Doppels is a simple birthday discovery and smart gifting app that connects people through their shared birthdays. In addition, this app has made the gift giving process even more personalized. Read below how this innovative app is making birthdays even more special:
Happy Birthday
After logging into your account via Facebook API, the platform uses your date of birth as the core data to help you calendar all of your friend’s birthdays and discover other people around you who also celebrate your special day. Doppels also gives others the opportunity to send you a note or gift tailored to your interests. How great is that?!
Each day Doppels will let you know whose birthday it is within your social network or local area and offer you a wish, gift or text option.
The Star-Match
The Star-Match feature is designed to be a friendly connection builder. The algorithm will match users with other Doppels members based on their interests, birthdays and location. Hagger is hoping people will be able to relate to each other around different categories and build friendships.
Initially Hagger wasn’t sure this concept would take off, but then Doppels started experiencing early success and ended up catching the eye of the 17-25 year-old demographic. Doppels also caught the interest of celebrities. To date, Doppels has over 260,000 users and acquire about 1,000 new members each day, said Hagger.
Say Goodbye To The Wish List
Writing a wish list for birthday presents at 10 years-old is expected. At 26, not so much. Coming Summer 2017, Doppels will introduce a smart gifting tool that allows users to send gifts that match the celebrant’s interest based on profile and location. This will bring back some conscious thought to digital gift giving instead of the current non-emotional email that links to a gift card.
Brands that are trying to crack this demographic need to start thinking differently as the younger demographic is looking to give gifts in an organic and thoughtful way, Hagger said. For hyperlocal businesses looking to attract members of their community, soon they will be able to partner with Doppels, target their marketing dollars and provide special discounts or offerings to a celebrant on their birthday.
Express Yourself
Snapchat Stories are an easy way to send your friend a birthday wish. Aimed at capitalizing on this trend, Doppels will soon offer the ability for a member to send a birthday video that ends with the unveiling of the gift.
Giving Back
Each month, Doppels hosts an On Deck concert series entitled “Gratitude” to help raise money for local charity where the entertainment community can come together and put on a show in the name of giving where all donations go to charity. Download Doppels for iOS and Android is coming Summer 2017. If you are in the LA area, check out their Doppels On Deck concert for charity. Photos courtesy of Doppels
