Every year, the same chaos.
Someone texts a wish list to the family group chat. Someone else emails theirs. The kids' lists live in a notes app that nobody else can see. By the time a birthday or Christmas rolls around, half the family is guessing, the other half is buying duplicates, and at least one person ends up returning something on Boxing Day.
I got tired of it. Not the gift-giving itself; that part is genuinely fun. But the logistics of figuring out who wants what, who has already bought something, and where that list actually ended up? That part felt broken.
So I built List of Wishes.
It started as a simple idea: one place where everyone in the family can create a wishlist, share it with the people who need to see it, and let gift-givers quietly claim items so nobody ends up with three identical pairs of slippers. No more scattered texts. No more "what does Dad actually want?" phone calls. No more guesswork.
Every wishlist item links directly to the product page at a real retailer, so the person buying the gift knows exactly what to get and exactly where to get it. No ambiguity, no substitutions, no "I found something similar."
Who List of Wishes is for
If you have ever been the person fielding "what should I get them?" messages from six different relatives in the same week, this is for you. If you have ever bought a gift you were confident about only to find out someone else bought the same thing, this is for you.
List of Wishes is built for families, couples, friend groups, and anyone who wants to take the stress out of gift-giving and keep the joy in it. Whether it is a birthday, Christmas, a wedding, a baby shower, or just a running list of things you have had your eye on, it all lives in one place, shareable with exactly the right people.
How it works
You create a wishlist. You add items from any online store. You share your list with family or friends via a simple link. They browse your list, pick something, and mark it as claimed so nobody doubles up. That is it. No apps to install, no accounts required for gift-givers, no complicated setup.
The person getting the gift sees their own list. The people buying the gifts see what is left. Everyone ends up happy, and nobody ends up in the returns queue.
The bit that matters
I built this because gifting should feel thoughtful, not stressful. The best present is one someone actually asked for, bought by someone who did not have to agonise over whether it was the right choice. List of Wishes makes both sides of that easier.