✦ Gift draw without complications

The easiest way to organize your secret Santa

Organize your draw in minutes. Create a group, add participants and send them their result by email.

How it works

Everything you need

Organize groups

Create groups for your gift exchanges. Add participants with their name and email.

Add restrictions

Mark the people each participant cannot gift.

Automatic draw

The algorithm randomly assigns who gifts whom, without repetitions.

Email notifications

Each participant receives an email with a personal link to their secret assignment.

No repeats

Prevents participants from being assigned the same recipient as in the previous draw.

Gift preferences

Each participant can select gift categories they prefer (or don't want) to receive.

Step by step

See how it works

Create your group

Create a group, give it a name, a date and a budget. Add participants with their name and email.

Add exclusions

Set the rules you need for participants who shouldn't gift certain people.

Perform draw

The draw will randomly assign each participant the person they need to gift. Each will receive an email with their secret assignment.

Set your preferences
Set your preferences

Once the draw is done and notification emails have been sent, each participant will be able to see the preferences of the person they're gifting, and tell their secret Santa what kind of gift they prefer.

FAQ

Got questions?

  • Yes, Secretly is completely free. You can create groups, add participants and run draws at no cost.

  • There's no limit on participants. You can add as many as you need for your draw.

  • Each participant receives an email with a personal link to their secret assignment. Only they can see who they need to gift.

  • Yes, you can run the draw as many times as you need before sending the notification emails to participants.

  • No. Participants don't need to register. Only the organizer needs an account to create and manage groups.

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