We are thinking about registering with Amazon along with a brick and mortar store. I am looking for feedback on people's experiences with using Amazon's wedding registry. I am thinking we would also register at a store to give people the option to buy from a physical place. We are thinking about registering for the traditional like kitchen and bath but also were considering things like camping gear and lawn furniture. Our idea is that Amazon would give us the more variety without having to register at several different stores.
Re: Regestering with Amazon
I noticed that most of our younger friends ordered Amazon gifts that were delivered to us before the wedding and most of our older relatives/family did the traditional registry. If you have a good mix of guests, I think it's nice to offer variety.
I did see that you can add things to your amazon registry from other stores.
We also did Williams-Sonoma for dishes and such, and Macy's. It was a good balance of places that our guests had different comfort levels with.
I probably wouldn't suggest trying to use the universal registry feature on Amazon, because if people see there that you want something from a different place, they might buy it for you, but they'll never go back and mark it as purchased to prevent someone else from getting it too.
Macy's
Crate and Barrel
We decided to go with amazon and found it really easy. If you have an account just sign in and then click on registry. It walks you through the process of sign up. Then you just go to the product page and click on the right hand side where it says add to registry. Like other people have mentioned I have found that I have to check it every once in awhile to make sure that things are still available.