What this plugin cannot do
An overview in which your own product wins everywhere is not an overview.
Do I need a plugin for this?
Four ways are open: stay with Shopware's built-in wishlist, buy a wishlist plugin, use an external portal, or run this plugin. In English both of the first two are called a wishlist, and they are not the same thing: the built-in one is a list for yourself, a plugin adds several of them and a link to share. They do different things and they cost different amounts. This overview shows both, including the rows where we are not in front.
Signs in the table: present · limited or not documented · not present · plain statement without a verdict
| Feature | Shopware wishlist | Wishlist plugin | External portal | This plugin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The list | ||||
| Several lists per customer | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Occasion, date and place on the list | no | not documented | yes | yes |
| A description for the guests | no | not documented | yes | yes |
| Desired quantity per wish | no | not documented | yes | yes |
| Wishes the shop does not sell | no | no | yes | yes |
| A visual theme per occasion | no | no | yes | yes |
| Sharing | ||||
| Share a list by link | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Switch between public and private | no | yes | yes | yes |
| A readable short link | no | not documented | yes | yes |
| Password protection for the list | no | no | per provider | yes |
| Not findable by search engines | not applicable | not documented | per provider | yes |
| Follow a list | no | no | yes | yes |
| No double purchases | ||||
| Guests buy straight from the list | no | add to cart only | yes | yes |
| Bought wishes disappear | no | no | yes | yes |
| Reserve without buying | no | no | yes | yes |
| A reservation expires on its own | no | no | per provider | yes |
| The order state decides what counts as bought | no | no | no | yes |
| Partial quantities possible | no | no | per provider | yes |
| Privacy | ||||
| Delivery to the recipient | no | no | ships to the giver | yes |
| Address masked for the giver | no | no | no | yes |
| Display name instead of the real one | no | no | per provider | yes |
| The giver can stay anonymous | no | no | per provider | yes |
| Surprise guard for the owner | no | no | per provider | yes |
| No exchange of mail addresses | not applicable | not applicable | no | yes |
| Around the purchase | ||||
| Gift options for a surcharge | no | no | per provider | yes |
| Thank-you notes through the shop | no | no | per provider | yes |
| Reminders by mail | no | price alert | yes | yes |
| Moderation of reported lists | not applicable | no | yes | yes |
| Word filter for customer texts | not applicable | no | per provider | yes |
| Import and export wishes as CSV | no | yes | per provider | no |
| Price alert on a price drop | no | yes | no | no |
| The frame | ||||
| Where the data lives | in the shop | in the shop | with the provider | in the shop |
| The order runs through your shop | not applicable | yes | no | yes |
| The revenue stays with you | not applicable | yes | no | yes |
| Reach from outside | none | none | its own audience | none |
| Lists across several shops | no | no | yes | no |
| Running costs | none | from €16.66 a month | per provider | from €0 |
The wishlist plugin column comes from the publicly visible store listings in the wishlist category of the Shopware store, checked on 4 September 2026. Where nothing is stated there, the cell is marked as not documented rather than as missing. The listing itself is always what counts. The external portal column describes gift registry services outside the shop as a kind, not one particular provider.
The three rows where we are not in front
Common questions
Can Shopware do gift registries out of the box?
No. Shopware ships a wishlist - the feature its German storefront calls Merkzettel: a list for yourself, not for sharing and without any reconciliation. There is no occasion, no reservation, no detection of a purchase and no masked delivery. For a celebration that is not enough.
What is the difference between a wishlist plugin and a gift registry?
A wish list is there to be looked at, a gift registry to be bought from. The wishlist plugins in the store offer several lists per customer and a link to share. What they do not offer is the reconciliation: that a bought wish disappears for the others, that it can be reserved, and that delivery goes to the recipient without the giver learning the address.
When is an external gift registry portal the better choice?
When the list is meant to span several shops, or when you want the portal's own audience. In return the order does not run through your shop, the revenue does not stay with you, and the customers' data sits with the provider.
What can this plugin not do?
Three things, and they are in the table. It brings no reach from outside. It cannot keep a list across several shops. And it has no CSV import and no price alert, as individual wishlist plugins offer.
Does the gift registry replace Shopware's built-in wishlist?
No, it stands beside it. Shopware's wishlist stays what it is: a list for yourself. The gift registry is the list you hand on.
Where do the figures on the wishlist plugins come from?
From the publicly visible store listings in the wishlist category of the Shopware store, checked on 4 September 2026. Where nothing is stated there, the cell is marked as not documented rather than as missing. The listing itself is always what counts.