Lists

One list per occasion

A list has a name, an event date, and a reminder lead time. It's shared with your people by default (that's the whole point), and you can keep it private while you fill it in.

  • Create, rename, archive a list.
  • Event date and a reminder N days before.
  • “Friends” visibility by default, private on request.
  • A first list created for you at sign-up.

Gifts

Enough detail to get it right

A gift isn't just a title. A budget avoids awkwardness, a priority says what actually matters, and several links leave the choice of shop open.

  • Title, description, photo, budget, priority, notes.
  • Several links per gift, to compare shops.
  • Draft status: invisible until you publish.
  • Reorder freely within the list.

Reservations

Coordination without the spoiler

Your people divide the gifts among themselves. A claimed gift is locked for everyone else, and the recipient learns none of it.

  • A gift can only be claimed by one person at a time.
  • Mark as bought once the order is placed.
  • “My reservations” screen: everything you've claimed, everywhere.
  • Self-reservation: mark a gift you bought for yourself.

People

A link, not a friend request

No directory, no inbox to process. You generate a link, send it however suits you, and clicking it is the consent.

  • Signed, short-lived invitation link.
  • They sign up or sign in, and the connection is made.
  • Removing someone cuts their access immediately.
  • Everyone sees only the lists shared with them.

Reminders

Told beforehand, not afterwards

The only useful moment for a notification is while there's still time to order. You pick the channel, or none at all.

  • Email and web push, enabled independently.
  • Event reminder N days before the date.
  • A ping when an invitation link is used.
  • No channel turned on for you.

The app

Installable, on the phone

Kado is an installable web app: it goes on the home screen and behaves like a native one, without a store in the way.

  • Installable on iOS and Android from the browser.
  • French interface today; the English catalogue is ready.
  • Mobile-first, because that's where lists actually get filled in.
  • Web push on iOS via the home-screen app.

Try it on your next occasion

The next Christmas, the next birthday. Create the list now and fill it in as you go.