Add Physical Gifts Without Being Tied to a Store

One of the biggest advantages of a universal gift registry is freedom of choice.

Sent With Love isn’t affiliated with or tied to particular retailers, giving you greater flexibility when you create your gift registry. Registry owners can add physical items they would love to receive without requiring their guests to purchase those gifts through a specific store.

For example, you might add:

• a dinner set
• a coffee machine
• new luggage
• a cot or change table
• homewares
• sporting equipment
• furniture
• something completely unique to you

When a guest decides to purchase one of these physical gifts, they can reserve the item on your registry.

The guest is then free to source the gift from a store of their choice.

Once reserved, the gift is marked as sold on the registry, helping prevent another guest from choosing the same item.

Even better, Sent With Love does not charge a fee for physical gifts that are reserved this way.

How Does Reserving a Physical Gift Work?

No Sent With Love fee applies to reserved physical gifts.

The process is deliberately simple.

You add the physical item you would like to your Sent With Love registry. A guest viewing your registry can choose that gift and reserve it.

Once it has been reserved, the registry shows that the item has been taken, so other guests know to choose something else.

The guest then purchases the item themselves from whichever retailer they prefer.

This gives your guests flexibility too. They may find the item locally, take advantage of a sale, use loyalty points or purchase it from a retailer they already know and trust.

Because the transaction doesn’t pass through Sent With Love, there is no Sent With Love transaction fee for reserved physical gifts.

Add Gifts Your Guests Can Contribute Cash Towards

Cash Gifts With a Low 1.9% Fee

Sent With Love keeps cash gifting simple with a low 1.9% Sent With Love platform fee on cash transactions.

That means registry owners can combine cash contribution gifts with physical gifts without having to create separate registries.

You could have a registry containing:

Physical gifts to reserve:
Dinnerware, towels, a coffee machine or baby products.

Larger gifts to contribute towards:
Furniture, appliances, a pram or home improvements.

Experiences and goals:
A honeymoon, flights, accommodation or another meaningful experience.

It’s one registry, but it doesn’t restrict you to one type of gift.

Universal Gift Registry vs Traditional Store Registry

	Universal Gift Registry	Traditional Store Registry
Physical gifts	✓	✓
Cash contributions	✓	Sometimes
Gifts from different stores	✓	Usually restricted
Guest can choose retailer	✓	Usually no
Experiences and goals	✓	Limited
Physical gift reservation	Free with Sent With Love	Varies
Mix cash + physical gifts	✓	Depends on retailer

With Sent With Love, your registry isn’t built around one retailer’s catalogue. You decide what belongs on it.

Why Choose a Universal Registry Instead of a Store Registry?

A traditional store registry is designed around the retailer’s products.

A universal gift registry is designed around you.

You’re not forced to choose everything from one product catalogue, and your guests aren’t necessarily required to purchase from one particular retailer.

That can be especially useful when you’re creating a registry today, because many people already own the traditional household items that once dominated wedding and gift registries.

You might need a few physical products, but you’d also appreciate contributions towards something bigger.

Why should you have to choose?

With Sent With Love, you can mix the two.

A Universal Wedding Registry That Fits Modern Couples

A universal wedding registry can be particularly useful for couples who have already established a home together.

You may not need 50 traditional household gifts.

Instead, your ideal wedding registry might include a new cookware set, a few pieces of furniture, contributions towards your honeymoon and perhaps a larger item you’ve been saving for.

For Australian couples who don’t want to be restricted to a single retailer, a universal wedding registry provides a much more flexible approach.

Your registry. Your way.

Universal Registries Aren’t Just for Weddings

The same flexibility can work for other celebrations.

A universal baby registry, for example, could contain physical gifts that guests can reserve alongside cash contribution gifts for more expensive purchases.

Parents may know they want a particular pram, cot or change table but prefer to choose the exact model or retailer themselves. Guests can contribute towards the purchase instead.

Alternatively, specific physical gifts can be added to the registry and reserved by friends and family.

The same approach can work for birthdays and other milestone celebrations.

More Choice for Your Guests, Too

Flexibility isn’t only useful for the person creating the registry.

Guests benefit as well.

If they reserve a physical gift, they aren’t forced to purchase it from a retailer selected by the registry platform. They can shop around and choose where they buy it.

If they’d rather contribute towards something larger, they can choose a cash contribution gift.

It creates more ways to give while still helping the registry owner receive something they genuinely want.

One Registry. Physical Gifts, Cash Contributions and More.

A gift registry should make giving easier, not create unnecessary restrictions.

Sent With Love’s flexible approach lets you create a universal gift registry containing the things that matter to you.

Add physical gifts that guests can reserve and purchase from a retailer of their choice. There is no Sent With Love fee for these reserved physical gifts.

Add larger gifts, experiences or goals that friends and family can contribute cash towards, with a low 1.9% Sent With Love platform fee on cash transactions.

And because Sent With Love isn’t tied to particular stores, your registry isn’t built around what a retailer wants to sell.

It’s built around what you actually want.

Universal Gift Registry FAQs

What is a universal gift registry?

A universal gift registry allows you to create a gift list without being restricted to products from one particular retailer. Sent With Love lets you combine physical gifts, cash contribution gifts, experiences and other goals within one registry.

Can I add gifts from different stores?

Yes. Sent With Love isn’t tied to specific retailers. You can add the physical gifts you want, and guests who reserve those gifts can purchase them from a store of their choice.

Does Sent With Love charge a fee for physical gifts?

No Sent With Love fee applies when a guest reserves a physical gift from your registry and purchases it independently from a retailer.

Can guests contribute towards expensive gifts?

Yes. You can create gifts that allow guests to make cash contributions, making it possible for several guests to contribute towards larger purchases, experiences or goals.

What is the Sent With Love fee for cash contributions?

Sent With Love charges a low 1.9% platform fee on cash transactions.

Can I have cash gifts and physical gifts on the same registry?

Yes. This is one of the main benefits of Sent With Love. You can combine physical gifts that guests reserve with gifts and experiences that guests contribute cash towards.

Create a Registry That’s Truly Yours

Physical gifts. Cash contributions. Experiences. Big-ticket goals. One flexible registry.