Group Greeting
Group Greeting
Quick Summary
GroupGreeting is an online platform for collaborative digital greeting cards, designed especially for workplaces but flexible enough for friends and families too. It lets you pick a card, share a link for everyone to sign, and deliver a fully digital, GIF- and emoji-filled greeting — no paper folder doing the rounds. Overall, I came away feeling it’s a polished, well-thought-out tool for teams, with just a few areas that could be clearer or less overwhelming.
What I Liked
I really like how clear the homepage is about the problem it solves. The main hero spells it out as “the easiest way to coordinate the group birthday card at the office”, with three simple promises: over 10,000 e-card designs, digital signing for your team (office or remote), and virtual delivery “with confetti”. A step-by-step section walks you through the flow: choose a design, create a shareable link, let everyone add messages, images, GIFs and emojis, optionally attach a gift card, then schedule delivery with a PDF keepsake. It feels like they’ve actually watched office managers struggle and built around that.
Diving into the card catalogue, the depth is impressive. The “Greeting Cards” area and the “Birthday Greeting Cards” section in particular are packed: there are thousands of designs, plus a huge filter panel. You can browse by occasion (birthdays, farewells, work anniversaries, baby, sympathy, welcome and many more), by tone (Funny, Heartfelt, Punny, Religious), recipient (colleague, boss, intern, mother, hearing-impaired, specific family members) and even very niche events like National Nurses Week, Pride, World Mental Health Day or Payroll Appreciation Week. There are themes (animals, floral, office, LGBTQ+, sports, etc.), styles (illustration, photography, animated) and language options including English-UK, Spanish, French, ASL and more. For readers of HappyTreeCards who love very specific, tailored designs, this is a real treasure trove.
The pricing page is also refreshingly transparent. You can toggle between currencies such as USD, EUR and GBP, which is great for international teams. A single card is clearly priced (currently $4.99), and there are named bundles like Sprout, Sapling, Grove and Forest that give you a set number of cards at a lower per-card rate over a 12-month period. Under “Key Features” they spell out what’s included for all plans: unlimited signatures and pages, the ability to add photos, GIFs and stickers, optional gift cards from a large retailer list, eco-friendly digital format, a downloadable PDF copy and no ads on the cards. It’s easy to understand what you’re paying for.
I also appreciate the brand story and values. The About page explains how the idea came from a birthday scrapbook being mailed around, and how that evolved into a digital group card in 2009. They mention over 25,000 businesses using the service, 90 million messages of appreciation sent in 195 countries, and a partnership with OneTreePlanted that’s already funded over 200,000 trees, with an ambitious goal of 1 million by 2025. Add “more than 1k 5-star reviews” and customer quotes about friendly, fast support, and it feels like a mature, trustworthy platform rather than a fly-by-night startup.
What Could Be Better
Because the card library is so extensive, the browsing and filter panels can feel a bit overwhelming at first glance. There are dozens of filter categories and thousands of results, which is brilliant for power users but might intimidate someone who just wants a nice birthday card quickly. A more prominent “shortlist” of curated picks for common scenarios (e.g. “Quick work birthday”, “Last-minute farewell”) could help.
The branding leans heavily towards the workplace. The headline centres on “the office”, the logos of big companies are front and centre, and many examples reference work anniversaries and corporate celebrations. The cards themselves absolutely work for friends and family, but if you’re a purely personal user, you might initially feel like a bit of an afterthought.
Finally, a small but noticeable issue: on the pricing page, some plan features appear with a question mark (e.g. “Company logo ?”, “Additional users ?”). It’s not instantly clear, without digging further, which plans definitely include which advanced features, so a cleaner comparison table or clearer ticks would make life easier for admins choosing a plan.
Who This Website Is Best For
GroupGreeting is ideal for people who regularly organise group cards: HR teams, office managers, team leads and anyone tasked with celebrating colleagues’ birthdays, work anniversaries, farewells and milestones across a remote or hybrid workforce. It also suits distributed friend groups who want everyone to add messages and photos without worrying about postage or geography. With multi-currency pricing and a fully digital product, it’s clearly geared towards international use rather than a single country.
Final Verdict
On HappyTreeCards we’re always hunting for card platforms that make group greetings feel less like admin and more like a genuine moment of appreciation, and GroupGreeting does that very well. The combination of huge design variety, unlimited signatures, easy sharing links and optional gift cards makes it a strong choice for modern teams. You’ll need a minute to get comfortable with the sheer number of options, and I’d like to see slightly clearer plan feature breakdowns, but those are relatively minor quibbles. If you’re often the person chasing others to “sign the card”, this is a service I’d happily recommend.