A wishlist link your guests open without signing up

Why a list in notes or a group chat falls apart

A gift list usually lives in a conversation: a screenshot of a note, ten links in a row, and the question “is anyone taking this one?”. It breaks the same way every time.

• Guests can't tell what's already taken. Coordinating happens in the group chat — where the birthday person reads it along with everyone else.
• Bare links with no titles or prices. “That one” and “the blue thing” mean opening every link to find out what it is.
• The surprise is gone: the moment the discussion happens in front of the recipient, the present stops being a present.
• And half the wishes can't be a link at all — “any decent Japanese knife”, “a massage voucher”, “a ticket if they ever tour here”.

Building the list in a couple of minutes

1. 1Create the list. The home page has a field for the name — “Birthday”, for example. No account needed: the list exists immediately, and you can attach an email later so you don't lose it.
2. 2Add wishes. Paste a store link into the single field and the title, image and price fill themselves in. Or just write what you want in words — a wish doesn't have to be a product.
3. 3Add details if they matter. Size, colour, a “really want this” mark — all of it sits under “More options” and isn't always needed. A card with nothing but a title is a perfectly good wish.
4. 4Send the link. The “Guest link” button copies the address of the list. From there it lives in a chat, an invitation or a story — it's the same link for everyone.

What a guest sees

Your guest opens the link and lands straight on the list: cards with images, prices and links to the shop. No email, no password, no social login — there is nothing to sign up for.

• “I'll buy this” reserves the wish. For everyone else it now reads as taken.
• A name is optional — the field literally says “Your name (optional)”.
• Changed their mind? “Cancel reservation” puts the wish straight back on the list.
• The count sits at the top: “2 of 9 reserved”.

A reserved wish is not deleted and not crossed out — it gets wrapped in gift paper with a tag. You can see somebody already took it, while the present itself stays visible and recognisable.

Why the surprise survives

The rule the whole service is built on: the list owner does not see reservations. No names, no “Reserved” marks — their page looks exactly the way it did the day they wrote the list.

There is exactly one deliberate exception: every wish has an eye icon to peek at who reserved it. One wish at a time and with a confirmation, so you can't stumble into the answer by accident.

After the present has been given

Once the celebration is over, a wish can be marked as received. It leaves the list without disappearing: it stays under “Received”, together with the name of whoever gave it. The list doesn't turn into a graveyard of old entries, and remembering who gave what is no longer your job.