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Give them a person and a date. They shop, write the card, and hold the package until you approve it.

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May 11 · Taylor

Taylor’s birthday is May 11. She drinks tea on Sundays.
Perfect, here is a tea sampler in your budget, it’s $42, I can have it there with a card on the 9th
Artisan tea sampler

Artisan tea sampler

Arrives May 9

$42

+Message

They keep the dates, then they shop.

Tell them a person and a day. Birthdays, anniversaries, the first day of a job. When the date gets close, they’ve already chosen a gift, priced it, and it’s ready for you to see.

Your boss’s birthday is around the corner, this would be perfect

World’s Best Boss

Arrives May 15

$18

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Want me to swap the tea for the herb garden?
Handwritten card

Note, ready to shorten

Yes. And shorten the card.
+Send it↑

You talk to them the way you already text.

You name them and give them a face. They write you in that thread. Swap a gift, change the card, or say yes the same way you would answer anyone.

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Waiting on you

Example. Herb garden for Taylor. Add a handwritten card. $66.89, arrives May 9.

Example · Taylor · Birthday

Handwritten card

Herb garden

Arrives May 9

Herb garden$50.00
Service fee$6.89
Add a handwritten card$10.00
Total$66.89

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+Message

You approve before anything is charged.

The message names the person, the price, and the day it arrives. Nothing ships and nothing is charged until you approve that message.

Tea set, flowers, and a card for Taylor. Or just a gift card, if that fits better.
Tea set

The gift

Chosen from a real catalog

Handwritten note

Add a handwritten card

Written for that person

Flowers

Flowers

With the gift, or on their own

Gift cards

Gift card

On its own, or with the rest

A gift, flowers, a card, a gift card.

They can send one, or put them all in the same package. Add a handwritten card, written for that person, and you can change every word in the thread.

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They come back to the right message.

If Taylor’s gift moves while you are talking about someone else, they reply to the Taylor message. The rest of the thread stays a normal conversation.

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Your agent finds the gift at a store you trust, shows you the total, and orders only after you approve.

See a gift come together

From the first date to the message that asks you to approve.

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How a gift is chosen, what you approve, and what actually gets sent.

How a gift gets chosenThey shop a real catalog for that person and that date, then show you one package.What you approveYou see the person, the price, and the arrival day before a card is charged.The note on the cardAdd a handwritten card, written for that person, and you can change the words in the thread.

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