Amazon Wish List: Can You See Who Bought It?

Who wrote this. The wishdo.io team. wishdo is a wishlist site and is not affiliated with Amazon, so every Amazon fact here comes from Amazon's own help pages and two news reports on Amazon's email to list owners, linked at the end and checked on 13 November 2026. They describe amazon.com; other Amazon stores may differ. Every wishdo button and setting we name was checked against wishdo on the same day.

Can you see who bought from your Amazon wish list?

No. When someone buys from your list, Amazon moves the item to the list's purchased section; the help pages describe no place on the list that names the buyer. There are three ways a name can still reach you:

The packing slip. A buyer who marks the order as a gift, which works for items fulfilled by Amazon and from selected sellers, can include their name and a personal message. Both are printed on the packing slip, and the prices can be hidden.
A Baby Registry. It works differently: its Thank You List shows the names of people who bought from it, and their addresses if they shared them.
Asking. No name on the parcel? One line in the family chat, "Thank you to whoever sent the headphones!", usually finds the giver.

Can you see what was bought?

Not straight away. "Don't spoil my surprises" is on by default: gifts bought for you stay a secret for several weeks and keep showing as "Unpurchased" on your list. If you try to buy something already gifted to you, Amazon warns you, so you don't buy it twice.

Only while you are signed in. The purchased filter and the warnings work only when you are logged in to your account. Opened signed out, the list may reveal a surprise.
Where the setting lives. On the list, open the three-dot menu and choose "Manage List". The same window holds "Keep purchased items on your list".
Bought outside Amazon. Some items have a "Buying this elsewhere" link next to them: a giver who buys the item somewhere else can use it to mark the item as purchased, so nobody buys it twice.

Can people see your address on an Amazon wish list?

On the list, gift buyers see only the name, city and state of its shipping address. Amazon hides the street and says it does not share your address directly with people who buy from your shared or public list. To deliver an order, though, Amazon may share it with sellers and delivery partners: a seller receives the recipient's name, the shipping address, a phone number and an email address, usually anonymised.

From 25 March 2026, Amazon said it would remove the option to stop third-party sellers from fulfilling items on your list, as 404 Media and the Daily Dot reported from Amazon's email to list owners. When a gift comes from such a seller, your address goes to that seller, and the email warned that it may become visible to the gift buyer through delivery updates and tracking. For anyone who wants to keep a home address private, Amazon suggested a PO box or a non-residential delivery address. Amazon's guide also says you can decide whether a list includes a shipping address.

How the same works on wishdo

wishdo is a list of links rather than a shop: you add gifts from any shop, Amazon included, or an idea without a link, and nothing is bought through wishdo. Instead of tracking purchases, it uses reservations: a giver presses "Reserve" before buying.

Who bought it. Other givers see "Reserved" and "Someone is already preparing this gift. The list owner cannot see who." You see who reserved a gift once you mark it "Fulfilled", in time for the thank-you; a guest who reserved without an account and left no name stays anonymous.
What is taken. By default you see which wishes are reserved, but not by whom. Turn on "Surprise mode" (Settings → "Page access", or for one list in "More settings"), and reservations are hidden from you too. Givers still see them, so nothing is bought twice.
Your address. wishdo never asks for it. The giver buys in the shop and sorts out delivery with you, or brings the gift.
Givers without an account. Reserving needs an account by default. Set "Reservations without registration" to "Allowed" in the list's "More settings", and anyone who opens a public or by-link list can reserve. A reservation without an account falls off after two weeks unless you lift it sooner.
Several givers for one wish. Turn on "Several people can reserve it" for something you want more than one of, such as books or tickets: each giver reserves their own.

One reserved gift as the owner and as a friend see it: both see “Reserved”, nobody sees who.

The trade-off: a reservation is a promise, not a purchase. If someone buys without pressing "Reserve", the list can't know, while an Amazon purchase made through the list marks itself. More on how wishlist gift reservations work.

Amazon wish list and wishdo side by side

	Amazon wish list	wishdo
Who bought a gift	Not on the list; on the packing slip if the buyer adds a name	Not shown; you see who once you mark it "Fulfilled"
What is taken	Hidden for several weeks by default, while you are signed in	Shown as "Reserved", unless you turn on "Surprise mode"
Your address	Buyers see name, city and state, though tracking may show more; sellers receive the full address	Not asked for
Shops	Items from Amazon's store	Any shop, or an idea without a link
How a gift is marked	By itself, when bought through the list	The giver presses "Reserve"
Delivery	Amazon ships to the list's address by default	The giver arranges it with you

A wishlist’s “More settings” with “Surprise mode” on, and the same list as its owner sees it: no “Reserved” anywhere.

Which one to use

If every gift comes from Amazon and you want it delivered without arranging anything, an Amazon list does the job. If your gifts come from several shops, or you'd rather keep your address out of it, an online wishlist with reservations suits that. You can also combine them: put Amazon links on a wishdo list, or save products from any shop with the wishdo browser extension. Our comparison of nine wishlist apps covers the other options.

Create a wishlist

Add products from any shop or write an idea without a link.

Make a Christmas wishlist

Frequently asked questions

To the list owner, mostly yes: the list shows that an item was purchased, not who bought it. On a wish list, the buyer's name reaches you through Amazon when they mark the order as a gift and add their name for the packing slip. A Baby Registry is different: its Thank You List shows who bought from it.

For several weeks, with "Don't spoil my surprises" on, which is the default. It works only while you are signed in: opened signed out, the list may show what has been bought.

Gift buyers see your name, city and state, not the street. A seller who ships a gift from your list receives your name, address and phone number so the order can be delivered, and Amazon has warned that delivery updates and tracking may show the address to the buyer.

On Amazon, some items have a "Buying this elsewhere" link that a giver can use to mark the item as purchased, so nobody buys it twice. On wishdo, the giver presses "Reserve" wherever they buy, and other givers see it as "Reserved".

Not while the gift is still to come: you see which gifts are reserved, unless "Surprise mode" hides even that. Once you mark a gift "Fulfilled", you see who reserved it, if anyone did.