I came across this fairly new company recently, which I
believe will revolutionize gift giving. And I thought the honeymoon registry
site we blogged about was fantastic. This kind of blows it out of the water
because you’re not pigeon holed in a department store or honeymoon registries.
Welcome to Deposit a Gift. It provides the tools to build a unique registry and free
custom event site. You can use DAG for any celebration where gifting is
involved, and register for anything you can think of…. to name a few:
honeymoons, home down payments, baby items, or even saving for college.
Although I think this is great for weddings, it’s a terrific service for any
other life celebration. With a
traditional service (i.e. at a department store), you register at specific
stores for the gifts you’d like to receive today. With DAG, you build a
registry for items or experiences you want/need now or later.
Here’s how it works: guests contribute monetary gifts that
go into a personal account, which you can access at any time. The cash is yours
to use and you’re free to make purchases wherever you want/need it.
I really love the flexibility of an online cash registry.
It’s the natural evolution of monetary gift giving for our busy lives. You’re
no longer tied to a particular store, and you make purchases when the time is
right for you.
Instead of buying actual gifts, family and friends deposit cash into a personal
registry account that you can use towards anything. Anything! By no means is
Deposit a Gift replacing traditional wedding registries. They encourage users
to add store registries to your site as well. That way, your guests can choose how they would like to
support you. Because let’s face it, grandma will be furious with you if you don’t
register for china. If you’re a visual person like myself, it’ll make more
sense if you peruse the sample registries to see all the options.
