What do you like best about Loop & Tie?
I used Loop & Tie for the first time this past December to send some holiday gifts to colleagues of mine, and I have to say, I'm really impressed for a few different reasons. First, the gifts in the various Loop & Tie collections are more unique and elevated than other gifting companies. I went searching for a new company to go through because I was tired of the usual suspects available on other gifting platforms I'd previously used - movie night themes complete with popcorn and bowl, luxury candle and chocolate combos, cute tumblers plus tea bags. All lovely gifts, but they seem to circulate a lot, at least where I work, so I wanted to offer something a little different. The gifts that my colleagues ultimately selected for themselves through Loop & Tie included: an air fryer, handmade Morrocan glassware, a ceramic baking dish, a nice bottle of bubbles, a Mexican citrus juicer, a wine chiller, and a succulent garden, to name a few. It was really interesting seeing what everyone selected, and there was something for everyone. Gifting through Loop & Tie felt more personal than the other options available. It seemed like my colleagues could choose items that felt special to them - things they actually wanted. For that reason, I didn't want to have to pre-select a gift for my colleagues - it was important to me to find a company that allowed the recipients to select a gift for themselves. I love that Loop & Tie allows you to select a collection of gifts at a certain price point, which your recipients can then choose from. They're not the only company that has this option, but a lot of gifting companies don't, and I think it's essential. It also means you don't have to go to the effort of personally collecting addresses for your recipients, which they may not even want to share with you. Your recipient simply enters their own shipping address after selecting their gift. Another thing I really like about Loop & Tie is the account dashboard view you have access to as the gift-giver, which gives you data and analytics on your gifting. For instance, it tells you how many people have opened the email for their gift, how many people have redeemed their gift, which gifts they've selected and whether they've been shipped and delivered. It also tells you how many recipients have sent back thank you notes (another nice function built-in with Loop & Tie), when automatic reminders are scheduled to go out to those who haven't chosen a gift yet, and what your gifting impact has been. This leads me to my last and biggest point of praise for Loop & Tie, which is that giving back is built into how they do business and their value system. Loop & Tie plants one tree for every gift given, and the dashboard displays that impact right at the top of your view - for instance, mine currently tells me that 15 trees were planted and 232.5 lbs of carbon sequestered thanks to the gifts my colleagues have redeemed. It also tells me that 11% of my gifts were donated to charities, which is my favorite Loop & Tie feature. One of the options in the collection I purchased for my colleagues was to choose to donate the value of their gift (in this case, $100) to a charity partnering with Loop & Tie, such as Charity Water or Mothers 2 Mothers. Several of my colleagues opted for this option, and it felt great to be able to provide it to them. Some people don't feel comfortable accepting gifts themselves, but to be able to take your gift and pass it along to a cause you align with is a gift unto itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
