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That's actually how most of our gifts are sent. You can make a gift public or private. If it's public, it's posted to the recipient's Facebook wall (and you get all the social gratitude that comes along).
We make everyone login before seeing their gifts, so people can send gift cards to the wall, and we make sure only the recipient can view it.
Thanks for the feedback. Agreed on the clarified messaging, we're working on that now. HN skews against Facebook, so I was expecting most of this feedback, we will start opening it up, but won't rush it.
You nailed why we're using Facebook connect, without it the site is very empty, since we can't automatically pull events in. We need to communicate that better.
Agreed, we need to clarify what types of gifts you can give. Digital (e)Gift Cards are one of the types you can give, they're delivered instantly but have physical value, as they can be redeemed online or printed out and redeemed in-store.
You actually can give "group gifts", we haven't played up that point yet until we're sure the messaging is clear.
If you send a gift card, you can invite friends to contribute. The recipient will get one card from all of you, for the summed amount.
edit: Lot's more brands, including Amazon are coming soon.
Good points, we know people will be turned off by Facebook connect (as evidenced by comments...), and we're working hard to add more login options.
We definitely should not require "extended permissions" at login, we should wait until the posting is needed.
GiftDish is a social gifting site, helping users manage important gifting events and makes giving personal gifts simple and social.
After months of off-hours work, we convinced our employer to let us spend some "official" time working on this. In that time, numerous competitors have launched or are close, including startups backed by Greylock, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia. Still, onward we go...
The site is still very much in beta - All thoughts and feedback would be much appreciated.
Thanks!