Kabaz App

What Kabaz App does

Kabaz is a Hamilton, Ontario-based mobile application platform founded in 2020 by couple Filo and Gloria Sigloy that enables consumers to send digital eGift cards (gift cards of credit) to friends and family for redemption at listed local businesses. The core product is a consumer-facing iOS and Android app, paired with a self-service web registration portal at kabaz.ca where small businesses can list themselves to accept eGift cards. Gift card values range from $10 to $200 per transaction, and the platform notifies both recipients and merchants in real time when a gift is sent, with funds deposited directly into the merchant's bank account within 5-7 working days.

The underlying technology is a relatively standard two-sided marketplace application with three notable components: a digital eGift card issuance and transfer system, an instant notification system that pushes sender, recipient, amount, and business details to both parties, and a business-facing redemption flow that explains how to validate and redeem gift credits. The platform is distributed through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store and supports merchant registration from multiple countries including Canada, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France.

Kabaz operates as a bootstrapped, founder-owned business with no disclosed institutional funding. Revenue is generated solely through a nominal transaction fee charged to the gift sender on each eGift card purchase; businesses currently list for free during a promotional period and receive 100% of the gift value with no platform commission. Customer acquisition is primarily organic via Facebook and Instagram presence and app store visibility, with the gifting mechanic itself serving as an intrinsic viral loop. The disclosed customer base is a long tail of small businesses in food and beverage, retail, hand-made and craft, and beauty verticals.

Name

Kabaz App

Legal name

Kabaz

Website

https://kabaz.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kabaz is a bootstrapped mobile platform founded in 2020 in Hamilton, Ontario, enabling consumers to send digital eGift cards to friends and family for redemption at listed small local businesses across multiple countries, with revenue from nominal sender-side transaction fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Gift Card Marketplace

NAICS

Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Retailers (4594)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Merchant / Shopping Mall Gift Cards (FSAMANAC)

Keywords

• Digital gift cards
• Mobile gift card marketplace
• Local business eGift platform
• Consumer gifting app
• Merchant gift card listings

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Transaction Fee on eGift Card Sales: A nominal fee is charged to the gift credit sender when sending a Kabaz eGift card. The sender pays the gift amount plus this transaction fee. Businesses receive the full gift amount deposited directly into their bank accounts within 5-7 working days.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kabaz operates a mobile-first, two-sided marketplace that lets individual consumers purchase and send digital gift cards (eGift cards) valued from $10 to $200 to friends and family, who redeem them at small local businesses listed on the platform. Businesses self-register through a web portal to be listed, receive instant notifications of incoming gift credits, and get paid by direct bank deposit within 5-7 working days.

Product overview

Kabaz App is a single unified mobile platform for digital gift card gifting. The core product consists of the Kabaz App for consumers to send eGift cards (ranging from $10 to $200) to friends and family, and a companion Business Listing Service that allows merchants to list on the platform to accept these gift credits. The two components work together as a marketplace: consumers purchase and send digital gift credits, while listed businesses receive and redeem them.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kabaz App A mobile application (iOS and Android) that enables individual consumers to purchase and send digital eGift cards valued from $10 to $200 to friends and family, who redeem them at small local businesses listed on the platform. Recipients and businesses receive instant notifications when a gift card is sent.
• Business Listing Service A self-service web-based service that allows small businesses to register on the Kabaz platform, be listed as a redemption destination for eGift cards, and receive instant notifications plus direct bank deposits (within 5-7 working days) of gift credits sent to them. Free for businesses during a promotional period.

Quantifiable outcome

• Funds deposited to business accounts within 5-7 working days

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Blackhawk Network: Large global branded payments and gift card network connecting merchants and consumers through digital and physical stored-value products. Competes in the same multi-merchant gift card space as Kabaz.
• Givex: Established gift card, loyalty, and stored-value platform serving multi-national merchants. Operates in the same digital gift card category as Kabaz but at significantly greater scale and complexity.
• Shopify Gift Cards: Native gift card product inside the Shopify commerce platform. Provides SMBs with built-in gift card functionality integrated into their online stores — directly addresses the merchant pain point Kabaz targets.
• Square Gift Cards: Block/Square's gift card product, bundled into a much larger payments and POS ecosystem. Overlaps with Kabaz on the core eGift card functionality but offers far broader merchant tooling.

Direct peers

• Giftbit: Canadian digital gift card platform selling multi-merchant and single-merchant gift cards to businesses. Direct competitor with similar target audience (SMBs and consumers) and overlapping product (eGift cards distributed online).
• eGifter: Multi-merchant digital gift card marketplace where consumers buy eGift cards for many retailers. Comparable consumer-pays, multi-merchant model to Kabaz with similar group-gifting and corporate use cases.
• Gift Up: Digital gift card platform for small businesses, with strong SMB onboarding and POS integrations. Closely comparable product offering and target SMB customer base to Kabaz.
• Tillo: Digital gift card distribution API/platform enabling businesses to deliver gift cards as rewards, incentives, or sales. Comparable horizontal eGift card marketplace model with global merchant coverage.
• GiftRocket: Digital gift card platform targeted at SMBs and restaurants allowing recipients to choose where to redeem. Highly comparable gifting-mechanic and SMB focus to Kabaz.
• PerfectGift: Online multi-merchant gift card retailer for consumers and businesses. Closely comparable consumer-facing eGift card marketplace model with comparable gifting use cases.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/KabazApp
• Instagraminstagram.com/kabazapp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kabaz-app

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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