For the past 10 years, I have worked in consulting, and a huge part of that business is building relationships.
Sometimes that meant taking a client out for lunch. Sometimes it meant buying coffee for a colleague. Sometimes it meant sending a small thank-you gift after someone helped move a project forward.
Those gestures mattered because they helped build trust, create real connections and show appreciation in a way that felt human.
When COVID happened the way we worked changed. More of us started working from home. Client meetings moved online, virtual calls became the norm and finding time to meet in person became harder and less frequent.
But I still wanted a way to send thoughtful gifts and show appreciation.
I tried generic Amazon gift cards and Uber Eats credits. They were convenient, but they did not feel personal. They solved the transaction, but not the feeling I wanted to create.
What I wanted was simple. I wanted a way to send someone a real gift without having to ask for their address, guess what they liked, or make the whole thing feel awkward.
That is why I built Maple Parcel.
Maple Parcel lets you send a gift using only the recipient’s email. The recipient opens their gift link, chooses the items they love, enters their own shipping address and receives a personalized gift box delivered to their door.
The sender does not need to collect personal details, the recipient does not get stuck with something they do not want and the gift feels more thoughtful than another generic gift card.
I built Maple Parcel for the small moments that still matter. Thanking a client, appreciating an employee, celebrating a teammate, or just sending something kind when meeting in person is not easy.
Because gifting should be simple to send, personal to receive, and never awkward.