GiftGram featured on Cleveland Channel 19 Action News

GiftGram was featured on Cleveland’s Channel 19 Action News on Friday, December 5 with a fantastic spot by Tiffani Tucker. Check it out!

http://www.19actionnews.com/story/27561704/send-a-giftgram-this-holiday-season

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(WOIO) –The holidays are here, but your loved ones may be hundreds of miles away. That means grandma might have to get her gift without you giving it to her in person.

Sally Schriner is a Rocky River mother of two who helped launch something called “GiftGram.” It’s a way to send personal video messages along with your gift.

“As soon as their package is delivered on the doorstep, they then get the greeting at the same time. You can actually say this is why I love
you, this is why I care about you, and hope you enjoy the gift,” says Schriner, president of GiftGram.

Here’s how GiftGram works, first you record your video message. Upload it to their server and enter your e-mail address. Then you choose your shipping carrier and enter the tracking number, along with who the gift and video is from.

“We watch the package being delivered and once we see that it’s delivered, we deliver the video message,” explains Schriner.

That message arrives via computer or cell phone.

Once you get your package, you can use GiftGram to instantly thank your loved ones for your present.

This gift of “messaging” is free.

It’s a personal way to share your thoughts instantly with those you love who can’t be there with you.

GiftGram featured on Cleveland Channel 19 Action News

GiftGram apps are now available on iPhone and Android platforms

GiftGram enables shoppers to send personalized video greetings with gifts ordered and shipped from any online website

CLEVELAND. December 5, 2014. In today’s digital world of online shopping, more and more gifts are shipped directly to recipients, but now these gifts can arrive with the in-person touch of being hand delivered using a new online service from Cleveland-based Sociagram. GiftGram was launched in October and enables online shoppers to record a video greeting that will be delivered by email, Facebook or text message to recipients when gifts ordered from any website arrive at their door. GiftGrams can be ordered and sent for free at the www.GiftGram.com website. A GiftGram app for iPhone and Android platforms is now available in the iTunes App Store or Google Play Store.

Using their webcam or the camera on their mobile device, people record their video message and it is uploaded to the GiftGram site. They can sing Happy Birthday, gather friends and family for a group greeting, or make their message individual and sentimental. To have the GiftGram arrive when their gift packages arrive, senders enter the shipping tracking number they received when they placed their order with any online retailer. Using a patent-pending technology, the GiftGram is timed to arrive when the shipped packages are delivered by United Parcel Service, Federal Express or the United States Postal Service. Senders also have the option of having the GiftGram delivered immediately after it’s recorded or scheduled on a date in the future.

As an added benefit for recipients, the GiftGram enables them to instantly videotape and send their thank-you response to express right away how much they enjoyed and appreciated their gifts.

“The way people interact and celebrate special occasions is evolving in the digital age but that doesn’t mean we have to lose the personal touch,” says Sally Schriner, President, Sociagram. “GiftGram is the most personal way to send gifts when you can’t hand deliver them. It’s the next best thing to being there.”

GiftGrams can be used for any occasion and will be available for free this holiday season. So whether sending a baby or wedding gift from a registry or doing holiday shopping, GiftGram is the perfect complement to any gift.

About Sociagram

Founded in 2012, Sociagram is a cloud-based social video platform enabling solutions to automate and personalize how life’s most important moments are captured, saved and remembered. Sociagram’s flagship product, GiftGram, lets consumers record and send custom video gift messages to accompany an online purchase. For more information, visit www.sociagram.com and follow @Sociagram on Twitter.

GiftGram apps are now available on iPhone and Android platforms

Tech Cocktail: 23 Startups That are Giving Back to the Community This Holiday Season

We were excited to be included in this article from Tech Cocktail about Startups that are giving back this holiday season with a mention of our GiftGram for Operation Gratitude.  You can read the  article here: http://tech.co/23-startups-that-are-giving-back-community-holiday-season-2014-11

Here’s the excerpt about GiftGram:

“At our startup, we are offering GiftGram, our video gift message service, for free this holiday season and would love to target them to military families as they send gifts to their loved ones who will not be with them over the holidays. We have a GiftGram that is accompanying 700 pounds of donated candy from a dentist’s office in Lakewood, Ohio to Operation Gratitude where it will be distributed to the troops.” – Sally Schriner, President

Tech Cocktail: 23 Startups That are Giving Back to the Community This Holiday Season