FAQ Setting up Wedding and Baby Registries

How does a Wishpot Registry work?
Wishpot, with the Wishpot Button (a small bookmarking tool), lets registry owners add items from any site to their registry. Wishpot also lets Registry owners set up or add charity donations, honeymoon funds, or cash requests to their Registries. Registry owners can then share their registries (through the registry URL) with friends and family, members and non-members alike.  Friends and family can then reserve items for purchase (redirected to the retailer) or contribute to a fund (re-directed to paypal).

How does a guest purchase an item from my list?
Friends and Family who arrive from a shared URL reserve items for purchase. (The reserve button is on the right of the item) Once an item on your Registry is reserved, the individual who reserved the item is then redirected to the retailer’s site for the transaction.

How does a guest contribute to a monetary fund?
Friends and family with a PayPal account can choose to contribute to anything you’ve enabled contributions for. (The contribution button is located to the right of the item). The individual who wishes to contribute is redirected to PayPal to for the transaction.

How do I share my registry with friends and family?
Click on your registry, copy and paste your registry URL into your own websites, invitations, and emails. Your guests can also find your registry on either the wedding or baby homepages, or with the people tab.

How does Wishpot make sure I don’t get duplicate purchases?
Anyone who is looking at an item in your list and clicks BUY (before being directed to the retailer)is prompted to reserve the item. Once they reserve a gift- they and the owner of the registry receive a confirmation email. The reserved gift, appears differently from the other non-reserved items in the list and is no longer available for purchase.

How do I add items to my Registry?
Dowload the Wishpot Button under tools and you can add any items from any site to your Wishpot Registry. Click here to see the Wishpot Button in use.

How do I add a partner to my registry?
On your My Wishpot page, next to the list graphic click, 'settings'. Then click 'profile' there you can add a Co-registrants name. Click save. Friends and family will be able to search for you under either name.   

How do I add information about my event to my registry?
On your My Wishpot page, next to the list graphic click, 'settings'. Then click 'profile' there you can add your event details. Click save these details will be visible on your profile.

How do I add a shipping address to my registry?
On your My Wishpot page, next to the list graphic click, 'settings'. Next to profile click shipping address. Enter your address and click save. For your privacy your shipping address is only visible to those you share your registry URL with.  

How do I set up a honeymoon fund ?
With the Wishpot button you can add graphics from any site choose the one you’d like for your honeymoon fund - or select one from here- click the add to Wishpot Button, and at the bottom of the form enable contributions. Click save.  This will allow your guests to deposit cash into your PayPal account for your honeymoon fund. Click here for how-to set up a honeymoon fund.

How do I set up a cash request?
With the Wishpot button you can add graphics from any site choose the one you’d like for your cash request - or select one from here- click the add to Wishpot Button, and at the bottom of the form enable contributions. Click save.  This will allow your guests to deposit cash into your PayPal account. Click here for how-to set up a cash request.

How do I set up charity donations?
With the Wishpot button you can add graphics from any site choose the one you’d like for your honeymoon - or select one from here- click the add to Wishpot Button, and at the bottom of the form enable contributions. Click save.  This will allow your guests to give cash to the donation of your choice. This money will be deposited into your PayPal account. Click here for the how-to set up a charity donation.

How do I remove the priority setting on registry items?
When you add an item to your list, select ‘none’ from the priority options. No priority will be visible to anyone viewing your profile.

Many of my guests are not from the US are there sites I can add items from that accept Foreign Credit cards and ship to the US?
Yes. Here are a few stores that ship to the US and allow for international billing. In most cases international billing requires contacting the retailer’s customer service.

Williams Sonoma.com Customer Service at 405.717.6131
Crate and Barrel.com customer services 630.369.4464 
Amazon.com with currency converter
Nordstrom.com customer service 1-888-282-6060
Bed Bath and Beyond customer service 973-785-4333