It’s our staff that spend countless hours keeping our forums clean of spam, chasing after problem members, and generally making our communities the great places they are. They let us dedicate our time to promoting, enhancing, and building the community. Why not say “Thanks” during the holidays with a nice gift?! Here are some ideas for inexpensive gifts that will really make your moderators and staff feel good about helping out:
- Magazine Subscription Related to Forum Topic (Usually less than $25 for a year)
- Gift Certificate Related to Forum Topic/Location
- Personalized Promo Gifts (Pens, Key-Chain, Desk Toys, etc.)
- Personalized Chocolates (Hershey Gifts)
- Custom T-Shirts (If you order more than you need, these make great contest prizes too!)
- Visa Gift Cards (Minimum of $25+Fee)
- Custom Label Wine/Beer
- Premium Subscriptions to Related Sites (Especially if your mods write content for you)
Those are just a few ideas. I’m doing something pretty unique this year for my team at dream.in.code, but I don’t want to let the cat out of the bag here 
With any of these gifts, it’s always good to include a hand-written card to say “Thank You for all the hard work and time you spend. I, and our members, really appreciate it!”.
Please share your ideas, or interesting gifts you have received from an employer or someone you volunteered for.
by Chris Kenworthy @ Ackfoo.com
This is something I’ve tried to do in the past, but I’ve run into problems sending to people from other countries. Many of them are charged tariffs when I try to mail them gifts. Any suggestions on how to handle this?
Like I said on AF, I’ll be getting my team on RF some gift certificates from restaurant.com. It’s an inexpensive reward, but something everyone could use every now and then - a night out.
Ack,
I sent gifts to India and Poland last year, and will again this year and I’m not aware of any issues. However, if you have members in countries that charge tarrifs, you might consider getting them a different gift that you could have shipped from inside their country.