A Birthday Jar is one shared link where everyone chips in for the gift. Instead of ten separate Venmo requests, you send a single group birthday gift link — people add money, a message, or a hand, and you see it all in one place.
What is this?
A Birthday Jar is a shared page for one birthday — the software object you create and send.
What do I do?
Share one link with everyone who wants to celebrate.
What happens?
People chip in — money for the gift, a gift card, a message, or help with the party.
Say whose birthday it is and what you're pooling for — a big gift, an experience, or just a card fund. It takes under three minutes.
Drop the group birthday gift link in the group chat, a text, or an email. No accounts, no app downloads — anyone can open it and chip in.
Friends and family add money to the birthday money pool, send a gift card, or leave a note. You watch it come together and cash out when you're ready.
Alongside the money pool, contributors can send a birthday gift card from brands people actually love.
Illustrative examples — not customer testimonials.
Twelve coworkers want to go in on one nice present. Instead of collecting cash at everyone's desk, you share a Birthday Jar and let each person add their share when it suits them.
Grandparents, cousins, and college friends are scattered across time zones. One link lets everyone collect money for a birthday gift together, even from three states away.
A few friends quietly pool money for a surprise weekend. The Jar keeps the running total in one place so no one has to be the bank.
They open your link and contribute by card — no account or app needed. Everything lands in one Jar you control.
Contributions are processed securely by Stripe, which charges standard card-processing fees; EventJar adds a small platform fee shown before anyone pays. You cash out to your bank account through Stripe — the balance is yours, minus those transparent fees.
Yes. Alongside the money pool, contributors can send a gift card from popular brands, so the birthday person gets choice as well as a group gift.
No. A Jar is just one link. Anyone can open it in a browser and chip in — that's the whole point.
Every contributor can leave a note, and you can add photos and a story to the Jar so it feels like a card everyone signed.
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