Drop Budget (Shareable Drops Allocation)

Where to see your balance

Your drops to give (your shareable drops) are shown in several places:

• The My Drops card at the top of Home — To give, with when they reset, next to Received and To spend (your River Bank).
• The to give bubble in the phone app's top bar — tap it for a breakdown of your drops to give, your River Bank, and drops you can earn.
• The bottom of every Recognize step — "X drops to give" — and, on the How much step, a live line such as "Noah gets 5 drops · you have 20 left".
• The top of the Create a post window — "X drops to give", with how many days until they renew.

How the budget cycle works

Your administrator sets the drop budget defaults for the whole team. The key parameters are:

Spending your drops

You spend shareable drops in three ways:

1. Recognizing someone — on the How much step of Recognize, choose 1–5 drops for each person you picked (everyone gets the same amount). Amounts you can't afford are greyed out. The drops are deducted when the post is published. You can also use the Give drops option in the free-form post editor.
2. Sending drops on an existing post — tap the drops/give action on a post card to open the Send a Drop flow for that post's author.
3. Sending a sticker — sending a sticker to someone's post also deducts from your shareable drops. See GIF and Sticker Integration.

Your available balance updates in real time after each send. If you attempt to send more drops than you have available, you will see an "Insufficient drops!" message and the action will be blocked.

What happens when drops reach zero

Once your balance hits zero:

• Recognize shows that you can still post your recognition without drops.
• Attempting to add drops in the free-form post editor shows the "Insufficient drops!" toast.
• You will receive a new allocation at the start of your next cycle.

Administrator budget settings

Admins adjust drop budget defaults in Rewards › Drop Defaults. Changes (such as increasing the cycle allocation or adjusting the drop-to-dollar ratio) apply from the next cycle — except that a new shareable-drops amount can also be applied to the current cycle right away (Apply now; see Admin Drop Settings and Defaults). The page includes a live Estimated Monthly Drop Cost calculator that updates as settings are changed.