Play your favorite gift swap game virtually
Steal gifts, spark laughter, and save the holidays: bring the chaos and joy of White Elephant to your remote teams and far-flung families.
Planning your virtual holiday party is simple.
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Set your date and time, select any custom rules for how you like to play White Elephant, and send out your invitations.
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Before the exchange starts, participants can easily submit a gift by linking to a product online from any major retailer; we’ll grab the name and photo automatically.
If you’d rather manage the gifts for all players yourself, we have an option for that too! This is your team holiday party!
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Our platform works with any video conferencing tool, such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet! Let your virtual White Elephant party begin!
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We keep things simple with an end-of-game summary and multiple options for gift distribution, including a few that don’t require players to share their addresses.
Trusted by thousands of companies worldwide
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Easy to setup
Launch your company’s game in minutes - no downloads or spreadsheets required.
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Affordable Fun
A memorable virtual event at a fraction of the cost of typical team parties.
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Engaging for All
Keep teams laughing and connecting, even across time zones.
Join thousands of HR managers, admins and team leads who use White Elephant Online to bring their teams together year after year
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Eva G.
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“We were delighted by White Elephant Online during our staff party. The game was very smooth and it worked perfectly with Zoom.”
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Jayanthi S.
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“One of the best online games I have played. Very well thought out and overall plain, simple fun!”
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Michael A.
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“So easy to use! Your product just makes every part of doing a white elephant party with remote people so easy! I'd recommend it to anyone with remote teams.”
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Chris J.
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“We had a great time playing. It was exactly what we were looking for to pull of a smooth event.”
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Sean S.
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“I'm a huge real-life White Elephant fan and I was super impressed with the digital version. Well done!”
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Jody S.
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“This was awesome! Well organized, easy to understand and participate in!”
Our intuitive platform walks you through the game, step-by-step
Frequently Asked Questions
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White Elephant (also called Yankee Swap or Dirty Santa) is a simple gift-swapping game played by millions of people each year. Each participant brings a gift, draws a random number, and then one at a time each person either unwraps a new gift, or steals a gift from someone else. The game is finished when everyone has a gift. The simple formula allows personalities to come out and results in a truly fun and memorable experience.
Learn more about White Elephant gameplay, rules and variations.
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Historically only possible to play in-person, White Elephant Online built the first platform that brings the full fun & function of the gift-swap game virtual.
Create your game in a few clicks, have everyone submit a gift online before the big day, and then on the day of the event you all jump on a video call to unwrap gifts virtually. The system controls the order of play and allows players to swap and steal to their hearts content! At the end of the event we let everyone know who won their gift so they can ship them directly to the recipient.
We also offer options to manage your participants and their gifts yourself as the Game Admin.
Learn more about how to play White Elephant virtually.
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Yes! We’ve built tools in our ‘Standard’ package to do just this. Players don’t even have to signup. You can create ‘Dummy Players’ that show in the game and then manage all the gifts. Your team can just join the video call when it’s time and have a blast!
Read more about the solution on our support site here.
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Our platform leverages cloud-based infrastructure and industry best-practices to keep everything secure. We also offer a number of options to comply with your company’s privacy policies regarding employee data.
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Yes! Our platform will work globally. The main consideration would be the shipping of the gifts. The actual purchasing and shipping of gifts happens outside our platform, on the original retailer website. As long as everyone submits from a retailer that ships internationally, then it will work fine. Amazon is usually a safe bet, but it does depend on your specific circumstances. For more thoughts and recommendations on this topic, check out our blog post about hosting an international exchange.
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