A free Secret Santa alternative with no account
If you are here because a gift-exchange site asked everyone to sign up before they could see a single name, this is the short version: type the names, draw, send one private link per person. No account for you, no account for them.
1. Your group
2. Participants
0 participants · At least 3 names. You can add yourself too.
3. Who should not draw each other (optional)
For couples, siblings, or people who always end up with each other.
4. How to share the links
I will share the links myself
You get one private link per person to send on WhatsApp, Messenger or anywhere else. No email addresses needed.
Email everyone — Add an email after a name (Nora, nora@mail.com) and we send that person their link automatically.
What is different
Most gift-exchange platforms are built around accounts, because accounts are how they bring people back next year. That is fine for them and annoying for the four people in your group who will never finish the signup. Here there is nothing to finish: the draw runs on the page, and the result is a set of links.
There is no app, no email verification, no newsletter and no ads in the exchange. The trade-off is honest – we do not remember your group next December, because we delete it 60 days after the exchange date.
The features people actually use
Exclusions so couples and siblings never draw each other. A budget range and an exchange date that appear on everyone's link. Wishlists each participant writes on their own private page. Adding a latecomer after the draw without redrawing the group. A view of who has opened their link, so you nudge one person instead of the whole chat.
What is missing compared to a full platform: saved groups year over year, a built-in shop, and gift suggestion feeds. If you want those, a platform account is the right choice. If you want the names drawn before dinner, this is faster.
The organizer can play too
No page anywhere shows the full pairing list – not the organizer page, not ours. The draw is generated server-side with cryptographic randomness and each result is only readable from its own private link. That is what makes it safe for whoever sets it up to be in the draw, which is the single most requested thing in any gift exchange.
Switching an existing group
Paste last year's list of names, mark any pairs that already matched as exclusions, and draw. It takes about a minute, and everyone gets their link in the chat you already use – WhatsApp, Slack, Teams or a text – rather than an invitation email that half the group will not open.
FAQ
- Is it really free?
- Yes. No account, no paid tier, no upsell inside the exchange.
- Does anyone have to create an account?
- No. Participants open a link in a browser. The organizer has a private link too, not a login.
- Can I use it without email addresses?
- Yes. In link mode no addresses are stored at all – only the first names you type.
- Do you keep the group for next year?
- No. Names and wishlists are deleted automatically 60 days after the exchange date.
- Can I still send invitations by email?
- Yes, if you prefer: add addresses and everyone gets their link by email instead.
Running it at work? See the office Secret Santa guide