So I was trying to get all my holiday shopping sorted out early this year - my family is doing a big gift exchange in Chicago next month and everyone is super picky about what they want - and I realized my bookmarks folder is an absolute disaster right now. I have tabs open for Amazon, Etsy, some random small clothing boutique in Portland, and like four different kitchen supply sites.

My logic was there has to be some kind of universal multi-store wishlist where I can just dump everything into one clean list and share it with people without driving them crazy with a million links. I spent the last hour Googling and I found things like MyRegistry and Thingtesting, but I keep getting confused by how they actually work. Like, I read that universal wishlist extensions are great, but some people on Reddit say they break all the time when sites update their checkout pages, or they only work for big box retailers and glitch out completely on smaller indie shops.

Another one I looked at seemed promising because you can add stuff from any browser, but then I saw reviews saying it forces your friends to sign up for an account just to view the list, which defeats the whole purpose since my grandma definitely isnt making a profile just to see what socks I want.

Is there actually a reliable website for a universal multi-store wishlist that doesnt require everyone to download a weird app or jump through hoops just to look at it? Or am I just chasing a unicorn here and stuck with the old school copy-paste notes doc?