Best wishlist for Christmas

Having a Christmas list at the ready will certainly make your family’s holiday shopping easier. By making your list using an online platform, you can all but guarantee that the gifts underneath the Christmas tree are perfect and your loved ones will appreciate the hassle-free holiday shopping.

Why create an online Christmas list?

Online Christmas lists allow you to:

1. Keep track of all requested gifts and if they have been purchased.

2. Inform loved ones of which items they should buy. With the option to make comments on your own Christmas list, you can give specifics, like colour or size, for each item.

3. Avoid duplicate gifting by showing guests which items have already been purchased.

4. Save items throughout the year so you won’t forget about the perfect gift you saw on TikTok with the clever shop name you can’t remember.

Best wishlists for Christmas

While many of the most popular wish list options cater to specific occasions, other more traditional registries only work for particular retailers and make adding third-party gifts impossible.

Individual retailers allow shoppers to save items to wish lists within their own apps. Moonsift lets you save items from across the web and from within apps, collecting them to the Moonsift app for easy organisation and sharing.

Universal registry services like Amazon and MyRegistry.com let you choose from a large selection of items, tracking who purchases each gift, but neither have the ability to integrate third-party wish lists or save items from across the web in a sleek, easy-to-navigate design.

Moonsift, on the other hand, allows you to create a comprehensive list of all of your Christmas wants without a glitchy app or desktop experience. Moonsift is also completely free and our universal save button makes it easy to save items from any online store. Whether you’re shopping on Amazon or clicking on an Instagram ad, you can save items directly to your Moonsift Christmas list at the click of a button.

How to make an online Christmas list with Moonsift

Making a Christmas list online with Moonsift couldn’t be easier:

1. Sign up to create your free account.

2. Pin our browser extension/plugin to your toolbar on your desktop

3. Download our iOS app on your iPhone or add the Moonsift extension to your browser

4. Give your Christmas list a name

5. Start saving items to your list with our universal save button

6. Organise the items and add comments or notes as you like

7. Share your collection anywhere (e.g. in WhatsApp or email) with a simple link

Get started with Moonsift by signing up and installing it onto your browser or downloading the iOS app.

1. Keep track of all requested gifts and if they have been purchased

2. Inform loved ones and guests which items they should buy

3. Avoid duplicate gifting by showing guests which items have already been purchased.

How do I make my own Christmas list?

• Save as you go! Thinking of gifts on the fly can be hard, instead, saving items as you see them throughout the year will make sure you get the gifts you truly want and need.

• Think of things you need and want. Don’t limit your list to only things you need also consider the items you want but wouldn’t think to buy yourself.

• Be specific by leaving comments within your Christmas list. You can note the size or colour of the item you want to avoid the guesswork or yearly back and forth over WhatsApp that ruins the surprise.

• Make a cash fund. A cash fund on the Moonsift platform will let your loved ones contribute to bigger purchases in your life.

• Share! Share! Share! Eliminate the guesswork for your friends, family, and co-workers. Keeping all of your gifts in one place with Moonsift makes sharing your list easier than ever. Gift givers will be able to check off the items they purchase in order to avoid duplicate purchases, allowing you to share one list with multiple groups of people.

• Don’t overwhelm your list. Try to find a happy medium when adding items to your Christmas list. Don’t add too many gifts that make it hard to discern what you want the most.

For more inspiration to add to your Christmas list take a look at our guide for 40 Handy Christmas Wishlist Ideas.

How do I share my online Christmas list?

With Moonsift, you have the option to make your list public to all, keep it for yourself, or share it with a select group of people.

The best way to share a wish list is to share a link to your own online list. Whether you send the link to your list in a message, email, or some other way, the person receiving it will easily be able to view all the items on your list and choose which product to buy you.

Rather than limiting your Christmas list to one retailer’s platform or having to share lots of individual links, creating your Christmas list on Moonsift is a great way to organise all of your gifts in one place. With one convenient link, you can share your wish list with as many people as you want without worrying about receiving duplicate gifts.

For more tips on sharing your Moonsift Christmas list see our How to Share a Wish List guide.