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title: "Wishlist Maker with a Shareable Link | Bright Basketry"
description: "Make a wishlist and share it as one link. The list is packed into the link itself, after the #, so it is never sent to or stored on any server."
url: https://brightbasketry.shop/wishlist-maker/
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# Wishlist maker with a shareable link

Write down what you would love this year, add sizes and rough prices, then send the whole list as one link. No account, and no copy kept on any server.

## What people will see

Wishlist

## Alex's winter wishlist

Anything from here would make my day. Secondhand is great too!

### Would love most

- Thick wool socks Size 9–11, any colour except beige about 15
- A beginner's watercolour set 12 or more half pans with a small brush 20–30

### Would like

- Paperback mystery novel Anything set in a small seaside town under 15
- Ticket to the winter lights trail Any evening in December about 25

### Small idea

- Homemade biscuits No nuts, please

**Signing up for a store's gift registry?**Many shops ask for an email address before they show a registry or a coupon code. A [free temporary inbox from CleanTempMail](https://cleantempmail.com/) takes that sign-up mail and deletes it after 3 days, so your own inbox stays clear for messages from the people on your list.

## How the link keeps your list private

Give your list a title and, if you like, a note for givers. Add each item with details that help someone choose (size, colour, "secondhand is fine") and a rough price. **How much you want it** sorts items into Would love most, Would like and Small idea, so people can see what matters.

The share link updates as you type. Copy it into a message or a card; whoever opens it sees the finished list, ready to copy or print.

Everything you write is packed into the part of the link after the # sign, called the fragment. As [MDN's guide to URI fragments](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/URI/Reference/Fragment) puts it, the fragment is not sent to the server when the page is requested (see also [RFC 3986, section 3.5](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#section-3.5)). So the list never reaches this site: it travels only inside the link you send. Your draft is also kept in this browser's local storage so you can come back to it.

Long lists make long links. Past about 2,000 characters some apps may cut a link short, so keep details brief.

## Questions

**Who can see my wishlist?**

Only people who have the link. There is no copy on a server, so nobody can find it by searching, but anyone you forward the link to can read it.

**How do I change the list after sending it?**

Edit it here and send the new link. The old link keeps showing the old list, because each link carries its own copy.

**Can givers mark something as bought?**

Not on the shared link: nothing is stored centrally, so there is nowhere to record it. Givers can agree among themselves, or keep track of their own shopping in the gift tracker.