Gift Registries, Cash Gifts & Wishlists on Your Invitation

Fotify's gift section lets you tell guests exactly how they can celebrate you — store registries, cash gifts with scannable QR codes, a reservable wishlist of specific items, and charity donations — all on the same digital invitation they already use to RSVP.

Fotify never touches the money. Guests pay you directly through your own accounts; Fotify just makes it effortless for them and keeps you organized with reservation counts and a thank-you list.

Step 1: Open the Gift section

Go to your event dashboard at dashboard.fotify.app
Select your event and open the Gifts tab
Click Set up the gift section (or the Set up view at the top of the tab) and turn on "Enable gift section on invitation"

The same editor also lives under Invitation → Sections → Gift Registry; whichever you use, changes go live on the invitation as soon as you save. The Gifts tab has two views: Activity (what guests did) and Set up (what guests see), so you never have to leave the tab to change something.

You can add an optional custom title (e.g. "Our Wishes") and a personal message such as "Your presence is the only gift we need — but if you'd like to contribute, here are a few ways". Any web address you write into that message becomes a tappable link for guests.

You can also customize what guests see right after they confirm they've sent a gift: a heading (e.g. "Thank you!") and a message below it (e.g. "Thank you so much — we'll send a personal note soon ❤️"). Leave either blank to use the default wording.

Step 2: Add a reservable wishlist

A wishlist holds specific items you'd love to receive. Unlike a plain store link, guests can reserve an item so two people don't buy the same thing.

For each item you can add:

A name (e.g. "Espresso machine")
An optional description, price, and photo
An optional link to where it can be bought
A quantity (how many you'd like)

When a guest reserves an item, it's marked as taken for everyone else, and you'll see the reservation count next to each item in your dashboard. Guests can undo their own reservation if their plans change.

Step 3: Add cash gifts with QR codes

Under Monetary Contributions, add any way you'd like to receive money. Fotify supports bank transfer, PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, Cash App, Revolut, Wise, Pix (Brazil), Bizum (Spain), UPI (India), Swish (Sweden), MobilePay (Denmark and Finland), Vipps (Norway), TWINT (Switzerland), BLIK (Poland), Tikkie (Netherlands), MB WAY (Portugal), Satispay (Italy), Bit and PayBox (Israel), a honeymoon fund, crypto, and a custom option.

For each one, enter a title and the details guests need (an account number, email, handle, or key). Leave the title blank and the card is headed with the method itself ("PayPal", "Bank transfer", "Pix"). Guests get a one-tap copy button on the details, and whenever there's something a payment app can actually scan, a Show QR code button reveals a "Scan to pay" QR code — no typing long IBANs on a phone. If you only supply a payment link and no details, the card shows just the buttons, with no empty text to copy.

Bank transfers have dedicated fields for the account holder name, IBAN, and an optional BIC/SWIFT. Fill in the name and IBAN and Fotify generates a SEPA transfer QR code (the official EPC format) that guests can scan with their banking app to pre-fill the transfer. Unlike payment links from your bank, this QR never expires and can be used by any number of guests.

For other methods, paste a ready-made payment link or code in the optional payment link / QR value field — for example a paypal.me link or a Pix copia-e-cola payload. PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Revolut and Wise usernames, crypto addresses, and Pix codes entered in the details field also get a QR automatically.

UPI has its own QR: enter your UPI ID (for example name@okaxis) in the details and your name in the payee name field, and guests get a code any UPI app (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM or a banking app) can scan. For Swish, enter your Swish number (for example 070 123 45 67) and guests scan the code with the Swish app to get your number filled in, with the amount left for them to choose. Apps paid by phone number, such as MobilePay, TWINT, BLIK, MB WAY or Bit, show your number with a copy button; if the app gives you a payment link, paste it in the payment link field to add a button and a QR.

When what you paste is a real web link, guests get a "Send your gift" button next to the QR button that opens it directly — which is what most of them will use, since a guest reading the invitation on their phone can't scan a QR code shown on that same screen. You can write the link with or without https://; both work. Codes that aren't web links (a Pix copia-e-cola payload, a crypto address, a bank QR) stay scan-and-copy only, because there's nothing for a browser to open.

Step 4: Add store registries and charities (optional)

Gift Registries — link out to registries you've created on other stores (Amazon, a department store, a honeymoon site). Each becomes a tidy card with the store name and an optional description.
Charitable Donations — if you'd prefer guests give to a cause, list charities with an optional link and short description.

Add, edit, and reorder any item with the arrows, then click Save Changes.

What guests see

On the invitation, guests see your gift section with everything you've set up. They can:

Browse and reserve wishlist items
Tap a payment link, scan a QR code, or copy the details to send a cash gift
Tap "I sent a gift" to let you know they contributed — optionally adding an amount, a message, and a screenshot of the transfer

The gift section renders beautifully in the standard design and in every premium template (Atelier, Cinematic, Marigold, Vesper, and Linen). For more on designs, see customizing your invitation.

Each kind of gift sits on its own card, headed "Gift Registries", "Monetary Contributions", "Charitable Donations" or your wishlist title. Those headings are there to tell one kind from another, so the premium templates leave them out when you offer only one kind. If they get in the way — most often when the whole section says one thing, such as asking for no gifts at all — untick Label each group of gifts in the Gift section and none of ours will appear. A wishlist title you typed yourself always shows.

Tracking gifts and saying thank you

Your event has a dedicated Gifts tab (next to Sub-events & VIP) where everything about gifts lives in one place. Its Activity view shows:

A summary header with items reserved, gifts received, and thanked counts
Wishlist claims grouped by item, so you can see who's getting what at a glance
The full Gifts Received list — name, amount, message, screenshot, and a Mark thanked button on each one

Guest names that came in through an RSVP link are clickable: tap one to open that guest's details — their full RSVP, plus-ones, and contact details — right there in the tab.

Switch to the Set up view to edit the section itself: the wishlist (with live reservation counts such as 1/2 reserved next to each item), cash options, registries and charities, exactly as described in the steps above. If you switch the section off, the tab keeps showing the activity so far and reminds you it's hidden on the invitation. Fotify emails you whenever a guest reserves an item or sends a gift confirmation, so nothing slips through the cracks.

Turning the Emails Off

If you'd rather not be emailed on every reservation, open the Gifts tab's Activity view and use the Gift Notifications toggle at the bottom. Switching it off stops the emails only — reservations and gift confirmations are still recorded, and the Gifts tab keeps showing everything as it comes in. The setting applies to that one event, and it's separate from your RSVP notifications, so turning one off leaves the other running.

Plans

Setting up registries, cash options with QR codes, and charities is available on every event. The interactive extras — guests reserving wishlist items and sending "I sent a gift" confirmations — are available on paid and subscription events. See pricing for details.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Does Fotify process the payments or take a fee? A: No. Fotify never handles the money and charges no gift fees. Guests pay you directly through whatever method you list — the QR codes and copy buttons just make it faster for them.

Q: Can guests reserve the same item twice? A: No. Once an item's quantity is reserved, it's shown as taken to other guests. Each guest can undo their own reservation if needed.

Q: Is the cash amount required when a guest sends a gift confirmation? A: No. The amount, message, and screenshot are all optional. Only a name is needed so you know who to thank.

Q: Can I stop the email I get every time a guest reserves a gift? A: Yes. Open the Gifts tab and turn off Gift Notifications. You'll still see every reservation and gift confirmation in that tab — only the emails stop. This is per event and doesn't affect your RSVP notifications.

Q: Do I have to go to the Invitation tab to change my wishlist or cash options? A: No. The Gifts tab's Set up view is the full editor — the same one as Invitation → Sections → Gift Registry. Use whichever is closer; both save to the same section.

Q: Can I mix a wishlist, cash gifts, and a charity? A: Yes. Show any combination — a curated wishlist, one or more cash options, store registries, and charities all at once.

Q: Why doesn't my cash option show a QR code? A: A QR only appears when there's something a payment app can scan: a payment link or code, a PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Revolut or Wise username, a crypto address, a Pix code, a Swish number, a UPI ID together with your name — or, for bank transfers, the account holder name and IBAN. Plain text like an account number alone can't be scanned as a payment, so no QR is shown for it.

Q: Why doesn't my cash option show a "Send your gift" button? A: That button only appears when the option resolves to a web address — a link you pasted in the payment link field, or a PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Revolut or Wise username, which Fotify turns into a profile link. A Pix copia-e-cola payload, a UPI or Swish QR, a crypto address and a bank transfer QR are codes for a payment app to read, not pages a browser can open, so those stay scan-and-copy. If you meant to add a link and don't see the button, check the payment link field contains a real address (e.g. paypal.me/yourname) rather than a handle or code.