1 · Add names
Start with names, not inboxes. Invite the whole group without creating a single account.
Private gift exchanges
Make the reveal the best part.
Create a gift exchange people actually look forward to — with exclusion-safe matching, no signup, and a little more delight.
One link. One secret. Zero inbox clutter.
The exchange builder
Set the guardrails, make the draw, then hand each person their own moment. Everything runs in your browser — nothing is stored on a server.
- 1 People
- 2 Rules
- 3 Review
- 4 Share links
0 people added — you need at least two.
The draw, for your eyes only
You are the organizer: this is the only place the full list ever appears. Everyone else sees just their own link.
| Giver | Draws |
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Receipt — publish this with your group
SHA-256 commitment to the exact draw, made before anyone reveals. Anyone can check it on the verification page.
Each person’s private link
Copy each link to its person by whatever channel you like — messaging, paper, whisper. The link shows only their own pairing, and carries the proof that it was part of the committed draw.
Keep these links. Nothing is stored anywhere else — the links are the exchange. Lost links cannot be recovered (see retention).
How it works
2 · Set guardrails
Keep couples apart and get a clear, honest answer when the rules cannot work — no draw is invented to save face.
3 · Share links
Hand out private links, then let each person have their own little moment. No emails, no handoffs you can’t see.
Clear enough to verify. Beautiful enough to share.
MerryShuffle turns the technical part into quiet confidence: every assignment is one-to-one, every exclusion is honored, and the draw can be checked after the reveal.
When you shuffle, the tool commits to the exact draw by publishing a SHA-256 receipt. Each private link carries a cryptographic proof that its pairing was part of that commitment — so a curious participant can confirm the draw wasn’t quietly rearranged.
What the receipt can and cannot prove is spelled out plainly on the verification page.
receipt
7f3a…c41d ✦ committed before any reveal
your link proves
Ada → Grace ∈ receipt ✓
One calm control center. Every kind of group.
Office & hybrid
Alice not-with-Bob since the incident. Fine. The exclusions hold, nobody sees why, HR never hears about it.
Family & friends
Couples who refuse to draw each other, the sibling pair that always rigs it — guardrails set in ten seconds.
Remote & async
Three time zones, one reveal moment per person, whenever they open their link. No group-call scheduling.
No inboxes. No hidden handoffs. Just the links you choose to share.
The draw happens in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to or stored on any server — there is no server side to this tool at all. Each link carries exactly one pairing, obfuscated in the URL fragment, which your browser never transmits to us.
We do measure aggregate traffic with Google Analytics 4 (see privacy); it never sees your names or links.
The details matter. Especially the quiet ones.
Does anyone have to sign up?
No. There are no accounts, no emails, no logins. The organizer makes the draw in their browser and hands out links.
What stops someone drawing themselves or their partner?
The matching step only accepts a strict one-to-one draw with no self-assignments and every exclusion honored — the engine retries with fresh randomness up to 250 times, and if the rules are too tight it tells you honestly instead of bending them.
What exactly does the receipt prove?
That the pairing inside each link was committed — hashed into the published receipt — at the moment of the draw, before anyone revealed. It cannot prove the organizer delivered every link; that part still runs on trust (or on comparing receipts in the group chat).
Can names be read from the links?
Not by eye — the pairing is obfuscated inside the URL fragment. But obfuscated is not encrypted: anyone who holds a link can decode that one pairing. Treat links as personal.
What if I lose the links?
They are the only copy — the exchange is stateless by design. Keep them somewhere safe until the reveal (see retention).
Why is this site different from the MerryShuffle app I used before?
This is the fleet home of MerryShuffle: same concept, rebuilt to run entirely in your browser, with an open verification page and honest limits.