About
Most gifts are a guess. Most guesses end up in a drawer.
Someone spends real money. Someone else says thank you, then quietly finds a cupboard to put it in. And most of us do this a few times a year.
Gift-giving fails in a funny way. The money gets spent, the effort gets made, and the thing still isn't quite right. So it ends up in a drawer, or at a charity shop, or back out as someone else's present next year. Nobody did anything wrong here. The person buying just had no way of knowing, and asking outright feels a bit rude.
That's the whole reason this exists. You say the specific thing you'd actually like, right down to the size and the color, and you share a link. Anyone who opens it can claim something, so the next person doesn't buy the same thing and you don't end up with three of anything. Less money on near misses, less quietly passed along, less in the bin.
Surprise is optional here, not the point. Plenty of lists are for someone who knows exactly what's coming, and plenty of gifts need a quick chat about sizing first. So it's up to you how much you see of what's been claimed on your own list: all of it, just a running count, or nothing at all.
What it won't do
- You're never told who claimed what
- Not their name, not their email address. If someone leaves a note, you'll see the note but never who wrote it. That holds everywhere: on the page, in your notification emails, and in the daily summary.
- Nobody needs an account to claim
- Anyone who opens your link can claim something with just an email address, and that's only used to send them a confirmation and an undo link. No signup wall between your friends and your list.
- Your link is unguessable, and search engines are told to skip it
- List addresses are random rather than built from your name, and every list page asks not to be indexed. Your list is as private as the link you share.
- Your address only shows up after someone claims
- It's optional, and anyone just browsing your list won't see it. It appears once somebody has actually committed to sending you something, and not a moment before.
What it asks you for
An email address, because that's how you sign in. You can use a link we email you or a password, whichever you prefer. It's also where we let you know when something on your list gets claimed.
Those messages are entirely up to you: one each time, a single summary a day, or nothing at all. Every one of them has a one-click unsubscribe link, so you never have to log in just to make them stop.