First things first – what is Wishful? Wishful is a digital wishing well – essentially the same as an online cash registry or honeymoon fund. It can be used for any type of occasion – from weddings, to milestone birthdays, to engagements, to baby showers and beyond! It replaces the physical wishing well and traditional gift registry concepts (i.e. no more last-minute scrambles to the ATM or old-fashioned registries filled with homewares). For more about digital wishing wells, see <a href="https://wishful.love/inspiration/our-mission" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. Here are some of the reasons why people love Wishful: Honest: no artificial registries for the sake of listing items, just an authentic cash gifting experience that allows you to share as much (or as little) as you like about how you intend to use your cash gifts Sustainable: reduce waste by ensuring you have the ability to choose gifts or experiences that mean the most to you Aesthetic: designed as a neutral backdrop to complement any style of event – make it your own with a perfect image and description Meaningful: the ability to view and respond to messages makes the gifting experience feel personal and meaningful at every step Secure: integrated with world-class payment processing technology to ensure a safe and secure gifting experience&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Reasons to love Wishful

Cash gifting is here to stay, but we know asking for money doesn’t always feel so natural. Using a dedicated gifting platform takes a lot of this stress away – all you have to do is share a link to your personalised gifting page (see <a href="https://wishful.love/inspiration/how-to-share-your-page" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>). Just like that – the hard work is (almost) done! If you’re feeling stuck with what kind of blurb to include on your gifting page, below are some tried and tested examples. Feel free to adapt as you like and always remember to go with whatever feels right for you. And remember, there is nothing rude about making sure you receive what you really want – gifting is customary across so many cultures, and the kindest thing to do is to make sure your gifts don’t go to waste! ** Keep it simple&nbsp;We are so excited to celebrate with you!&nbsp;If you would like to give us a gift, we would be very grateful for a contribution to our wishing well.&nbsp;We would also love if you could leave us a message below in lieu of a card. Can’t wait to see you soon!&nbsp;&lt;3 Elle and Ben&nbsp;For the adventure-seekers&nbsp;We feel very lucky to already have all the creature-comforts we could ever imagine and your presence at our celebration is honestly all we really want! However, if you are inclined to give us a gift, we do love an adventure and are currently planning our dream trip to * insert exciting destination *.&nbsp;Your gift will help make our trip a memorable one and we are so appreciative!&nbsp;Feel free to send us any travel tips along with your message below – we would love any recommendations for sites to see, trails to walk or places to eat!&nbsp;Love always, Elle and Ben&nbsp;For the artistically inclined&nbsp;Our celebration is approaching and we cannot wait to share the occasion with you all!&nbsp;If you would like to give us a gift, we would love a contribution to a piece of art for our new home.&nbsp;We are so excited about finding the perfect piece to keep forever as a reminder of this special time in our lives.&nbsp;So looking forward to celebrating with you soon.&nbsp;All our love, Elle and Ben&nbsp;New home energy&nbsp;Hello beautiful family and friends!&nbsp;We are so looking forward to celebrating our special day with you all.&nbsp;By way of gifts (which are not necessary but are very much appreciated), we would be grateful for any contribution to our future life together!&nbsp;This will help us make our house a home and ensure we have everything we need to eat, sleep and host in style!&nbsp;Lots of love &lt;3 Elle and Ben

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Four ways to ask for cash gifts

Congrats, you’ve made a gifting page! Now its time to share it so you can start receiving gifts (and if you haven’t made one yet, click <a href="https://wishful.love/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> to get started). As part of making your gifting page, you will have chosen a unique URL link. The best way to share your URL link will depend on how you plan to tell loved ones about your special day… Paper invites If you are going with paper invites – include your unique URL link on the invitation, together with a short introduction. Something along the lines of the below always works well: If you would like to give us a gift, we would be grateful for contributions to our wishing well via [insert your custom URL] Your presence is the greatest gift we could ask for, but should you wish to mark this celebration with a gift, you can find our gifting page here: [insert your custom URL] Gifts are not necessary, but if you insist, we would be grateful for contributions via [insert your custom URL] Remember, if you want to change your unique URL, you can do this at any time by editing your event – but make sure you choose your final URL before sending out any printed invites! Digital invites All digital invite providers are designed to incorporate links to external registries or wishing wells. For example, if you are using a provider like Paperless Post, you will have the option to add a hyperlink or button, taking guests straight to your Wishful gifting page! If you don’t need the assistance of a tool like Paperless Post to manage RSVPs, you can even include the details of your celebration in the description on your gifting page and use it as a digital invite. Wedding websites If you have created a dedicated wedding website for your special day, make sure to include a hyperlink or button to your Wishful gifting page.&nbsp; This will allow guests to navigate straight to your gifting page when viewing your website – super simple! Text or email If you are creating your own invites to send out directly (for example via email or SMS), make sure to include the URL in your message – either as a hyperlink or just spell it out in the same way you would for a paper invite. ** There are lots of options – happy sharing!&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Tips on how to share your page

We created Wishful with a very clear mission in mind – to provide a platform for cash gifting that is modern, authentic and easy to use. Modern&nbsp;Times are changing, and we felt the cash gifting experience deserved a revamp. Thankfully, the etiquette around wedding gifts has evolved. Couples are no longer bound by old-fashioned expectations of kettles, dinner sets and toasters.&nbsp; Wishing wells, being the physical boxes often placed at the entrance to an event, have become increasingly common for events of all shapes and sizes. While this is a very welcome shift towards cash gifting, physical wishing wells don’t really reflect the reality of the cashless world we live in. Enter – Wishful – no more last-minute dashes to the ATM! Authentic&nbsp;Asking for what you really want is always going to be the most authentic experience, and we designed Wishful to enable people to do just that. While there are a number of platforms available that digitise the registry experience, these platforms often use items as placeholders, allowing users to essentially redeem the items that guests bought them for cash. Personally, we couldn’t think of anything worse than someone asking after the beautiful dinner set they thought they bought only for us to have to explain that it never really existed… Easy to use&nbsp;Wishful is designed to be intuitively easy to use. For hosts, you can personalise and share a gifting page in minutes. Guests can then give a gift, together with a beautiful message, all from the convenience of their phone via credit card payment, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Hosts can then reply to those messages, all within the Wishful platform. Easy and simple, backed by Stripe’s secure payment technology. If you haven’t already, sign up <a href="https://wishful.love/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;

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