{"id":13091,"date":"2011-03-02T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T00:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=13091"},"modified":"2011-03-02T09:00:40","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T00:00:40","slug":"buy-your-twitter-friend-a-beer-with-micro-gifting-service-giftee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/buy-your-twitter-friend-a-beer-with-micro-gifting-service-giftee\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy Your Twitter Friend a Beer With Micro-gifting Service giftee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giftee.co\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/giftee-logo.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"giftee logo\" width=\"179\" height=\"68\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13097\" \/><\/a>Have you ever wanted to buy your Twitter friend a drink as a way of saying &#8220;Thanks&#8221; or &#8220;Cheer up&#8221;? You could have opted for an Amazon or iTunes e-giftcard if you knew their email address &#8211; but that kind of digital money is just not the same as a fuzzy or warm drink that they can enjoy in real life. Micro-gifting service <a href=\"http:\/\/giftee.co\/\">giftee<\/a> makes it easier to show your online friends appreciation or encouragement, well, in this case, if you know their Twitter ID (Twitter DM\/email options are planned for the future enhancement).<br \/>\nYou need 3 things: the Twitter ID of the person you want to send the gift to, a few bucks for the gift you choose, and a credit card. The selection of the gifts cost around 400-1000 yen (5-12 USD) and are from <a href=\"http:\/\/giftee.co\/place\">cozy-looking cafes and bars<\/a>. Take your pick from nicely photographed gifts such as a glass of draft beer, a cup of latte-art-adorned coffee, or a piece of cake with &#8220;Happy Birthday&#8221; message on it.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/20467667\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/20467667\">Welcome to giftee<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/gifteeofficial\">giftee official<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The whole gift-giving process is pretty simple &#8211; it only takes a minute or so once you have an account and if you have your credit card at hand.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/giftee-send-a-beer-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"giftee: screen for choosing the gift message\" width=\"450\" height=\"279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13105\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOnce you purchase the gift, a tweet with your choice of custom message is automatically sent with @ reply.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/naokomc\/status\/42614026617888768\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/giftee-sent.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"giftee: Sent Twitter\" width=\"472\" height=\"75\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13110\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe recipient can open the link on a mobile device with a web browser using her Twitter login. She then will show the code on the screen at the store to receive the gift.<br \/>\nWhat happens if your friend doesn&#8217;t care for the beer of your choice? No worries, the payments for unused gifts after 60 days will be <a href=\"http:\/\/giftee.co\/about\">sent to charities<\/a> so both you and your friend can still feel fuzzy inside.<br \/>\nThe talk around &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_shopping\">social shopping<\/a>&#8221; has been rather quiet lately &#8211; after all the buzz around the word and growth of Groupon service (&#038; its clones) in 2010. Now, giftee may be able to contribute to another aspect of &#8220;social shopping&#8221; by nurturing new online purchase needs for non-virtual objects with its easy and simple service to send them to your friend.<\/p>\n<h3>See Also:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jp.techcrunch.com\/archives\/jp-20101007-giftee-explain-small-thank-you-by-micro-gift-at-social-times\/\">TechCrunch Japan<\/a> [J], <a href=\"http:\/\/japan.cnet.com\/news\/service\/20426858\/\">CNET Japan<\/a> [J], <a href=\"http:\/\/greenz.jp\/2010\/11\/10\/giftee\/\">greenz.jp<\/a> [J]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to buy your Twitter friend a drink as a way of saying &#8220;Thanks&#8221; or &#8220;Cheer up&#8221;? You could have opted for an Amazon or iTunes e-giftcard if you knew their email address &#8211; but that kind of digital money is just not the same as a fuzzy or warm drink that&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/buy-your-twitter-friend-a-beer-with-micro-gifting-service-giftee\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Buy Your Twitter Friend a Beer With Micro-gifting Service giftee<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,17,23],"tags":[1348,3856],"class_list":["post-13091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cellular-phone","category-japan","category-new-service","tag-gift","tag-twitter","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}