# Guides

Gift Ideas has 5 guides on gift ideas, grouped by country.

## General

- [Gift ideas by budget](https://giftideas.fyi/guides/gift-ideas-by-budget.md): What each price band buys well — under $25, under $50 and beyond — and how to get the most gift for the money you decided to spend.
- [How to run a white elephant exchange](https://giftideas.fyi/guides/how-to-run-a-white-elephant-exchange.md): The agreed rules, the three stealing variants and a running order that keeps a white elephant gift exchange moving.
- [How we pick and price products](https://giftideas.fyi/guides/how-we-pick-and-price-products.md): How Gift Ideas chooses products, what the price on a product page means, and how affiliate links and featured placements work.
- [Secret Santa rules and etiquette](https://giftideas.fyi/guides/secret-santa-rules-and-etiquette.md): The rules to agree before a Secret Santa draw, how to handle exclusions and dropouts, and the etiquette that keeps it fun.
- [The stocking stuffer budget guide](https://giftideas.fyi/guides/stocking-stuffer-budget-guide.md): How to set a per-stocking cap, what kinds of things fill a stocking well, and the two traps that make stockings cost more than gifts.