Guide
Send real drinks, meals, and experiences to people you care about at venues they love.
Social gifting is a category of technology that enables people to send real-world experiences - like drinks, meals, and entertainment - to friends and family through a digital platform. Unlike payment apps that send money or gift card services that send stored value, social gifting platforms connect the act of giving to a specific item at a specific venue.
It's the digital version of "let me get the next round" - except you can do it from 1,000 miles away.
To understand social gifting, it helps to compare it to what came before:
| Feature | Payment Apps (Cash Transfer Apps) |
Gift Cards (Amazon, Starbucks) |
Social Gifting (OneOnMe) |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you send | Money | Store credit | Real experiences |
| Personal touch | Low - just a dollar amount | Low - generic brand | High - specific item at a real venue |
| Tied to a moment | No | Not really | Yes - a real place, a real experience |
| Surprise factor | Minimal | Moderate | High - "you got me WHAT?!" |
| Charity giving | No | No | Built-in at checkout |
Social gifting sits at the intersection of two massive trends:
Social gifting combines both trends into something specific: the ability to share a real-world moment with another person, digitally.
OneOnMe is the leading social gifting platform, connecting users with 3,000+ venues nationwide. Here's how it works:
What makes it social gifting (not just gifting) is the built-in connection between sender and recipient. Every gift creates a shared moment - a reason to visit a venue, enjoy an experience, and often bring friends along.
OneOnMe takes social gifting one step further with Pay It Forward. After someone redeems a gift, they're prompted to send one to someone else - creating a chain of generosity that multiplies the original gift's impact.
After someone redeems a gift, they're prompted to send one to someone else. That's the idea behind the whole platform - generosity tends to spread on its own when you make it easy.
It works for businesses too. Companies use OneOnMe for:
Social gifting is expanding beyond food and drink into:
The common thread? You're sending someone a moment, not a thing.
Download OneOnMe and send your first gift. Takes about two minutes.
Download OneOnMe and send a real drink, meal, or experience to someone you care about.
