Too complicated for guests – Babylist Baby Registry Review

I was super excited about finding baby list because my shower guests were spread out over two states so finding stores that were located in both states was difficult. Babylist was a great way to consolidate everything I wanted into one list and I spent a lot of time on my list and was happy with it until... I logged out and decided to view my registry as a guest. Babylist makes it easy for the mom to be but very difficult for the guests to buy. First, the guest has to enter their email address and name every time they want to reserve, purchase or mark a gift as purchased. So they get emails with every gift they reserve, purchase etc. I dont think this is necessary and people don’t like just giving out their email. Also, I spent a lot of time finding the stores with the best price for my guests but saw that when a guest goes to buy something, if babylist has it in their store, they automatically add it to the cart so the guest has to purchase from baby list unless they manually change it. This counteracts all the work I did finding the best price and most of my guests won’t know they can change the store so will end up paying more and purchasing from babylist store. Also, if a guest wants to purchase things from multiple stores, it will be a separate checkout every time and gets very confusing. Ultimately, I decided to delete my list I worked so hard on and go another route that will be less confusing/cumbersome for my guests. Great concept but needs a lot of work on the purchasing side.
Review by Annecb3 on Babylist Baby Registry.