Twelve people want to join forces. Instead of twelve small things there is to be one item nobody buys on their own. Until now that meant: one person pays up front, keeps a list of names and amounts, and chases people for weeks.
This is the most honest occasion on the site, because it also says what does not work. A gift registry is not a cash book. What it can do is make the wish divisible – and that is enough for most group gifts.
The problem with a group gift is never the gift but the procedure around it.
Through shares everybody buys for themselves. Twelve orders instead of one, twelve customers instead of one – and nobody has to advance money or chase it.
This is what it looks like when a big item is divided through the quantity wished for. The price is the price of a share, not the total.
| Wish | Quantity | Price per share | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share of the gas barbecue | 12 | 65.00 € each | 5 of 12 available |
| Barbecue tool set | 1 | 49.00 € | Gifted |
| Barbecue gloves | 2 | 24.00 € each | 1 of 2 available |
| Barbecue book | 1 | 32.00 € | Currently reserved |
| Engraving for the lid | 1 | not in this shop | Already taken on |
Twelve times 65 € makes the 780 € for the barbecue. The guest sees "5 of 12 still available" and knows without asking how far the group has got. Whoever wants to give more takes two shares.
This page would be dishonest if it left this section out.
Whoever wants to collect and settle real amounts of money needs a voucher product or a service for it. Here the list only makes sure that everybody is talking about the same gift – and that everybody can see how far along it is.
Only the two together make a group gift workable.
The occasion where somebody other than the recipient keeps the list.
Ansehen → One channel, 9 wishesThe occasion where the list sits under a video and still nobody learns the address.
Ansehen → A country estate, 80 guestsThe classic: many guests, one date, and nobody should buy the same thing twice.
Ansehen →Not as an amount of money. What works: a wish with a high quantity where everybody takes a share, or a voucher from your range as a wish. Settling amounts is something the plugin cannot do.
Enter the big wish with the number of people as the quantity. Everybody takes a share, and the list shows everyone how many are still missing.
As much as the product divided by the number of shares. The price is on the wish; nothing has to be worked out.
They see how many shares are taken. Names only appear where the giver did not want to stay anonymous.
Yes, if the shop allows reserving. That helps with talking it over before anybody buys.
The wish stays partly taken and visibly open for others. Whoever wants to takes the rest.
Yes, as a wish outside the shop. One person takes it over and looks after it; for the others it is then marked as taken.