The wishli.st Blog

Column: Starting a Social Network

2009-05-23T15:06:00.003+01:00

Have you ever thought about starting your own social network? It's a great way to connect with people with similar interests or with potential customers.

Also, with the group features on sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, you can test whether there is any demand for your idea for free!

I wrote a column in the Journal recently explaining how to get started. Check it out: Start your own social network site.

If We Can You Can

2009-05-21T13:07:00.003+01:00

I was honoured to be shortlisted for the If We Can You Can Challenge 2009! I was invited to pitch wishli.st to a panel of judges and answer their questions.

Unfortunately I wasn't selected as a finalist but we've got a few friends among the finalists so if you have a moment to email in your votes please consider the following:

Emma Reilly - iYosh
Mark Easby - Better Brand Agency
Rob Earnshaw - The Casting Website

Good luck guys!

wishli.st on BBC Radio Newcastle!

2008-12-04T10:52:00.002Z

Yesterday wishli.st got a mention on BBC Radio Newcastle! They picked up on the story about us in the Journal and called up to find out more information. The clip is available here for the next 6 days:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001lqgj
The interview can be found at 48:00.

wishli.st nominated in the Open Web Awards!

2008-11-20T21:22:00.000Z

wishli.st has been nominated in the 'Social Shopping' category of the Open Web Awards! Many thanks to everyone who nominated us - we're thrilled to be through to the next round!

Now we need your support again as we push for the next stage of the competition. If you could vote for us every day between now and midnight on the 30th November we'd be extremely grateful indeed!

Thanks to Counterknowledge.com for endorsing us and thanks to all of you for your continued support. It means a lot to us.

More Press Coverage!

2008-11-20T15:37:00.004Z

The Journal, one of our regional newspapers up here in the North East (of England), is running a piece about wishli.st today in the Technology News section!

The article describes wishli.st as "helping punters beat the credit crunch this Christmas" and mentions the seed round of investment we closed back in March.

Click here to read the article online.

Thanks to Lewis at Codeworks and Andrew at the Journal!

Nominate wishli.st in The Open Web Awards

2008-11-12T22:12:00.003Z

We'd be really grateful if you could take a second to nominate wishli.st in the 'Social Shopping' category of the Open Web Awards. It's really easy and you can do it using the handy widget below. You get a bonus point if you persuade a couple of friends to vote too. Many thanks!

wishli.st relaunches!

2008-06-12T15:33:00.000+01:00

After months of hard work the new version of wishli.st is now launched and ready for you to try! wishli.st now has a completely new look and feel and we've completely re-written all the code behind the scenes! There are a couple of new features to check out including product search and OpenID authentication and we've also added thousands more products to the catalogue.

We hope you enjoy using the new site and we'd love to hear what you think of it - please feel free to drop us a line: support@wishli.st.

Thinking Digital 2008

2008-05-20T10:53:00.000+01:00

We're going along to Thinking Digital this year in our home city of Newcastle. We're really excited to have an event like this in our area so thanks to all at Codeworks who have helped put this together and thanks too to TechCrunch for the ticket! If you're going to be there then drop us an email (dhs@wishli.st) and we can meet up...

wishli.st is a Killer Startup!

2008-05-15T10:11:00.002+01:00

KillerStartups.com has given wishli.st a great review describing the concept as "simple but clever". Check out the full review here:
http://www.killerstartups.com/Web20/WishList---Have-Friends-Chip-In-To-Get-What-You-Want/

Thanks to Siri and the KillerStartups.com team!

wishli.st's 1st birthday!

2008-05-01T10:22:00.002+01:00

A year ago today the first version of wishli.st went live!

It's been a great year - we've enjoyed ourselves enormously and learnt lots! There's still loads to do and we're really looking forward to getting stuck into a second year of wishli.st fun. We have lots of new partners and nifty features lined up and some big announcements to make as well, so do stay tuned!

Thanks to all of you who use wishli.st and to those who have worked with us and given us help and support. Here's to wishli.st year two!

Local press coverage

2007-12-20T16:40:00.003Z

We were honoured recently to get a mention in our local newspaper - the Hexham Courant.
Click here to read the full article.

Great new partners

2007-12-07T14:05:00.000Z

Hot on the heels of this week's exciting press coverage we'd like to announce some brilliant new partners!

As of today there is a huge variety of items available on wishli.st - gorgeous 'homewear' from hush, ethical clothing from Adili, gardening delights from Greenfingers.com, classic books from Penguin and even more awesome gadgets from Firebox and IWOOT! Get adding these delights to your wishli.st right away: http://wishli.st/add

If you can't find the exact item you want then find it online and copy the URL from the address bar then paste it into the "Request an item" form here: http://wishli.st/add#request

First national press

2007-12-06T20:15:00.000Z

There was a feature in yesterday's Metro (the free national newspaper found on buses and trains across the UK) all about doing this year's Christmas shopping online. wishli.st gets a great mention:

"If you really want to take the stress out of Christmas shopping, get your mates to sign up to wishli.st"

3 Skypephone available on wishli.st

2007-11-20T12:23:00.000Z

We've just added the revolutionary new 3 Skypephone to wishli.st! It lets you call and message your Skype friends for free...

"With 3G, a 2-megapixel camera, mp3 player, mobile TV and internet, 3 Skypephone keeps you occupied even when you run out of things to say. Plus, it’s small and shiny, and comes in black or white, with blue or pink trim."

Add the 3 Skypephone to your wishli.st now:
http://wishli.st/add/skype

Write up on EuropeanStartups.com

2007-11-18T08:47:00.000Z

wishli.st has just been reviewed over on EuropeanStartups.com. Check out the review here:
http://europeanstartups.com/titles/wishlist-chip-in-towards-the-presents

Many thanks to Ivan Trajkovic who writes the blog from Vienna, Austria!

Virgin Experience Days on wishli.st

2007-11-09T10:03:00.000Z

More big news today from wishli.st HQ...

As of now you can now add Virgin Experience Days to your wishli.st! We've uploaded their entire catalogue into our system and there really is something for everyone!

The range of experiences is vast: flying helicopters, ultimate top gun experience, off-roading, Porsches, Aston Martins, classic cars, rafting, bungee jumping, tank driving, wake-boarding, powerboating and much more...

Check out all of these experiences from our 'add items' page:
http://wishli.st/add

Or you can browse the Virgin Experience Days website and come back to wishli.st when you have decided what it is that you most want!

The funky wishli.st drummer

2007-11-05T10:20:00.000Z

A huge thank you to wishli.st user will who proudly sported a wishli.st T-shirt as he played in the UK final of the Mapex "Drummer of Tomorrow" competition! Check out the amazing video of Will's entry on YouTube: here.

Congratulations to Will's friend John Hirst, who won this round and will go to Frankfurt in 2008 to represent the UK in the European finals, and to Geoff Hutchinson who taught both of these incredible drummers. Pictured, right to left, are Will, Geoff and John.

You too can have an awesome wishli.st T-shirt just like Will's - add one to your wishli.st now:
http://wishli.st/add/merchandise

Mac OS X Leopard released

2007-10-29T12:11:00.000Z

Apple recently released the latest version of their operating system: OS X Leopard.

Click here to add it to your wishli.st!

Also: we've made some changes to improve the speed and security of wishli.st and tweaked the contribution interface to make it a little neater.

New £5 minimum contribution

2007-10-17T13:36:00.000+01:00

wishli.st user ben mentioned a little while ago that he thought a lower minimum contribution would encourage more people to give using wishli.st.

We took his words to heart and we've made the minimum contribution £5 instead of £10.

So now there's no excuse - why not celebrate by giving a friend £5? Who knows - they might even return the favour...

User feedback #1

2007-10-17T12:52:00.000+01:00

wishli.st user tom just got in touch to say thank you for the coffee machine that cazdeane and I (dhs) bought him for his 21st birthday - we split the cost 50:50.
He writes:

After just receiving it today I am still ridiculously over-excited and hyper. It makes the most wonderful coffee! wishli.st works like a dream and I am most impressed. I like the little message you attach to the receipt, very clever stuff.

Yet another happy wishli.ster!

Useful new search feature

2007-10-11T22:53:00.000+01:00

You can now find your friends' wishli.sts using the great new search feature. Simply enter their first and last names in the textboxes and click the 'search' button!

Once you have found the wishli.st you are looking for, you can contribute towards something that person would like and, if you are logged in, you can subscribe to their alerts (an automatic email shortly before their birthday means you never forget their birthday again).

All the latest iPods

2007-10-08T23:31:00.000+01:00

Apple recently updated their range of iPods. So naturally we've got the whole range available here on wishli.st including the new look iPod nano, the incredible new iPod touch and the iPod classic which has 160GB of storage - enough for 40,000 songs or 200 hours of video!

Check out all of these delights here:
http://wishli.st/add/ipod

GenieGadgets.com on your wishli.st

2007-10-01T12:03:00.000+01:00

We have big news here at wishli.st HQ...

As of this weekend you can now have anything from GenieGadgets.com on your wishli.st! There is an "Add to wishli.st" button on every product page and it does exactly what it says on the tin. Log in to wishli.st then try it for yourself!

You can also add GenieGadgets.com products here on wishli.st - check them out here:
http://wishli.st/add/geniegadgets

Go gadget go!

Welcome!

2007-09-20T17:01:00.000+01:00

Welcome to the brand spanking new wishli.st blog!

The idea of this blog is that we can keep you up to date with all the latest happenings and goings-on here at wishli.st. We've got big plans and we want to keep you in the loop - all the action will unfold right here.

If you have a feed reader then add the feed straight away, if not, then pop your email address in the box on the right and you'll be kept up to speed.

Check back for updates soon!