What Presently does

Each person you buy for has a profile with how you know them, their occasions, your notes and your budget for them. If they join Presently, their quiz answers and their list of things they like are added to it.

You can add birthdays, anniversaries, more than 25 holidays and one-off events such as a wedding or a graduation. Presently emails you three weeks, about 12 days and four days before each one. You can turn the emails off with the link at the bottom of any reminder.

When someone you buy for joins, they can take the Gift Profile quiz, which has 14 questions and takes about two minutes. Two optional quizzes cover practical details, such as sizes, allergies and diet, and finer points of taste. Presently uses their answers alongside anything they have asked for and your notes.

You choose a budget for each person, from around $25 up to no limit, and you can set a price range for a single occasion. You also set your own spending levels once, and Presently uses them when you have not set a budget for someone. Gifts over the budget are held back, and Presently tells you when it has held back good matches. Something the person asked for is still shown, marked as over budget.

For each person, Presently prepares a list of specific gifts ahead of their next occasion, in the background. It uses what the person asked for first, then related items, then their taste profile, and it leaves out things they own, have been given or do not want. An AI model reviews that prepared list for fit and writes a short reason for each match. If you ask for a different occasion, Presently builds that list when you open it.

A list can include tickets for events near the person, flower delivery for the occasion and gift cards, as well as products. These come from partner stores, and the link takes you to their site to buy.

You can save a match to come back to later. If you dismiss one, you can say why, and Presently takes that into account next time. People who join Presently can keep a list of things they like, and Presently treats those items as things they have asked for.

When you pick a gift, the link opens the store's own page and you buy it there, usually on Amazon or with a partner store. Presently may earn a small affiliate commission at no cost to you, and that is how it stays free.