How to Add Cash Gifts to Your Giftster Wishlist

Giftster makes holiday and birthday shopping a whole lot easier. You can keep a running wishlist for your kids, share it with family, and let everyone pick something they'll love.

But what if you'd also like family and friends to contribute toward your child's future?

Good news: You can add cash gifts to Giftster. And by linking to a free Greatest Gift registry, you can give loved ones an easy way to send money toward your child's savings, college fund, or other financial goals.

Here's how to set it up.

Can You Add Cash Gifts to Giftster?

Yes! Giftster lets you add cash gifts to your wishlist, just like toys, clothes, or anything else.

There's one important detail, though: Giftster doesn't actually collect the money. It helps you organize gift ideas and coordinate who's giving what, but cash gifts need to be sent separately.

That's where Greatest Gift comes in.

Greatest Gift gives your child a financial gifting page where family and friends can send money gifts, include personal messages, and contribute toward goals you've chosen for their future.

You can add that page to Giftster as a single wishlist item, right alongside everything else.

How to Add Greatest Gift to Your Giftster Wishlist

You only need one item on your Giftster list, and everyone can choose how much they'd like to give.

Here's how, using Giftster's add-item settings:

1. Create your Greatest Gift registry. Visit Greatest Gift and create a free gifting page for your child. Add a photo and set goals, whether that's college savings, their first investments, or simply getting a head start financially.

2. Copy your registry link. Once your page is ready, grab the shareable link.

3. Add a new item on Giftster. Open your child's wishlist and select Add Item.

4. Give it a name. Something like "Contribute to Emma's Future" works perfectly. Paste your Greatest Gift registry URL into Giftster's Web Link field.

5. Keep the amount flexible. Leave the price blank so nobody feels they need to give a particular amount. Set the quantity to a high number, like 20, so multiple people can choose this gift without making it unavailable to everyone else.

6. Add a short description. Explain what you're saving toward and let guests know they can choose any gift amount on Greatest Gift.

7. Save and share your list. Your child's financial gift option will now appear alongside the rest of their wishlist.

That's it! Family members can choose a toy, pick out a favorite book, or give something toward your child's future.

What Happens When Someone Gives a Cash Gift?

When a family member chooses the cash gift item on Giftster, they can follow the website link to your child's Greatest Gift page.

There, they choose an amount and send their financial gift.

Afterward, they can return to Giftster and mark one quantity of the item as Purchased.

Because you've set a high quantity, other relatives can still choose that same gift.

Just remember that Giftster and Greatest Gift don't automatically update each other. The actual financial gift is completed on Greatest Gift, while the Purchased status on Giftster is updated manually.

Make Holiday Cash Gifts Go Even Further With Gift Matching

Here's an idea we especially love for the holiday season.

What if you could give your family an extra reason to contribute toward your child's future?

With GG+ Gift Matching, a parent, grandparent, or another loved one can offer to match financial gifts up to a chosen limit.

Imagine Grandma offers to match up to $200 in gifts this holiday season.

When relatives contribute toward your child's future through Greatest Gift, their eligible gifts can be matched while that matching offer is active, helping your family build even more toward those goals.

You can even mention the matching offer right in your Giftster item's description:

Contribute to Emma's Future

This holiday season, we're building toward Emma's future! If you'd like to give something beyond toys and books, you can send a financial gift of any amount through Greatest Gift.

Our family is matching gifts to make an even bigger impact while the matching offer is available.

It's a small addition to your family's holiday wishlist, but one that could make a meaningful difference.

And the possibilities don't have to end after the holidays. GG+ also supports Monthly Gifts, so someone who wants to keep contributing throughout the year can do that, too.

One Wishlist for Today, and Something for Tomorrow

The nice thing about this approach is that you don't have to choose between traditional presents and financial gifts.

Keep using Giftster for all the things your child would love to unwrap. The new LEGO set, the books they've been asking for, the winter coat they need.

And give family and friends another option: a gift that can help build a brighter financial future.

A birthday, a holiday, or a family celebration can become another opportunity to build toward something bigger.

Create your free Greatest Gift registry and add it to your Giftster wishlist.