For Finance
See every dollar of appreciation
Appreciation spend is usually scattered across expense cards, departments, and someone's personal Amazon account. Thankscrate puts it under one set of rules with a budget per occasion, billing at real cost, and a full record of every gift.
This year
$4,180
152 gifts, one program
- Birthdays$2,230 · Standard
- Anniversaries$1,239 · Premium and Milestone
- Welcomes$496 · Standard
- On demand$215 · Within tier
Billing history
152
invoices, one per charge
0 expense reports
Billed at the real cost of each gift, never above its tier. Scheduled and on-demand spend on the same rules and records.
Budget ownership
A gift tier per occasion
Each occasion gets a budget range. Curated gifts are grouped by tier and you are billed the real cost of the gift, never above the range. Milestone years can step up a tier. Managers send within the tiers. There is no budget code to ask for.
- Predictable spend per occasion
- Billed at the real cost of the gift
- No inventory bought up front
Gift tiers
One per occasion. Billed at the real cost, never above the range.
- BirthdayStandard$25$35
- Work anniversaryPremium$50$75
- 5 and 10 yearsMilestone$100$150
- Thank you (on demand)Standard$25$35
INV-1042 · Charged Jun 1, 14 days before
Visibility
A full record of every gift
Every send is recorded with the recipient, occasion, sender, message, amount, and status. Scheduled and spontaneous sends sit in the same history. No duplicates, no surprises, and no chasing across departments at quarter end.
- Filter by occasion, status, and date range
- Scheduled and on-demand spend together
- Occasions known 60 days ahead, so spend is visible before it happens
| Gift Recipient | Order Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Priya Nair | $29.43incl. $1.93 tax | Processing |
| Devon ParkINV-1057 · charged 14 days before · Premium tier | $126.26incl. $8.26 tax | On its way |
| Marcus Lee | $32.10incl. $2.10 tax | Delivered |
| Aisha Bello | $33.17incl. $2.17 tax | Delivered |
Billing
An invoice for every charge
Pay per gift by default, charged when each order is placed, with an invoice in billing history. If a recipient is choosing their gift, you are not charged until they choose. Card details stay with Stripe.
- Charged when the order is placed, 14 days before the date
- Not charged until a recipient chooses
- Billing history with downloadable invoices
- Marcus Lee · Thank you · gift cardINV-1061 · Sep 3$30.00Paid
- Devon Park · 5-year anniversary · Milestone ThankscrateINV-1057 · Sep 10$118.00Paid
- Maria Chen · Birthday · Coffee Break CrateINV-1042 · Jun 1$27.50Paid
- Priya Nair · 1-year anniversary · her pickNot charged until she chooses her gift—Pending
Charged when the order is placed, 14 days before the date, at the real cost of the gift.
What Finance gets
Control without slowing anyone down
Rules set once
Budgets per occasion apply to every department and location.
Real cost
Billed at what the gift cost, with no flat fee added.
No duplication
One history keeps the same gift from going out twice.
Receipts
An invoice for every charge, in one place.
Predictability
Upcoming moments are visible 60 days out.
Employees and customers
Both programs on the same rules and records.
The return
What appreciation returns
We do not publish an ROI figure of our own. The research on recognition is recent, large, and consistent, so we cite it and link it, and we would rather measure the return with you than assert it.
45%
less likely to have left two years later, among employees who received high-quality recognition
9×
as likely to be engaged when recognition meets four of Gallup's five pillars
25,285
employees in a 2025 study where recognition was the strongest driver of engagement measured
40% to 200%
of annual salary to replace an employee, from frontline roles to leadership
Two people, the same year
Frontline roles, $65,000 salary
$350four gifts
- Jan$75
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr$100
- May
- Jun
- Jul$50
- Aug
- Sep$125
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
$26,000one replacement
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Novleft
- Dec
Appreciation does not make anyone stay. It is what the research links to staying, at a fraction of one departure. Replacement share from Gallup, 2024; gifts at this site's example tiers. An illustration, not a promise.
Prove it with us
Help us measure what appreciation returns
We are looking for organizations that want to measure appreciation's effect on satisfaction, retention, engagement, and productivity among their own people: a program that runs for a year, a comparison group, and data both sides can stand behind. You get the program and the analysis. We get evidence we can publish.
- A twelve-month program on your occasions and budgets
- Baseline and follow-up measures you already collect, plus ours
- Results shared with you first, published only with your approval
Questions
Common questions
Quick answers.
Can we require approval before a gift is sent?
Spend is controlled by the gift tier set per occasion, and every send is recorded and invoiced. Approval workflows and department-level budget splits are not part of the platform yet.
What do we pay for, and when?
Each gift, when its order is placed, about ten days before the occasion. There is no monthly fee by default, no inventory to buy up front, and every charge comes with an invoice. If the recipient is choosing their own gift, you are not charged until they choose.
Do you mark up gifts?
No. A gift is billed at cost with shipping and handling included, on every tier, and a gift tier is a ceiling rather than a price. Digital gift cards carry a 15% service fee on the face value, shown before you send.
Can we export the history?
Orders, amounts, and statuses are filterable in the app, and every charge has a downloadable invoice in billing history. Ask us during a demo about the exports your finance team needs.
Can we control budgets?
Yes. Every occasion has a gift tier, which is a budget range. You're billed the real cost of the gift, never above the tier's maximum.
The numbers on a real program
Gift tiers, billing history, and the record behind each gift.