal invitation to all their friends and guests and asked everyone to pitch in for their honeymoon vacation and down payment for their first home. While they would have liked the nice toasters and wine glasses normally found in a registry, they were very happy to see the money they were able to raise with Wisheo. Everyone spent the same amount they would have had they purchased the gifts individually, but with the concept of sharing and leverage, this lovely couple could now get a head start on their marriage.

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift process and buy group gifts for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

Wisheo releases new version on Facebook!

2009-02-19T22:52:00.000-08:00

Wisheo today released a new version (V2.0) of its popular facebook application.
The first version of this upcoming group gift and wishlist application was released about 2 months ago and today more than 4300 users will be happy to see the face lift V2.0 delivers. The new user interface is very intuitive and has automated several steps in the process to simplify and shorten the entire group gift process. The developers have really done a great job making group gift organizing a fun and easy experience.

The group gift originator can now post cash and check contributions so that he can easily keep track of everything, both paypal and cash contributions. Wisheo integrates shopping.com for all the group gifts and now users can also enjoy new price comparison features that will compare prices from a wide range of stores and suggest the store with the best prices. This is very important in todays economy as this feature will save money for everyone participating in the group gift.

Transaction details on the statistics page have been improved and it is now possible to view all the details of the transaction history.

The calendar has been improved and it is now possible to easily view all the upcoming birthdays of all the friends in the network.

Go check it out and please try it out next time you are organizing a group gift for your friends birthday, wedding, baby shower, or house warming party or maybe you will setup a wishlist for your own wedding. Whatever the occasion is, please let us know if you have any suggestions or feedback.
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=13348931661

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift and wishlist process and buy group gifts and setup wishlists for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

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Sharing Is Caring

2009-02-15T23:26:00.000-08:00

It is going to a rainy year. Unemployment is rising, people are holding back on spending, and people are struggling to stay afloat. Now is a good time to appreciate all the things we take for granted normally and now is a good time to think about the people that are directly affected by the economic depression. Bad times bring out the good in people because they sit down and realize how fortunate they really are and learn that it does not take much to help someone else.

Wisheo's group gift and wishlist solutions are designed to help people leverage the concept of sharing. People can setup group gifts and wishlists and invite friends to collect contributions.

Wisheo can also be used to setup causes and collect money for someone that really needs it. If a friend of yours of family member was recently affected by the financial crisis, use Wisheo to setup a gift and collect some money for a gift card, college tuition, rent money, or some new clothes to cheer them up. If they just lost their job, cheer them up with a trip. In situations like these, sharing is caring and if you can convince several people to help out, it will not take much to make a difference and put a smile on someone's face.

You can personalize invitations with pictures and invite facebook and non-facebook friends and collect all the contribution to your paypal account so that you can give cash, gift cards, or gifts to your friends in need.

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift process and buy group gifts for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

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Spend less, buy more with Wisheo

2009-01-18T23:59:00.000-08:00

Wisheo's group gift and wishlist solution enables people to save money and shop smarter. The current economic situations most certainly can take its toll on people's gift budget. This is why it is more important now than ever before to get those dollars to last longer.

Wisheo enables people to spend less and buy more. The average wedding couple receives gift for $9k but the average wedding gift is $75 and most gifts are never used. People can spend much less with Wisheo and still buy the wedding couple better and more long lasting gifts. Surveys show that most wedding couples would prefer to not get any gifts and get some help towards their honeymoon or down payment on their home.

With some simple math, we can see that people can spend a little bit less and still collect several thousands of dollars for the wedding couple. This is the beauty of Wisheo.

I just went to a friend of mine's 30th birthday. Normally everybody would put in their $20 gifts for a bottle of wine but this time we decided to use Wisheo and pool our money together. As a result, our friend got a new Blu-ray player and a video game console.

So even though the economy is tough at the moment, it is still possible to buy nice gifts for special occasions. The key is simply to shop smarter and waste less. Wisheo can help with this.

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About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift and wishlist services allow people to manage the entire group gift and wishlist process. It enables people to give and receive quality gifts in a hassle free way for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

3000 Wisheo users!

2008-11-30T15:47:00.000-08:00

People are catching on to Wisheo's new approach to group gifts and wishlists which enable people to buy and receive more expensive quality gifts while still saving money. Although it has only been available for a couple of months on Facebook, Wisheo's unique and innovative application is being appreciated by users as user number 3000 recently signed up.

Very few applications on Facebook have been able to come up with useful applications that bring people together and allow them to stay connected while at the same time enabling them to perform useful tasks such as organizing a group gift or fulfilling someone's wishlist. Wisheo's group gift and wishlist approach enables people to pool their money together and buy a few good gifts instead of many gifts.
Whether you are setting up a group gift for your friend or a wishlist for yourself, the whole application is based on the idea that group leverage results in better and more desirable gifts and it saves money.

Wisheo allows you to ask for that new Blu-ray player for Christmas without feeling guilty. Setup a wishlist and have family and friends contribute their portions directly to your wishlist. They will save money, they will save time, and you will get something you really like!

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift and wishlist services allow people to manage the entire group gift and wishlist process. It enables people to buy and receive quality gifts in a hassle free way for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

Making the transition from "virtual" to real facebook gifts

2008-10-16T01:29:00.000-07:00

Making the transition from "Virtual" to "Real" Facebook gifts.
There are plenty of Facebook applications available today that offer virtual gifts but there are few that offer real tangible gifts.

Wisheo enables users to make the transition from sending virtual gifts to real gifts on Facebook smooth and joyful by incorporating elements of integration and promoting sharing actions amongst friends.

Wisheo's group gift/wishlist application enables users to setup group gifts/wishlists, invite friends to participate, collect money via Paypal, and buy the gifts. Whether you are setting up a group gift for your friend or a wishlist for yourself, the whole application is based on the idea that group leverage results in better and more desirable gifts.
Why come to a birthday party with twenty $20 dollar gifts when the birthday person prefers to get a Blue Ray player? Or why come to a wedding with a salad bowl when all the guests can contribute towards a nice honeymoon vacation?

The user interface has been optimized for ease of use and group gifts and wishlists can be setup in less than a minute. All transactions are secured via Paypal. Smart comparison shopping technology insures that users always pick the gift with the best value for the given price. It is even possible to invite non-facebook members to participate in a group gift.

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift process and buy group gifts for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

Wisheo enhances statistic feature

2008-09-24T01:00:00.000-07:00

Wisheo today released an enhancement to their Beta group gift version that will enable people to monitor the contribution levels and view statistics from others participating in the gift.

If your friend used Wisheo to setup a group gift and they invited you to contribute to a group gift, you can now go to the invite page and see who else has been invited. Furthermore, you can also see how much each person has contributed and what your suggested contribution amount should be to reach the desired goal. Participants no longer need to be concerned about contributing too much or too little because Wisheo provides all the statistics. If you are the organizer, you no longer need worry about collecting money from all your friends. The statistics page gives you all the relevant data and all you have to do is to wait for people's contributions to come in.

Wisheo's new innovative group gift application enables people to buy valuable big-ticket items for special occasions. It is perfect for setting up wishlist or group gift. It is ideal for a Christmas gift, wedding gift, graduation gift, baby gift, gift registry, baby shower, and birthday gift.

For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

Get the wedding gifts you really want

2008-09-15T01:07:00.000-07:00

There are plenty of wedding registries available today where users can setup gifts for their wedding registries and receive five different salad bowls or silver spoons. Is this what wedding couples really want?

The average couple getting married today is 27 years old and most people already live together when they get married. So can they really benefit from getting more silverware or salad bowls?

Studies show that the majority of couples are not happy with the wedding gifts they receive. Furthermore, statistics also show that the average wedding couple receives about $8,000 in gifts.

When asked if they would prefer getting a few good gifts instead of 80 $100 items, most couples said that they would prefer using the money towards something they could really use. After planning a wedding for six months and emptying their savings accounts to pay for the wedding, couples would be much better off if they could use the gifts toward something useful.

Using Wisheo's group gift and group wishlist features, wedding couples can setup registries and have the guest contribute towards the honeymoon trip they deserve.
Or what if the guests could contribute towards their dream home and come up with a good portion of the down payment?

The possibilities are many when people start working together. With the right etiquette and the rights tools, wedding couples can ask for "useful" wedding gifts.

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift process and buy group gifts for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

Wisheo's Group Gifts

2008-08-24T22:21:00.000-07:00

It is not easy to come up with unique gift ideas that can result in long lasting valuable gifts. Group Gifts is a great alternative to traditional gift giving methods.

First it provides an easy way for friends and family to go in together on gifts and share the cost so it enable people to buy better gifts without spending more.

Furthermore, group gifts allows people to ask for more expensive gifts since they know that several people are now contributing towards the gifts and they don't have to be embarrassed asking for that flat screen TV they always wanted. After all, the people buying the gifts are not spending any more money than they would have had they purchased a gift card for $40.

Wisheo's Group Gift Process
1) The organizer creates a group gift by entering the title and including an optional personal picture of the person getting the group gift.

2) Next, the organizer picks the gift.

3) Send out a personal invite to everyone that might be interested in participating in the group gift. The invite will include the suggestion of the group gift and the suggest contribution amount.

4) The invited contribute money towards the suggested group gift and the organizer collects the contributions. Smart monitoring features and automatic reminders eliminate the need for reminding group gift participants. Once the gift is fully funded, the organizer will be notified and then buys the gift.

Occasions for a Group Gift
- Christmas Gift
- Wedding Gift
- Graduation Gift
- Baby Gift
- Gift Registry
- Wishlist
- Group Gift
- Baby Shower
- Birthday Gift

No matter the occasion, group gift can be a fun and easy way to buy more without spending more.

About Wisheo
Wisheo's innovative group gift services allow people to manage the entire group gift process and buy group gifts for special occasions. For more information, please visit www.wisheo.com

Buying Big Ticket Items in today's economy is still possible

2008-07-13T16:07:00.000-07:00

Gas prices are going up, inflation is eating up our buying power, and when you cross the Atlantic Ocean, the dollar is worth close to nothing. You try to save money by cutting down on the Starbuck's coffee and carpooling with co-workers. When it comes to birthday gifts, parties, and wedding presents, you really don't have much opportunity to cut costs, do you?

Now more than ever is group gift a concept to take advantage of. Group Gifts enable people to spend less money and still buy awesome big ticket items. While it is not good etiquette to buy a group gift for every occasion, there are times when it can definitely be of value.

If your friend's birthday is coming up, you can use Wisheo to create a birthday event and invite friends to contribute towards an MP3 player or a smart phone. Other good occasions for a group gift include retirement parties, father's day, mother's day. Valentine, probably not the best time for a group gift.

How does it work? Use Wisheo's group gift application to create a group gift and send out an invite to participants that might be interested in participating in this group gift. They will get an invite from Wisheo with a picture of the gift you selected and they may or may not contribute money towards the gift. Either way, you don't have to worry about collecting all the money as Wisheo takes care of this.

While your wallet is shrinking and you are cutting corners wherever possible, you can still get your friends big ticket quality items without spending more money.

For more information, please visit http://www.wisheo.com

Group Gifts – When and Why?

2008-07-13T15:32:00.000-07:00

People setting up registries today mix their entries with some big-ticket items and many less expensive items that the guests can actually afford. While this process works very well for the guests, this process is not as efficient for the people setting up the registry.

Surveys show that people setting up their registries for special occasions refrain from asking for the gifts they really want because they don't want to ask for the expensive big-ticket items and they usually end up with multiple "unwanted gifts" such as expensive salad bowls or candles when they really wanted a new flat screen TV or a nice honeymoon trip.

Group Gift enable guests to contribute together towards more expensive gifts people could really use. If it is done right, people don't need to spend any more than they would have had they purchased the salad bowl. But with the concept of dividing up the big-ticket items among a group of people, they can spend $50 to $100 dollars and still get the couple something they could really use.

The problem today is that there are no good solutions to manage the entire group gift buying process. Someone usually has to organize the group gift and collect all the contributions. It is difficult to get everybody participating on the same wavelengths as they want to know what they are contributing towards. For the organizer, collecting all the contributions is a major headache as reminding people to collect the contributions can be awkward.

Wisheo is designed to allow people to buy group gifts for their friends and family members during special occasions. And it also allows people to setup wish lists for themselves so they can ask for the gifts they really want.

Perfect occasions for organizing group gifts for someone else include birthdays, graduation parties, baby shower, father's day, and mother's day. If it is your friends 30th birthday, get your friends to contribute small amounts towards something of value. This way, they don't need to get ten wine bottles and five CD's for their birthday.

Wedding and baby registries are perfect occasions for using the group gift concept. Knowing that there are a group of people that will be part of this gift, you don't have to feel guilty when you ask for that flat screen TV or new vacuum cleaner.

In short, the nature of group gifting is nothing new. A little bit of effort with the help of the right tools can get people big-ticket items without actually spending a lot of money.