The holiday gift for your building staff, from every resident
Every December someone tapes an envelope to the mail room door and ends up counting it. This year: one link, from every resident's phone, and each doorman, porter and super gets their own gift.
How it works for the resident who organizes it
Start the pool in the free KadoPool app
Add each staff member with their e-mail and set each person's share, equal or by role.
Invite the residents
Send the link by e-mail from the app, post it in the building's group chat or newsletter, or print the QR code for the mail room.
Let the reminders do the chasing
With automatic reminders on, KadoPool nudges the people you invited by e-mail who haven't chipped in yet, about 3 days and 12 hours before the closing date. You see who has chipped in, never who gave what.
Send the gift
Each staff member receives their own gift in the KadoPool app, privately, with the KadoBook of the residents' messages.
On a computer? Scan with your phone's camera.
Free to organize, in about two minutes. Residents chip in from their phones, with no app.
No envelope at the front desk
Residents give from their phone, when it suits them, and no one sees what a neighbor gave. The organizer sees who has chipped in, never how much.
Nobody on the board holds the money
Payments go through Stripe until the gift is sent, never to the organizer's account. The gift is exactly what was collected.
Shares by role
Give everyone the same share, or more to the super and the full-time doormen. Each one chooses prepaid cards, gift cards or a mix.
What they receive
Prepaid cards or gift cards: they choose
Prepaid cards they spend wherever the card is accepted (up to $999 each; the rest as gift cards), gift cards they pick, or a mix. See the gift cards
Everyone can add a photo
On US pools, each person can add one with their message, in the app or on the website after paying. You choose which ones to keep.
A KadoClip: the messages as a short video
Set to music, from $2.49 per recipient, or with the photos, from $3.99. You see the price before you choose.
Play the sample KadoClip from the messages
Play the sample KadoClip with photosThe KadoBook, free with every gift
Every message on its own page, with the names of the people who chipped in, kept in the app for two years.
A KadoPrint: the KadoClip, printed
The messages and photos you keep, printed and sent to each person you thank. You see its price, with shipping, in the app.
A KadoFrame: the poster
The photos everyone added, as one 18 × 24 in poster in the gift's style, with every name. Printed, rolled in a tube and sent to each person you thank. You see its price, with shipping, in the app.
Why KadoPool for a building gift
- Private by design. Nobody sees who gave what, not even the organizer. The total stays hidden until enough people have chipped in that no amount can be guessed.
- You never touch the money. Payments go through Stripe until the gift is sent, never to you. The gift is exactly what was collected: you never make up a shortfall.
- The reminders do the chasing. No one goes door to door.
- The card is built in. Every message goes in a KadoBook, free with every gift, and a KadoClip can turn the messages and photos into a short video.
What it costs
Organizing is free. Each payment carries the card processing and KadoPool's 2% fee: about $1.53 on a $25 gift. You choose whether it comes out of the gift or is added on top. See pricing
Questions
What do we need from each staff member?
Their e-mail address: any one they read. The gift goes there, and they open it in the free KadoPool app with that address, then choose gift cards or prepaid cards.
When do they get the gift?
When you send it from the app, once the pool has closed. Set the closing date for the day before you want them to have it, and send it on the day. They don't need an account first: they get one e-mail with the gift and open it in the free KadoPool app.
Does the building allow it?
Some management companies have rules about staff gifts. Check with yours or the board before you start.
More questions
Do residents see what their neighbors gave?
No. Nobody sees who gave what, the organizer included.
Can residents still give on their own?
Yes. The pool is one way to give, and it doesn't replace anything a resident does on their own.
Who gets the reminders?
The people you invited by e-mail from the app who haven't chipped in yet, about 3 days and 12 hours before the closing date. Someone who only saw the link in a group chat gets none, so invite people by e-mail too.
Start the building staff gift
Residents chip in from their phones, and each staff member gets their own gift.
On a computer? Scan with your phone's camera.