The NEW Wedding Registry

With more and more couples veering away from traditional wedding registries, requesting monetary contributions and donations from guests, in lieu of actual gifts, is no longer taboo.  Some rising trends among couples going the non-traditional route are:

• Requesting cash gifts/monetary donations towards large ticket items like a car, flat screen, furniture, a chandelier, even a home instead of many smaller wedding gifts.
• Setting up Mortgage Registries in lieu of Wedding Registries.
• Setting up Honeymoon Registries in lieu of Wedding Registries, where guests donate/contribute to the total cost of the Honeymoon or things they’d like to do on their honeymoon..massages/spa treatments, excursions, dining, etc.  (even items couples might need for their honeymoon..luggage, clothing, and more).
• For the couple that has everything and may not want or need wedding gifts, requesting donations to a selected charity instead.

This is where the universal wedding registry site Wishpot comes in.  We offer an unique and super easy to use Contributions feature, which makes all of these options possible.  Once a registry is created, couples can easily request monetary contributions from friends and family which are distributed via PayPal.  Each time someone makes a contribution, the percentage contributed is updated (and visible to others viewing the registry).  Wishpot immediately sends a notification via email, telling the couple who contributed and what amount.  Designed to be easy and convenient, anyone with a PayPal account can contribute (you do not need to be a registered member of Wishpot to use PayPal) and since Wishpot always lets you know who contributed, you always know who to thank.

Launched in 2007 and awarded Best Social Shopping site in 2008, Seattle-based Wishpot is a free social shopping service that makes it easy to save and share interesting things users find from anywhere on the web.  Once collected, items are stored and organized by using simple online lists, which can be kept private or shared with others.  From wedding and baby, to gadgets and fashion, any kind of list can be created.  Users can collect and discover products they like, recommend their favorite things, share and explore gift suggestions, receive price comparisons and sale alerts, and ask for opinions and advice.  Once the Wishpot toolbar is downloaded, items from any online store or website can be saved with the simple click of a button.  Start shopping, storing, sharing, and saving with Wishpot!