✎ ideas
9 NFC gift ideas
from one $0.50 sticker
An NTAG sticker costs less than the card you'd put it in. Each idea below is one tag, one page, one tap — with real cost and difficulty. Start with the one that fits your person.
Their song, on tap
Free link + $0.50 tagWrite a Spotify link to a sticker inside a card. One tap plays the song.
A 3-minute voice note
$1.9Your voice saying the thing you never say out loud. Strangely powerful.
The birthday cartoon
$6.9Their face + friends' faces in an AI cartoon party video.
A page-turning story
$4.9Photos appear as they read your letter, with your voice underneath.
The video message
$7.9A full 2-minute video, tapped open from a sticker on the gift box.
A photo year in review
$2.9Nine photos as a polaroid stream — the year you had together.
A scavenger hunt
5 tags + free writerFive tags hidden around the house, each opening the next clue (five draft links).
The long-distance hug
Stamp + tagMail the sticker inside a physical card — digital content, physical ritual.
The reusable tag
$0Our tags aren't locked: rewrite the same sticker for the next occasion. One tag, many gifts.
New to this? How to make an NFC gift walks through the whole build, and NTAG213 vs 215 tells you which sticker to buy (spoiler: the cheap one).