How to Create (and Share) Your Amazon Wish List Before Prime Day
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With October’s Prime Day approaching, it’s a great time to create an Amazon wish list to keep track of all the purchases you plan to make using your Prime account . You can also share your list with friends or family (hint, hint) in case they need gift ideas in the future.
How to Create and Add to an Amazon Wishlist
To create an Amazon wish list in your browser, hover over “Accounts & Lists” in the upper-right corner of the navigation bar and select “Create List” in the left column. (You can also access this by clicking “Accounts & Lists” > “Your Lists” > “Create List” ). Enter a name for the list in the pop-up window and click “Create List.”
To create a new list in the Amazon Shopping app, select the profile icon in the bottom navigation bar and tap “Your Lists .” Tap the plus sign next to “Your Lists & Registry,” enter a name for the list, and tap “Create List.”
To add a product to your wishlist, go to the product page and look for the “Add to wishlist” drop-down menu (on mobile, it’s just text) below the “Add to Cart/Buy Now” field. You can select an existing wishlist or click “Create wishlist” to create a new one right there.
If you create a public list, its name and contents will be visible to anyone you share the link with. However, your address will not be visible to anyone. Only your city will be visible.
How to Share an Amazon Wish List
All Amazon wish lists are private by default, but you can share specific lists with friends and family. If you’re using a browser, open the menu in the upper right corner, find the list you want to share, and tap “Invite” or “Send List to Others .” On the mobile app, look for the menu in the bottom row of buttons. It looks like three stacked lines. In the menu, you’ll see a “Lists” button; tapping it will reveal all your wish lists, which you can open and invite others to share. As with other options, you can allow others to view and edit your wish list, or just view it, as well as copy the link to your list or invite others via email.
If you decide to change your privacy settings, update your list name, or allow Alexa to add items to your list, simply hover over the three horizontal dots next to “More” and select “Manage List .” You can also enable “Don’t spoil my surprises” if you want others to gift you items from your wish list without your knowledge. If this option is checked, Amazon won’t notify you when something from your wish list has been purchased for you, and the platform will keep that item available on your list. Only if you try to buy the item yourself will Amazon display the surprise. You can also turn on or off the ” Keep purchased items in this list” option, which is useful if you want more than one item.