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How to Mark an Item as Purchased on The Gift Guide

When you buy a gift from a loved one’s wish list on The Gift Guide, be sure to mark it as “purchased.” This will ensure they don’t receive duplicate items by moving the item off of their wish list and into their purchased items. Don’t worry, they will not see this, keeping the gift a surprise. The change will only take place on their public profile.

This tool is also helpful for users as they can view gifts that have been previously purchased, and if applicable, base subsequent gifts off of those items. for example, let’s say you recently received a Kitchen Aid stand mixer as a gift, another user may decide to purchase a pasta or ice cream attachment to accompany the mixer.

How to Mark an Item as Purchased

1. Open The Gift Guide

Once you have purchased an item from a user’s wish list, navigate back to The Gift Guide.

2. Mark the item as purchased

On the item you purchased, click the “update item as purchased” button toward the bottom of the page. The button will then change to “update item as not purchased”.

You have successfully updated the item as purchased.

If you have purchased several items from a users’ wish list, repeat these steps for each item.

Need to go back and mark an existing item as purchased?

1. Find the recipient

Select “friends” from the site menu, or if you are not following the user, “search” for their name in the header.

Choose the name of the recipient you purchased the gift for.

2. Find the gift purchased

Select the item you purchased from their wish list.

3. Mark the item as purchased

Click the “update item as purchased” button toward the bottom of the page. The button will then change to read “update item as not purchased”.

You have now successfully updated the item as purchased.