Glympse's Santa Tracker
Showcase Santa’s real-time location to your community as he parades through the streets waving to the children and spreading holiday cheer.
Utilizing Glympse Premium Tags, a feature in the Glympse app, fire departments, city leaders, and community organizations can create a custom Santa experience enabling all to remain informed about his itinerary and designated meet/greet time.
Read more about Glympse Premium Tags in our blog.
Bring the spirit of Santa's route to life. Download Glympse and create your unique premium tag experience.
Why Glympse Santa Tracker Experience?
Glympse is a popular global app for sharing real-time location information with friends, family, and colleagues. The Glympse Santa Tracker experience uses the Glympse app’s Premium Tags feature to show Santa’s real-time location in holiday parades or events branded to your town or organization.
Residents can view the experience for free and do not need to download the app. For the organization or business creating an account, there is a USD $99 annual fee. The account is automatically renewed after one year to ensure you have a specific tag name that stays with your organization year after year. Many organizations find a sponsor to help with the small cost, offering that sponsor the advertising space at the bottom of the app.
Perfect for parades, Santa caravans, local festivals, and events.
Simply tap a link to track Santa — no app is needed on their end.
Customize Santa avatars, colors, logos, messages, or use our templates
Parents can monitor Santa’s route and ensure a timely presence.
Use as a way to help increase food and/or toy donations
Customize Logos, Colors, and Avatars
Make the experience uniquely yours by adding a unique logo, custom colors and even personalizing avatars or choose from our library.
Add Personal Messages from Santa
Delight children and families by including personalized messages from Santa himself!
You can even use the messaging capabilities to remind
residents to donate items to Toys for Tots or food drive.
Predetermine up to 7 routes
Plan Santa’s journey in advance by defining up to 7 routes. Tailor the path to include desired neighborhoods, landmarks, or popular areas.
Unique Glympse Premium Tag Name
Define and keep a unique Glympse Premium Tag name that perfectly represents your community or event. It will be renewed annually to maintain your ownership and usage right to it.
You can configure and brand your Santa Tracker within the app or on our web portal. There are also pre-defined graphics to choose from, making the set-up quick and easy!
Santa Tracker FAQs
The Glympse Santa Tracker lets communities share Santa’s real-time location as he parades through town, bringing festive joy to residents. Using Glympse Premium Tags, organizations can customize logos, colors, and other branding elements for a unique experience. Pre-made designs are also available for easy setup.
The Glympse Santa Tracker costs $99 annually, paid by the organizing business or organization, while tracking is free for the community. Viewers don’t need the app to see Santa’s location. Many organizations find a local business sponsor to cover the cost, allowing them ad space in the app.
No, using the Glympse Santa Tracker or Glympse Premium Tags as a public member is completely free. Anyone who clicks on the link will see your Santa’s real-time location for the event – with or without downloading the Glympse app.
No. Recipients do not need the Glympse app to view Santa’s location on their devices. They can simply click the URL you send them in your marketing, social media, via QR code or on your website.
With the Glympse Santa Tracker, you can customize the header logo, colors, and Santa avatar, and set up to 7 unique routes. Add a special message from Santa, and include an ad or sponsor banner at the bottom of the app.
To share the Glympse Santa Tracker, simply use the unique link provided for your event and post it on your website, social media, or send it via email. You can also turn it into a QR code for easy access. Anyone who clicks the link can view Santa’s real-time location, with or without downloading the Glympse app.
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No; you must use Glympse Premium Tags for a Santa Tracker, not Glympse Premium Shares. Glympse Premium Shares are used by small businesses with technicians and delivery drivers, not Santas.
Yes! Simply create a new Glympse Premium Tag (e.g. “EasterBunny<YourTown>” or “<YourTown> Ice CreamTruck,”) and customize the colors and logos to match your event’s brand.
- Avatar: Square format, 63x63px, with any background, including transparent.
- Header: Rectangular, ideally 570x42px; scales by height, with any background.
- Ad Image: Rectangular, 468x60px; scales down as needed, with any background.
All images should be under 8MB and in JPG or PNG format.
To reset your Glympse Premium Tag password in the Glympse App, open the app, tap “Premium” in the bottom menu, select the tag you want to edit, then choose ‘Update Password,’ enter a new password, and hit “Save.” In the Admin Portal, log in, click “Manage Tags” on the left, select the lock icon next to the tag, and either set or update the password by typing a new one and clicking “Save Password” (or “Remove Password” if needed). Note: Only new members need the updated password; existing members won’t require it.
You can have as many Glympse Premium Tags as you want. Customize each Glympse Premium Tag to your event and/or the person you want to share real-time location with others. Creating distinct, personalized themes for all your community’s events is easy.
