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How-tos, with pictures

• Join your family on WantalotGot a family member's Wantalot link? Start your own wishlist from it, keep theirs handy, and bring over a list you already have.
• Reserve a gift from someone's listGot a Wantalot list link? Here's how to reserve a gift so nobody buys the same thing, with no account or app needed.
• Keep track of the gifts you're givingSee every gift you've reserved in one place, mark them bought, and keep a private budget and shopping list on Wantalot.
• Share your wishlist with familySend your Wantalot list to family by text, email or a printed QR card. They can reserve gifts without an account.
• Add a wish from any storeAdd anything to your Wantalot wishlist: paste a store link, share from an iPhone, or just describe an idea.
• Why some links don't fill inSome stores block websites from reading their pages. What Wantalot can fill in, and the quickest way to save from stores that block it.
• Add wishes from AmazonSave Amazon products to your Wantalot wishlist from the Amazon app or website, or bring over a whole Amazon wishlist at once.
• Edit, move or remove a wishChange a wish on your Wantalot list: open its quick menu, edit details, move it to a child's list, mark it received or remove it, and fix its photo.
• Keep a wish private, or show it to just a few peopleChoose who sees each wish on your Wantalot list: everyone with your link, people you pick, or only you.
• Run a Secret SantaSet up a family gift exchange on Wantalot: invite everyone, keep partners apart, and draw names fairly.
• Make a wishlist for a childRun a wishlist on Wantalot for a child or someone else, share it like your own, and let another grown-up help.

Saving from a store on iPhone

Open the product in Safari or the store’s app, tap Share, then Wantalot. Check the name, photo and price, pick a list and tap Save wish. If you don’t see Wantalot, scroll the row of apps to the end and tap More. You can also paste a link into “Paste a link or type a wish” inside the app.

Sharing a list

Tap Share on your list and send the link to anyone. They can see the wishes you haven’t made private and reserve a gift, and you never see who reserved what.

Signing in

There’s no password. Use Apple or Google, or enter your email and we’ll send a 6-digit code. If a code doesn’t arrive within a few minutes, check your spam folder, then ask for a new one.

Your data and deleting your account

Settings has Download my data and Delete account, in the app and on the website. See Privacy for what deleting removes.