Gifty Weddings

Simple wedding websites and gift registries
Only $35, but it’s free to try!

Gifty helps you make your own custom wedding website with info for guests and beautiful photos. It gives you a gift registry that’s not tied to a specific store, so you and your guests can choose gifts from wherever you want.

It only costs the couple $35. It’s easy to create a website, and there’s no sign-up process for your guests, so it’s simple for them to use too.

Some gifts

How it works

You create a website with one click, customise your page content, upload photos, and enter the gifts you want on your registry.

Sample website homepage

Your guests visit your website, choose a gift from your registry, and cross it off. They then go and buy the gift from any store — online or in person.

An example of a crossed-off gift

You and your fiancé get married and live happily ever after. After your wedding, you can view who bought what, for sending thank-you cards.

Couple getting married

For the couple

  • Simple, elegant, inexpensive — only $35.
  • You can try your own website for free. You only pay when you’re ready for guests to view it.
  • Create pages for things that matter to you: your story, the schedule, your wedding party, photos…
  • Not tied to a specific store like traditional gift registries. Use it for gifts at any store, for non-store items, or for charity.
  • See who bought what, but only after the event — no surprises spoiled! Great for sending out thank-you cards.

For your guests

  • Very easy to use. No sign-up process for guests.
  • Guests cross off what they buy — you won’t end up with four toasters.
  • When crossing off a gift, they can optionally type in their name (for you to see who bought what later).
  • Guests view your website simply by going to GiftyWeddings.com and typing in your names.
  • The entire site is fast and mobile-friendly.

Why we made Gifty

Gifty was designed and created by Ben Hoyt. Here’s how Gifty began, in his own words:

When Franci and I got married in 2005, people gave us a lot of presents. That was lovely, of course, but there was a slight “problem” — we ended up with about 25 platters, 19 towels, and 4 toasters.

So when my brother got married, I thought I’d solve the Toaster Problem once and for all. And thus Gifty was born.

Since then, Gifty has been used and enjoyed by many couples in New Zealand and around the world.

Ben has updated it many times, most recently changing it from just a gift registry to a full website builder.

And yes, the photo at the top really is Franci going down a flying fox (zipline) in her wedding dress.

Ben and Franci in a more ordinary pose

What other couples have said

Bevan and Elrike in amongst some of their Gifty gifts

Bevan and Elrike: “We received no double-ups! We’re busy with our thank-you cards now and Gifty makes this job easier by reminding us who gave us which gift. All very cool, thanks a million!”

Hayden and Marie: “Gifty meant we didn’t have to restrict our registry to a single store, which enabled us to list a broader range of gifts and also gave our guests more choice on where to shop.”

Jerram and Gabrielle: “Thanks for making such a beautifully simple registry for us to use — we loved it, and our guests found it easy to use too!”

Andrew and Rachael: “It’s great that guests can just go straight to the website, without having to enter personal details.”

Simon and Lizzie: “Gifty is exactly what we were looking for — all we have to do is think about what we want on the list.”

When not to use Gifty

  • If you’re a Luddite and hate technology (fair enough!).
  • If you want to be restricted in the items you can add to your registry (Gifty is very flexible and free-form).
  • If you love big chain stores and want to use their store-based registries.
  • When you don’t like good customer service. We respond to every email quickly, and we’ve even been known to add small features on request.
  • If you love a lengthy sign-up process before you can try it out (you can try Gifty with just one click).
  • If you don’t have $35. Yes, we do charge the couple a small one-time fee — but this means we never show advertising, and never owe stores anything.
  • If you don’t like websites made in New Zealand, by Kiwis.
  • If you’re not getting married.
Go ahead — it’s free to try! You only pay the $35 when you’re ready for guests to view it.