Partial gifts stack toward a target
Each item carries a target and a running total, and the public card publishes what is still outstanding. Four fans putting in a quarter each fund the same item as one fan paying for it outright.
For creators
Gifts from fans, without sharing your address
A Velvet creator wishlist lets fans fund the things you actually want (gear, outfits, treats, goals) while your personal details stay private. Fans contribute money toward items; you buy them yourself, on your terms.
What a Velvet wishlist does that a registry does not
A gift can hand the giver something back
An item can be set to grant its giver a percentage off a future paid link, with a cap on the discount in cash and a lifetime in days. The grant is a record with a status, so it is spent exactly once and cannot be replayed.
The list is curated item by item
Visibility, order, price, target, image and an optional external product link are all per item. An item can be hidden without being deleted, which keeps its funding history intact for whenever you bring it back.
How the wishlist works
Add items with a name, photo and target amount, then share your wishlist link. Fans contribute the full price or chip in partially until an item is funded.
Because fans fund items with money instead of shipping packages, your home address is never exposed and nothing unwanted ever arrives.
What you control
You choose which items appear, their prices and their order, and you can add, edit or retire items whenever your wants change.
Fans see funding progress on each item, which turns gifting into a shared goal your audience loves to complete.
What a wishlist reward actually is
A reward is a grant addressed to one fan and one creator, carrying a type, a percentage, a cash cap and an expiry. When that fan later buys a paid link, Velvet checks the grant belongs to the pair, is still available and has not expired, then takes the smaller of the percentage and the cap off the price.
The redemption is written as its own row recording the original price, the discount and the final price, and the grant is marked as reserved. A reward is therefore spendable once, and what it cost you is legible afterwards instead of being inferred from a dip in revenue.
Gifts as a revenue line, not a novelty
A gift settles the way every other sale settles: platform commission at your plan rate, the remainder credited to your wallet as a gift entry, and the seven-day reserve before it can be withdrawn.
Because gifts share the ledger with links, subscriptions and tips, a fan who gifts is the same fan record who bought and subscribed. Their gift counts toward their spend history rather than sitting in a separate list nobody segments on.
Getting paid
Contributions are processed by a secure payment provider and credited to your Velvet wallet, itemized per gift in your ledger.
Funded amounts clear the same 7-day hold as all your Velvet earnings: you purchase the item when it suits you, from one balance.
How to build a wishlist worth funding
- Add an item with a name, a price and an image. A description and an emoji are optional and both appear on the public card.
- Set a target if you want the item funded collectively rather than bought outright by one person.
- Decide whether the item grants a reward: a percentage off a future unlock, a maximum discount in cash, and a number of days before it expires.
- Order the list. Items sort by the position you give them, so the thing you actually want sits at the top rather than wherever it happened to be added.
- Share the page. Contributions credit your wallet as gift entries, itemised per gift in your ledger.
How gifts and rewards are calculated
- Funding model
- Partial or outrightContributions accumulate against the item’s target.
- Default reward
- 20% off a paid linkUsed when an item grants a reward and no percentage is set.
- Default reward cap
- $20The most a single reward can take off a price.
- Price floor after a reward
- $1A reward is never allowed to reduce a purchase below one dollar.
Who this fits
You want a specific thing, funded rather than shipped
Fans put money against the item and you buy it yourself. The card carries the picture and the price so the gift still reads as a gift, and the logistics stay entirely on your side of the transaction.
You are running a goal your audience can watch fill
A target with a running total turns a single item into a small campaign. Every contribution moves a number everybody can see, which is a different kind of ask from posting a payment link and hoping.
An agency keeps the list current for you
Wishlist management is its own entry in the agency permission matrix. A manager can be given that and nothing else, so the person maintaining your list has no route to your settings or your money.
Frequently asked questions
Do fans ever see my address?
No. Fans contribute money toward items; you buy them yourself, so no personal shipping details are ever shared.
Can several fans fund one gift together?
Yes. Partial contributions stack until the item reaches its target, and everyone can watch the progress bar fill.
Do I have to buy exactly what's listed?
Funded amounts arrive as money in your wallet. The wishlist frames the goal, but the purchase is yours to make.
What does a reward on an item do?
It grants the giver a percentage off a future paid-link purchase, capped in cash and valid for a set number of days. With no percentage configured, the grant defaults to 20% with a twenty-dollar ceiling.
Can a reward make something free?
No. The discount is capped so the purchase never falls below one dollar, whatever the percentage and the cash ceiling would otherwise allow.
Can I hide an item without losing its history?
Yes. Visibility is a flag on the item, so hiding it takes the item off the public page while its funding totals stay recorded and intact.
Can my agency edit my wishlist?
Only if you grant that specific permission. Wishlist management sits apart from content, messaging, CRM and settings in the agency permission matrix, so it can be given on its own.