Wedding Gift List - Which is the best one? 7 March 2007 at 6:22PM in Weddings & anniversaries 51 replies 98.9K views

Lisa_Williams_2

My best friend is getting married soon that is why I keep on collecting ideas and suggestions about gifts and all. this is a collective of very interesting and helpful topics.. thank you

katie_lou2017

i thought that yourweddinggiftlist sounded like a great idea, until i checked the t&c's and saw that in some instances they take 4% commission of money paid to you via the website!
see...
yourweddinggiftlist.co.uk/terms_of_business.php

anyone know of a website that allows you to make a wish list and get responses from people so that you don't get 2 of each item?? like the other people i think we would prefer gifts from several places but don't want lots of separate gift lists!!

Scotsbride

black-saturn wrote: »

I'm overwhelmed by the amount of wedding gift list services there are. Which one did you use and was it any good? My cousin who is getting married in 3 months time has used the John Lewis one but the gifts on there look very expensive. I don't want my guests to feel pressured into buying an expensive gift.

Having said that I already have a house with everything I need in it. So do I need a wedding gift list? Are there any companies which do gift lists based on holidays? i.e. do Thomas Cook do one?

We used a john lewis one it come with the opion of voucher Debenhams ones look good too. I heard bottom draw do holidays

munklefish

Hi,

Im currently in the process of developing my own event gift list website based on our own needs when we got married earlier this year.

The idea is that this site/service will come from the perspective of you the gift recipient rather than a company trying to sell its own products(eh John Lewis). You'll be able to add products from any online company, even accept donations to charity etc.

If anyone has any ideas or experiences that you think could help build the perfect service for this kind of thing, please get in touch. Id be greatful to hear your views.

P.s. the site is far from ready but why not bookmark us, join our mailing list &/or check out our facebook page:

http://www.giftfuzr.com

CowChris

Just wanted to add this one to the list of online based services.

giftlisforourwedding.com
Does what it says on the tin really! There are other similar services so just have a google around, but this is particularly simple to use IMO.

Benefit of using such a service:
1) You can add gifts from any shop, so you have more choice than a single shop can offer.
2) As you are in control, you can find a good price for your guest in true money saving fashion by shopping around for the best deal.
3) You get a personal link. It's easy to put this on your invites for example.

CowChris

@katie_lou2017 the one I mentioned above is free and has that feature to stop your guests getting you multiple items by mistake.

katie_lou2017 wrote: »

i thought that yourweddinggiftlist sounded like a great idea, until i checked the t&c's and saw that in some instances they take 4% commission of money paid to you via the website!
see...
yourweddinggiftlist.co.uk/terms_of_business.php

anyone know of a website that allows you to make a wish list and get responses from people so that you don't get 2 of each item?? like the other people i think we would prefer gifts from several places but don't want lots of separate gift lists!!

tillyenna

Was just wondering if anyone has used the Amazon wedding list service - as that is what we've been leaning towards, but don't actually know if it's any good.

sandspider2000

Hi all

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but just wondering if anyone has any experience of justthething.co.uk? They claim to only charge 7.5% admin fee and nothing else, which sounds quite high, but still apparently is lower than various other sites when credit card charges, withdrawal fees etc. are charged...

Thanks.

Ruby_Roo

sandspider2000 wrote: »

Hi all

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but just wondering if anyone has any experience of justthething.co.uk? They claim to only charge 7.5% admin fee and nothing else, which sounds quite high, but still apparently is lower than various other sites when credit card charges, withdrawal fees etc. are charged...

Thanks.

What is it that you're wanting to achieve - i.e are you asking guests for money, gifts or a contribution to your honeymoon?

For gifts, try https://www.marriagegiftlist.com, you can add items from any online retailer (although guests can also buy locally and tick the gift off the list on the website). This costs guests and couples nothing but the website may get a referral fee from some of your chosen online retailers.

For honeymoon stuff try http://www.honeyfund.co.uk, for more information see the FAQs here - http://www.honeyfund.co.uk/honeymoon-registry

For money, let your guests put a few quid or a cheque in a card - the ability to pay online or the fact that Just The Thing claims to be 'the polite way' to ask for money isn't going to make your guests more inclined than they otherwise would be to give you money. Even with the online option I would give cash or cheque, as I know 100% that you're going to get it.

minerva_windsong

Johnny_Locus wrote: »

Hi there,

Are there any bookish people here? I'm going to be completely honest, although I'm a long time lurker in the early stages of planning my wedding, on this occasion I'm conducting a bit of market research for an idea I have. Please bear with me!

Would any of you be interested in registering a gift list with a bookshop? If it could extend not just to books but to lovely stationery items, eReaders, tablets and anything else they sell? I just figured it's a little bit different to your usual toasters and crockery sets, and was wondering if there are any couples out there that would go for it?

I'd be really interested to hear your opinions

Thanks x

Honestly? It's something I and my husband would probably have really liked to get - but I would have felt uncomfortable asking for it, because knowing my family loads of people would have gone "Oh no, we have to get you a proper present (as well)!" and I'd have felt bad effectively making them think they had to get two presents. I also find asking for books as presents/buying them with vouchers a bit of a double-edged sword because I tend not to keep physical books I haven't been given as gifts, which then means I have to be sure I'll like any books I'm given enough to keep them! My other thing with that list is it's a bit all or nothing - obviously lots of cheaper things (books, stationery) and expensive things (e-readers) but not much I can think of in the middle.

So, in short: I think it could work, but it's something that would come down to the couple and how they think people might react, as well as potentially limiting options. That said, if you're a bookish couple and were having a cheaper/smaller wedding, or it was a more personal list (eg 'buy us a copy of your favourite book'/'a book to start us off on married life' etc), then it could be just the ticket!