Free Birthday Ecards to Send by Link

A birthday ecard here is not a flat picture. They blow out candles, cut a cake or unwrap a box on their phone, and your photo and birthday message are inside. You write it in a minute and send the link in the chat you already use with them.

Pick how they open it, write your birthday message, copy the link. The birthday card design is already selected.

Free to create, send and open · no signup · no app · no watermark · the link keeps working · photos and voice messages kept 30 days · Updated

Try the demo: tap or swipe across the candles to blow them out and open the card.

Write your own birthday card →

Pick a birthday ecard

Each one opens to a birthday card with your photo and message.

Candles to blow out

Five candles; tap, swipe or use the microphone.

Cake to cut

Swipe to slice; your photo is in the filling.

Box to unwrap

Pull the ribbon, lift the lid, the card pops out.

Three birthday openings: candles to blow out, a cake to cut, a box to unwrap.
Your own photo and birthday message inside; the birthday card design is pre-selected.
Free for you and the birthday person, with no sign up and no app.

How it works

  1. 1

    Pick candles, cake or gift box below.

  2. 2

    Write your birthday message and add a photo if you have one.

  3. 3

    Create the link and send it. They open it in their browser.

Which birthday page do you need?

This page is for sending a birthday ecard by link, with the three birthday openings side by side. The birthday occasion page shows every birthday experience, including milestone and belated cards. The birthday card generator starts you in the maker straight away. The cake and candle pages each explain one opening in detail.

All of them make the same kind of card: your photo and message, opened in a browser, free and without an account.

Not sure what to write?

Tap a line to start with it — it lands in the card, ready to edit.

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Questions

Are the birthday ecards free, with no sign up?

Yes. Making, sending and opening are free, there is no account on either side, and there is no watermark on the card.

Do you send the ecard by email on the birthday?

No. You get a private link and send it yourself, whenever you like. You can set an unlock time in the maker so the card cannot be opened before the day, but the link still has to be sent by you.

Can I put a photo in the birthday ecard?

Yes. Add any photo and it is revealed under the candles, in the cake or inside the box before the card opens. Without a photo, the card itself is what they uncover.

What if the birthday was yesterday?

It still works. Write it as a belated card; there is a belated birthday page made for exactly that. It takes about a minute.

How long can they open it?

The gift and its link stay until the sender deletes it; photos and voice messages are deleted 30 days after creation, and the gift then opens without them. Opening or replaying it never uses it up. If the gift has a photo, the recipient can save the photo from the opened card.

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Same photo and words, a different thing for them to open.

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Free Birthday Ecards to Send by Link in a minute

Free, no signup. Add a photo and your words, and send the link.

Send a birthday ecard

Open a Gift is a free website for sending a virtual gift by link: a message, an optional photo and voice message inside an interactive reveal (15 reveals, 14 card designs) that the recipient opens in their browser. It is free to create, send and open. There is no signup and no app for either side, and no watermark on the gift. Gifts are private: only people with the link can open one. The link keeps working until the sender deletes the gift; photos and voice messages are stored for 30 days, then deleted. It opens in any phone or desktop browser, straight from WhatsApp, iMessage, email or any chat.