How we're funded

Birthday Book is free to use. When you follow a gift link from the app or these guides and buy something, the retailer may pay us a small commission. It never costs you more — the commission comes out of the retailer's side, not yours.

Commissions never decide what we suggest. Gift ideas are chosen by what fits the person — their age, interests, country and season. We link to the mainstream local retailer in the recipient's country whether or not they pay us, and plenty of our links (Takealot in South Africa, for instance) earn us nothing at all.

We participate in affiliate programmes including Awin, Impact, Commission Factory, Sovrn and retailers' own programmes. Links may contain a tracking reference so the retailer knows the visit came from us; no personal information about you or the gift recipient is included — only the search term.

Ideas suggested by the app are marked suggested so you can always tell a machine's idea from a family member's.

Questions? hello@birthdaybook.app