Virtual Secret Santa
Remote groups cannot pass a hat around. This one works fully online: the draw happens here, everyone gets a private link with their match, and you meet on a video call to open the gifts.
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.
Built for remote teams
Half the team at home, a colleague in another country, family spread over three cities – that is the normal case now. Everyone opens their own link wherever they are, whenever they get to it, and the organizer page shows who has and who has not.
You do not need anyone's postal address in the tool either. Wishlists ride along on each private link, and the actual shipping is handled the way your group already does it – a marketplace wishlist link, or a quick private message.
Sharing on Slack, Teams or WhatsApp
Skip the email collection entirely: after the draw, copy every private link as one message with the name in front of each line, and paste it into the channel you already use.
🎁 Virtual Secret Santa: Amara → fluky.com/ss/…
🎁 Virtual Secret Santa: Ben → fluky.com/ss/…
For discreet groups, send each line as a direct message. A link only ever reveals one person's match.
Make the call work
Set the exchange date on the draw so it shows on every link. The common format is a short call where everyone opens their gift on camera and guesses who sent it – it takes fifteen minutes and it is the part people remember.
Set a budget as a range, and say whether digital gifts count. Both things are easier to state on the draw than to negotiate in a group chat afterwards.
Private by default
No page shows the full pairing list, so the organizer can play. We store first names and optional wishlists, delete everything 60 days after the date, and require no account or app from anyone.
FAQ
- How do we do a virtual gift exchange?
- Draw names here, share each person's private link, then open gifts together on a video call on the exchange date.
- Can we run it without email addresses?
- Yes. Link mode stores no addresses – you share the links in your own chat.
- Can the organizer join the draw?
- Yes. Nobody, including the organizer, ever sees the full list.
- What about shipping addresses?
- Keep those in your group's usual channel. Participants can paste a wishlist link on their private page for their giver to use.
- Is there a participant limit?
- Three is the minimum; large groups work fine.
Doing it at the office? See the office Secret Santa guide