Friends and family pool toward the gift your kid actually wants. When it's funded, you're in control — no duplicates, no awkward returns, no bank details.
Saturday 27 June · Golden Gate Park · 18 days to go
87% funded · $40 to go
How it works
Paste any product link from any store. Set it as the group gift, and add smaller items guests can buy directly.
Drop it in the party invite. Guests chip in any amount with Apple Pay or card — or buy a side gift at the store.
Once the goal is met, you complete the gift on your terms. Anything left over arrives as a gift card to a store you choose.
Why parents switch
The village
Notes, photos and videos arrive privately with each contribution — and become a keepsake your kid grows into.
"Can't wait to see you ride it, sweetheart."
"From Kenji's whole crew — see you at the park!"
"A little something for the long game."
Pricing
Stripe processes guest payments securely. You never connect a bank account or verify your identity — once a gift is funded, you claim it, and anything left over arrives as a retailer gift card you choose.
FAQ
You pick one gift — say, the $300 bike — and share your Budling link. Guests chip in any amount; $20 and $200 both move the bar. When it's funded, we buy the gift and ship it to your door. No duplicates, no returns, no group text about who's paying whom.
Every dollar gets used. If the gift isn't fully funded by your event, you choose: top up the difference, swap to a gift that fits the total, or take the full amount as a retailer gift card. Anything over the goal becomes a gift card too. If a gift can't be fulfilled at all, contributions are refunded.
No — and you never will. Budling doesn't pay money out to you, so there's no bank setup and no identity verification. Funded gifts arrive at your door; leftovers arrive as a gift card by email. All we need is a shipping address.
When we buy your funded gift, the retailer pays us a small commission — the same way cashback sites work. It never changes the price you or your guests see. No platform fees, no subscriptions, no cut of the gifts.
More questions? Read the full FAQ →
Live in 3 minutes. No bank details required. Reuse your village every year.
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