WEO Gifting makes organizing a White Elephant exchange easier by bringing gift selection, purchasing, and shipping together in White Elephant Online.
Instead of shopping at outside retailers and coordinating gift delivery separately, your group can select gifts from our curated WEO Gift Catalog, enjoy the exchange, and have gifts shipped directly to their winners afterward.
WEO Gifting is powered by Snappy, an established corporate gifting platform trusted by over half of the Fortune 100.
Here's how to get started.
1. Set Up WEO Gifting for Your Game
When creating or editing your game, your Game Lead/Admin can enable WEO Gifting under Game Settings → Event Details → Gifting Setup.
During setup, the organizer chooses:
- Who submits gifts: Participants select their own gifts, or an admin selects gifts on everyone's behalf.
- Who pays for gifts: Participants pay individually after the game, or an admin purchases all gifts for the group.
- Gift budget: Choose a per-gift budget of $25, $35, $50, $75, or $100.
Gift budgets include shipping, taxes, and applicable fees. The cost of gifts is separate from the cost of purchasing your White Elephant Online game.
By default, participants select and pay for their own gifts. If an admin selects gifts on behalf of participants, the admin must also handle payment.
For step-by-step instructions, see Set Up WEO Gifting for Your Game.
2. Select and Wrap Gifts
Gifts are selected before the exchange, but they're not purchased until after the game.
If Participants Select Their Own Gifts
Each participant:
- Opens their game and navigates to the Gift Table.
- Clicks Add your gift!
- Browses the WEO Gift Catalog and chooses a gift within the group's selected budget.
- Customizes the gift's virtual wrapping.
For detailed instructions, see Select a Gift from the WEO Gift Catalog.
If the Admin Selects Gifts
The organizer can select and virtually wrap gifts for the group using Manage Gifts.
This is useful for companies that want to handle gift selection centrally, so employees can simply join and enjoy the exchange.
For detailed instructions, see Submit Gifts on Behalf of Participants with WEO Gifting.
3. Provide Shipping Addresses
WEO Gifting requires shipping addresses so gifts can be delivered directly to their winners.
- When participants submit gifts: Participants enter their own shipping addresses through White Elephant Online.
- When an admin submits gifts: The admin enters shipping addresses on behalf of participants.
Regardless of who enters the information, shipping addresses are never shared with other players, and a Game Admin would only see it if they are purchasing all gifts.
For more information, see Manage Your Addresses.
4. Play Your White Elephant Game
On game day, everyone gathers to unwrap, steal, and compete for their favorite gifts! WEO Gifting doesn't change how the White Elephant game itself works. Participants still enjoy the same virtual gift reveals, stealing, and swapping.
At the end of the exchange, everyone finds out which gift they've won.
For more information, see How It All Works.
5. Purchase Gifts After the Game
After the exchange ends, gifts are purchased through White Elephant Online. Who completes the purchase depends on the settings selected by the organizer.
Participants Pay
Each participant purchases the gift they originally submitted. Participants can complete their purchase from the My Results tab in the End-of-Game Summary.
Admin Pays
The organizer purchases all gifts for the group from the Gift Purchase tab in the End-of-Game Summary.
Once payment is complete, gifts are automatically submitted for fulfillment. There's no separate step to send gifts to their winners.
Please note: WEO Gifting purchases are final. Cancellations, returns, and exchanges are not available under our standard policy.
For detailed instructions, see Purchase Your Gift(s).
6. Track Your Gift
After gifts are purchased, they're shipped directly to the participants who won them. Gifts typically ship within five business days after purchase. It may take up to 10 business days for your gift to ship during the peak holiday season.
Once a gift ships, its winner receives an email from White Elephant Online with tracking information. Participants can also check the status of their gifts from the My Results tab in the End-of-Game Summary.
For more information, see Shipping and Delivery with WEO Gifting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have additional questions about WEO Gifting, gift budgets, payments, or shipping?
Visit WEO Gifting: Frequently Asked Questions for quick answers to common questions.