Most wishlist apps only work with a short list of big retailers. You paste a link from anywhere else and you get a blank card with no title, no image, and no price. WishGrid takes a different approach: it reads the link itself, so you can save an item from almost any store, marketplace, or small independent shop.
Here is how to add items from anywhere, whether you are on your phone or at a desktop.
Share a link straight from any shopping app
This is the fastest way and it works from inside native apps, not just websites.
- Find the product in whatever app you are already using.
- Tap the share icon.
- Choose WishGrid from the share sheet.
- Pick the wishlist you want it in.
WishGrid opens with the title, image, and price already filled in. Adjust anything you want, add a note about size or colour, and save.
Sharing from native apps is where most wishlist tools break down. They only parse links from a handful of websites, so a share from a shopping app either fails or lands as a bare URL. WishGrid resolves the link first, then pulls the details.
Paste a link on the web
On a laptop the flow is just as short.
- Copy the product URL from your browser’s address bar.
- Open your wishlist on wishgrid.io.
- Paste the link into the add field.
The title, images, and price are fetched automatically.
Add an item manually
Some links cannot be read - members-only stores, checkout pages behind a login, or a stall at a local market with no website at all. Those still belong on your list.
Add the item by hand instead: give it a name, an optional price, an optional image, and a note. A gift idea with no link is still a gift idea, and the people shopping for you would rather see it than not.
What works and what does not
| Source | What happens |
|---|---|
| Major retailers and marketplaces | Title, image, and price pulled automatically |
| Links shared from native shopping apps | Resolved and filled in, same as web links |
| Small independent shops | Usually works - depends on how the shop’s page is built |
| Login-gated or checkout pages | Add manually |
If a link comes back with missing details, you can always edit the card afterwards. Nothing gets stuck.
Tips for a list people can actually shop from
Add the variant, not just the product. Link the exact colour and size where you can, or write it in the note. It saves the person buying a guess.
Group by occasion. Separate lists for a birthday, a wedding, and a house move are easier to share than one long list with everything mixed together.
Share the wishlist link, not a screenshot. One link stays up to date as you add things. A screenshot is stale the moment you send it.
Booking stops the duplicates
Once your list is shared, anyone able to view it can mark an item as booked. The item stays visible to everyone else as taken, so nobody buys the same thing twice.