MyRegistry.com
{{short description|American software company}}
{{Orphan|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = MyRegistry.com
| logo = Myregistry-green.png
| type = Company
| industry = Universal Gift Gifting {{!}} Gifting Software
| founded = Fort Lee, New Jersey ({{Start date|2005}}){{cite web|url=http://www.bbb.org/new-jersey/business-reviews/gift-baskets-and-parcels/my-life-registry-llc-in-fort-lee-nj-27004518 |title=BBB Business Review |publisher=Better Business Bureau |access-date=2014-06-20}}{{cite web|last=Lowrey |first=Annie |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2011/03/in_lieu_of_gifts_please_click_here.2.html |title=Online wedding registries: Are they crass, thoughtful, or both? |publisher=Slate.com |date=2011-03-30 |access-date=2014-06-20}}
| founder = Oded Berkowitz (CEO)
| location_city = Fort Lee, NJ
| area_served = North America, UK, Australia, South Africa and India
| key_people = Nancy Lee, President{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-dunn/women-in-business-qa-with_b_4919086.html |title=Women in Business: Q&A with Nancy Lee, President of MyRegistry.com |first=Laura |last=Dunn |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=2014-06-20}}
| products = Gift registry
| num_employees = 60
| website = {{URL|https://www.myregistry.com/|myregistry.com}}
}}
MyRegistry.com is an American gift registry company that also offers its gift registry software as a service (SaaS) to other businesses.
History
MyRegistry.com operates through its website, browser plug-ins, and apps to serve as a third-party organizer alongside other online gift registry services for weddings, baby showers, birthdays, and other gift-giving occasions.{{cite news|last=Valentino |first=Jennifer |url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704122904575315171363758824 |title=A review of Myregistry.com and its iPhone app for scanning gifts |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=2010-06-18 |access-date=2014-06-20}}{{cite web|first=Laurie|last=Kulikowski |url=http://www.thestreet.com/story/12701825/6/5-free-wedding-apps-for-every-bride-and-groom.html |title=5 Free Wedding Apps for Every Bride (And Groom) |publisher=The Street |access-date=2014-06-20}}{{cite web|first=Dana|last=Oshiro|url=http://mashable.com/2012/03/12/plan-a-wedding-social-media-digital/ |title=How to Plan the Perfect Wedding Online |publisher=Mashable |date=2012-03-12 |access-date=2014-06-20}} MyRegistry.com was notably used by Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland ahead of her 2013 wedding.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/princess-madeleines-wedding_n_3416406.html |title=Princess Madeleine's Wedding Registry On MyRegistry.com, Revealed |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=2014-06-20}}
MyRegistry.com also enables potential gift-givers to donate cash via PayPal rather than a physical gift. Cash Gift Funds can be created for "honeymoon funds."{{cite web|last1=Dunleavy|first1=MP|title=At Weddings, Efficiency vs. Etiquette|url=http://images2.myregistry.com/Images/PR/media/2007_8_11_NYTimes.jpg|website=The New York Times|access-date=August 11, 2007}} This function has received mixed reviews as it can be perceived to be crass commercialism counter to traditional western norms of wedding etiquette, despite having some utility to newlywed couples.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/fashion/weddings/couples-can-register-for-the-gift-of-money-field-notes.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|title=The Moneymooners: Registering for Cash, Not Dishes|first=Marianne|last=Rohrlich|date=August 26, 2011}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/business/11instincts.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|title=At Weddings, Efficiency vs. Etiquette|first=M. P.|last=Dunleavey|date=August 11, 2007}} Although not addressing MyRegistry.com specifically, the Emily Post Institute and others have decried both giving cash as a wedding gift and expanding gift registry beyond weddings to other occasions such as college graduation.{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/story/2012-04-26/gift-registries-high-school-grads/54793274/1 |title=High school grads go online to gift-wish registries |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=2014-06-20}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/fashion/gift-registries-branching-out-to-other-occasions.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|title=It's My Birthday. I'd Like That Shirt in Blue|first=Jennifer|last=Miller|date=April 4, 2014}}
MyRegistry.com has gained notoriety in part due to their interoperability with Pinterest.{{cite web|first=Jennifer|last=Lai|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/05/pinterest-wedding_n_1571725.html |title=Pinterest Wedding: Couples Can Now Share Their Pins And Boards On MyRegistry.com |work=The Huffington Post |date=2012-06-05 |access-date=2014-06-20}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Bqu2TEG0bsC&q=myregistry.com&pg=PA206 |title=Teach Yourself VISUALLY Pinterest |first=Janet |last=Majure |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9781118525746 |date=2012-09-14 |access-date=2014-06-20 |page=206}} Shopko joined with www.MyRegistry.com to offer a universal gift registry to its customers. The registry was available in Shopko and Shopko Hometown stores and to online shoppers prior to the company's closure in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/money/2015/01/29/shopko-joins-myregistrycom/22547657/|title=Shopko joins with MyRegistry.com|last=Ryman|first=Richard|date=January 29, 2015|website=Green Bay Press Gazette}} Costco has teamed up with MyRegistry.com to offer registry services for engaged couples and expectant parents as well as other universal gift registries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.homeworldbusiness.com/costco-partners-myregistry-com/|title=Costco Partners With MyRegistry.com|last=Cappiello|first=Emily|date=August 9, 2017|website=HomeWorld Business}}