How to Make an Amazon Wishlist and Share It (2026)

To make an Amazon wishlist on the website, open Account & Lists, select Your Lists, then Create a List. Type a name and select Create List. Save products to it with the Add to List button on any product page; a new List stays private until you share it.

Below: the exact steps, how to share the List, how family buys from it, what Amazon Lists can't hold, and how to keep gifts from other stores on the same list. Amazon's menus now call a wishlist a "List," so that's the word used below. Every Amazon step was checked against Amazon's help pages and its About Amazon guide on October 2, 2026.

How do you create an Amazon wishlist?

Amazon's help page Create Your List gives these steps for the website:

1. Sign in and hover over or select Account & Lists at the top of the page.
2. Select Your Lists.
3. Select Create a List and type a name, such as "Maya's Birthday" or "Christmas 2026."
4. Select Create List.
5. Open the List's ⋯ (three dots) menu and choose Manage List to set the shipping address and other options, then select Save Changes.

You can repeat this to make as many Lists as you like; Amazon says the number is unlimited. One List per occasion or person keeps things clear for the people shopping for you.

In the Amazon Shopping app, Amazon's own guide (updated July 2025) says to tap the three-line menu icon in the bottom-right corner, then Lists. App layouts change between updates, so if that icon has moved, look for Lists under your account.

List, Gift List or registry: which did you make?

Amazon offers several kinds of list, and they behave differently. The steps above create a standard List, which is what most people mean by an Amazon wishlist.

Gift Lists are created from Your Registries and Gift Lists with Create a Registry or Gift List, and items go on them through the Add to Registry & Gifting menu under Add to Cart. The rest of this guide covers the standard List.

How do you add items to your Amazon list?

Select Add to List on any product page. If you have more than one List, the drop-down next to the button lets you choose which one, or create a new List on the spot. Amazon's help page says items go to your default List when you select Add to List without choosing.

A few details worth knowing:

• Add context for gift-givers. From an item's ⋯ menu, choose Add comments, quantity & priority to note a size or color, ask for two, or mark what matters most.
• Some items can't be added. Amazon lists out-of-stock products, out-of-print books, phones with service plans, items with no release date, items with quantity limits and pharmacy items as exceptions.
• Items from other sellers on Amazon work differently. A third-party seller's item can be on your List, but gift-givers may see See Buying Options instead of Add to Cart.

How do you share an Amazon wishlist?

Amazon's Find a List help page says someone who wants to see a List should ask the owner to share it, so the link is what matters. From Amazon's Share Your List page:

1. Go to Your Lists and open the List.
2. Select + Invite or the share icon.
3. Choose View only. Amazon describes it this way: "Anyone with a link can view your list."
4. Select Copy link to paste it into a text, group chat or card, or choose Invite by email.

Choose View and edit only for people who should change the List with you, such as a partner: they can add and remove items, change quantity and priority, and comment. Amazon notes that sending this kind of invite changes a Private List to Shared.

For more ways to send a list without it feeling awkward, see our guide to sharing a gift list online.

How does family buy from your Amazon wishlist?

Once someone opens your link, buying works like any Amazon order, using their own Amazon account:

1. They select Add to Cart from your List or from the product page, then check out.
2. At checkout they can send it to the shipping address on your List. Amazon's Purchase from a List help page says only your name and city appear on that default address, and its shipping-address page says givers see your name, city and state, while "We hide your street address to protect your privacy."
3. They can add a gift message or gift wrap where offered.
4. The item moves to the List's purchased section, so other givers can see it has been bought.

What you see: with Don't spoil my surprises on (the default), Amazon keeps gifts bought for you looking unpurchased to you for several weeks and warns you if you try to buy one yourself. That only works while you're signed in: Amazon warns that viewing your List signed out may reveal a surprise. To change the setting, open the List's ⋯ menu, select Manage List, check or uncheck it, and select Save Changes.

One privacy detail to know: Amazon's shipping-address page says third-party sellers who fulfill an order receive the recipient's name, address and phone number, as they would for any delivery.

What can't an Amazon wishlist do?

An Amazon List is built for Amazon's catalog, and it does that job well. Its limits come from the same design:

• Only Amazon products can be bought from it. The Amazon Assistant browser extension used to save products from other websites to a List; Amazon retired it in 2023, and Amazon's old help page on adding items from other websites now redirects to its general Lists help. The candle from an Etsy shop, the sweater from a brand's own site or the book from a local bookstore can't go on your List as something people can buy.
• Every gift checks out on Amazon. That's convenient for givers who shop there, and it means the List can only point them to Amazon.
• Experiences and cash can only be a note. Concert tickets, a class or a contribution toward a trip have no Amazon product page, so a giver has nothing to buy or contribute to.
• Each kind of list follows its own rules. As the table above shows, Lists, Gift Lists and registries handle purchases and surprises differently, which can confuse givers who use more than one.

None of this is a reason to stop using Amazon for Amazon items. It matters when your wishes span more than one store. If you're weighing those tradeoffs in detail, our comparison of an Amazon List and a wishlist for any store walks through them and covers a full move step by step.

How do you add gifts from other stores to the same list?

Use a universal wishlist, which holds items from any store on one link. GiftList is a free one, and it can import the Amazon List you already made, so you don't have to start from scratch.

1. Make the Amazon List viewable by link. Set it to Shared or Public, or use View only sharing as above. GiftList can't import an Amazon List set to Private, or a View and edit invite link, which only opens behind Amazon sign-in.
2. Create a free GiftList list. Sign up for GiftList and create a list for the occasion.
3. Import your Amazon List. On your list, select the pencil icon (List settings), find Import list or registry and select Import items, then choose Amazon and paste the List's link. You'll see a preview and can choose which items to bring over. Pasting an Amazon List link into Add gift opens the same importer.
4. Check the result. Imports can be partial or fail, so compare the GiftList list with your Amazon List and add anything missing by pasting its product link or entering it by hand. Product details fill in when available, and you can edit them.
5. Add everything Amazon couldn't hold. Paste a product link from any store, or add an item manually for an experience or a cash gift.
6. Share one link. Givers open the list, see each item and buy it from whichever store sells it. Amazon items still check out on Amazon. Gift-givers can reserve gifts without a GiftList account, so others can see what's taken.

A few things to know before you import:

• Already-bought items stay behind. The importer leaves out anything already bought from your Amazon List and tells you how many, which can give away a surprise. If you can, import between occasions.
• Comments and priorities don't come across. Re-add sizes, colors and notes on the GiftList item.
• It's a one-time copy. Later changes to the Amazon List don't update your GiftList list; importing the same List again adds new items and skips ones already there.

GiftList can also import a wishlist or registry from Target, Walmart, Etsy or Anthropologie, up to 1,000 items per import.

Two practical differences from an Amazon List are worth knowing. First, a giver buying from several stores checks out at each one, and each store's return policy applies.

Second, if you want gifts mailed to you, add delivery details in the list's settings. Unlike Amazon, GiftList doesn't hide the street: anyone who can open your list sees the full address when they go to buy or reserve a gift.

To start from scratch instead of importing, our guide to creating a universal wishlist covers setup, or go straight to GiftList's free wishlist maker.

What should you check before sending the link?

• The List has a clear name, like "Maya's Birthday," not "Stuff."
• Each item has its quantity, plus sizes or colors in its comments.
• The shipping address is set in Manage List, if you want gifts sent to you.
• Don't spoil my surprises is set the way you want it.
• You shared with View only, not View and edit, for gift-givers.
• Wishes from other stores have a home, on a universal list if your Amazon List can't hold them.