For milestone birthdays
Get the whole gang on one birthday show, even the ones who can’t make the party!
Send one link. Cousins abroad, old friends and the grandkids record a wish or a story from their phone, and we produce it into a birthday radio special with a host introducing each guest.
No app for guests. They record in their phone’s browser, or on the dedicated phone line just for the birthday.
The Birthday Broadcast from $149, one-time · no app for guests · remade or refunded if you don’t love it
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- Live in minutesGuest link + QR sign right after you sign up
- No app for guestsThey record in their phone’s browser
- 24–72 hoursYour produced special after you press Produce
- Up to 3 remakesUntil you’re happy with your show
The problem
Big birthdays deserve more than a card.
- Half the people who love them can’t be in the room.
- Group cards get the same four words over and over.
- For an 80th or 90th, the voices matter even more than the party.
Good Reception fixes that: a produced show they can play any time: every wish, story and roast, in the voices of the people who sent them.
How it works
Three simple steps.
- 1
Start in about 3 minutes
Tell us the occasion and the date. You get a guest link and a QR sign right away, made in your colors. Guests can also call a number.
- 2
Guests leave messages
They scan, tap record and talk, before, during or after the event. No app. Every message appears on your private dashboard.
- 3
We produce your special
Press Produce when you’re ready. We clean up the audio, put the messages in order and add a host between them. It usually arrives in 24 to 72 hours.
The offer
The Birthday Broadcast: every voice, produced, for $149.
- Dream outcomeA produced show of the people who matter, in their own voices, that you can replay for decades.
- Proof before you payLeave a free test message and hear a sample. Then our remake guarantee: up to three remakes after messages are in, or a full refund if we fail to deliver.
- Ready in 24–72 hoursYour link and QR sign go live in about three minutes. After you press Produce, your special usually arrives in 24 to 72 hours.
- No effortNo app for guests, nothing to rent or ship back. Guests use the phone in their pocket; you press one button.
The Birthday Broadcast
Everything below, one price
- Private guest link + printable QR signIncludedLive minutes after you sign up, in your colors. Print it, frame it, text it.
- A call-in numberIncludedFor guests who’d rather dial: a recorded greeting, then the tone.
- Your produced specialIncludedUp to ~15 minutes featuring up to 50 messages, with a host between them. Every voice cleaned up, never re-worded.
- The Full CollectionIncludedEvery message on its own, filed by name, plus every original file. Yours to download, kept online for 12 months after your event.
- Bonus: The Highlight ReelBonusA 3–4 minute best-of, made for sharing.
- Bonus: 3 production stylesBonusRadio Special, Story Episode or Love Letter, same price.
- Bonus: you choose the orderBonusHide any message, and pick which one opens and closes the show, before you press Produce.
- Bonus: free test messageBonusTry it free before you buy, no sign-up.
$149One-time. No subscription. Need more room? Premium ($249) features up to 150 messages in ~30 min.
Start the birthday showCheckout opens soon. Start now to save your date, and we’ll email you the moment it opens.
Remake guarantee: cancel before the first guest message for a full refund; after that, up to three remakes. If we fail to deliver, we refund you in full.
Examples
What guests say, and what you get back.
Ideas to put on your sign or in your text
- “Your favorite story about them, the one that still makes you laugh.”
- “What they taught you without knowing it.”
- “Wish them a happy birthday as if you were on the radio.”
- “What should they do in the next decade?”
Host (AI voice)Okay, we’re on. Grandma Rose’s eightieth birthday show!
Host (AI voice)Birthday wishes, a story or two, and, uh, a roast. A light one.
Ava, her granddaughter (fictional guest) · Birthday wishesHi Grandma! It’s Ava. Happy birthday! You’re eighty. Um… I hope you have a really good day, and I hope you get the, the cake with the strawberries. Okay, bye! I love you!
An illustration of how a special flows. Yours uses your guests’ real words, never rewritten.
Hear a 78-second sample
Grandma Rose's 80th Birthday Show · in this sample: Birthday wishes · Favorite story · Roast (a light one)
Sample made with AI voices and fictional guests. In your special, the host is an AI voice and every guest message is a real recording, cleaned up but never re-worded.
Read the transcript
[Theme song: “Happy birthday, Grandma Rose, this one’s for you”]
Host (AI voice)Okay, we’re on. Grandma Rose’s eightieth birthday show!
Host (AI voice)Birthday wishes, a story or two, and, uh, a roast. A light one.
Host (AI voice)(laughs) First up, her granddaughter Ava.
Birthday wishes · Ava, her granddaughter (fictional guest)Hi Grandma! It’s Ava. Happy birthday! You’re eighty. Um… I hope you have a really good day, and I hope you get the, the cake with the strawberries. Okay, bye! I love you!
Host (AI voice)Favorite story time. Here’s her son, Mike.
Favorite story · Mike, her son (fictional guest)Hey Mom, it’s Mike. Favorite story. When I was nine I told everybody at church you could beat anybody at arm wrestling. And then Mr. Kowalski… (laughs) you actually did it. In the parking lot. Happy birthday, Mom.
Host (AI voice)And now, the roast. Her bridge partner.
Roast (a light one) · Marlene, her bridge partner (fictional guest)Rose, it’s Marlene, from bridge. Happy birthday, honey. Now, I’ve been your partner eighteen years, and you have never once counted trump right. Not once. (laughs) Love you anyway. See you Tuesday.
Host (AI voice)Ouch. (laughs)
Host (AI voice)Happy birthday, Rose. This one’s for you.
[Theme song returns]
Want to see the private page you’d get? Open a sample listening page (fictional couple).
Packages
Two plans. Video in both.
- Step 1
Standard
$149
- Video included: a video show featuring up to 50 guest videos
- Produced special up to ~15 min
- Features up to 50 messages
- Guest link + printable QR sign
- A call-in number guests can dial
- The Full Collection + Highlight Reel
- Your choice of 3 production styles
- Print-ready QR signage PDF
- iPad kiosk mode included
- Step 2Recommended
Premium
$249
- Everything in Standard
- A longer video show featuring up to 150 guest videos
- Extended special up to ~30 min, featuring up to 150 messages
- A printed Event Kit shipped to you: a stand-up sign with your names and QR code
Want a phone guestbook too?
Use a recommended recorder phone you buy yourself (our tested pick and link are coming soon). After the event, plug it into your computer and use Import from your phone on your dashboard: the recordings join your guestbook and your show. Premium also ships a printed Event Kit, a stand-up sign with your names and QR code, after you approve a proof. Order Premium at least 2 weeks before your event for the kit to arrive.
Our remake guarantee.
Cancel before your first guest message and we refund you in full. Once messages are in, we remake your special and video show up to three times until you’re happy. If we fail to deliver, we refund you in full. Downloads unlock when you approve your show, or automatically 14 days after delivery.
The printed Event Kit is made to order. Once you approve the proof it can’t be refunded, but we reprint any kit that arrives damaged. Full details in our terms.
Questions
Before you start
Is it only for big round numbers?
Any birthday works. Most people use it for 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th and 100th birthdays.
Can it be a surprise?
Yes. Only you see the dashboard. Share the guest link with everyone except the guest of honor.
Do guests need an app?
No. They scan the QR code or tap your link and record right in their phone’s browser, on iPhone or Android. Guests can also call a phone number and leave a message after the tone.
Do you change what guests said?
No. We trim dead air, even out the volume and put the messages in order. Every guest voice stays real and is never re-worded or re-voiced. The host between messages is an AI voice that doesn’t imitate anyone.
When can guests leave a message?
From the day you sign up. Your guestbook stays open until 14 days after your event, and you can change the dates on your dashboard (up to 28 days after).
How fast do we get it?
Your link and sign go live in about three minutes. After the event, press Produce: your special usually arrives in 24 to 72 hours, and we email you when it’s ready. Press Make my video show for your video show; it usually arrives in 24 to 72 hours too.
Can I leave messages out?
Yes. Hide any message from the special on your dashboard before you press Produce. It stays in your Full Collection, and you choose which message opens and which closes the show.
Do we own the recordings?
Yes. They’re yours. You can stream a preview as soon as the show is ready. Downloads unlock when you approve your show, or automatically 14 days after delivery. Your guestbook stays online for 12 months after your event; we email reminders at 10 and 11 months, then delete it. You can extend hosting for $29 a year.
Who can hear it?
Only you and anyone you share your private dashboard or listening link with.
Can we try it first?
Yes. Leave a free test message and hear it come back as a short produced clip. No sign-up, and your recording stays on your device.
Anything else? Email hello@getgoodreception.com.
Make it the birthday they replay every year after!
Set it up in about three minutes. From $149, remade or refunded if you don’t love it.
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