We have again released a new free digital advent calendar for 2021. This follows up our other advent calendar from 2019. It is a traditional advent calendar, with one nice Christmas-related image behind each door. We have hand-picked all those nice images from Pixabay (reviewed almost 10K images) and made the calendar suitable for kids and adults alike.
It has been a bit over five years since we created the 'other great services'-page. A lot has happened since that, but all of our initial picks have stayed valid. I think that it has been quite a remarkable achievement! (At some point we needed to remove the Iridium browser, as it was not getting updates and started to be more like a security problem. But now it is again updated..
Cookies look very delicious in the picture next to this text. However often on the web, they will leave a very sour taste in your mouth if you inspect them more closely. In many cases, they are used to track your actions, build a profile of you, and then influence you with ads or other means, with a goal to get you to do something that somebody else wants. Be it to...
WishSimply has had countdown calendars for a few years already. It is a side functionality for the wishlist service as mentioned in the countdown calendars introduction post, but now it has got an unexpected boost...
Here is the post promised long ago about data export.
The Europe-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018. We had already been compliant with it for years earlier, thanks to our policies...
Hello there! Welcome to another chapter of our wishlist services review series. Today we’re talking about Garbarino, an Argentinian wishlist service and the first review we do about a Spanish speaking page. This company is the oldest retail store in Argentina. It has more than 240 shops across the entire country. Established in 1951, they managed to sort out some hard times and keep a steady growth..
After making an extensive review of advent calendar's that are on the market this year, we decided to make and release our own free digital Advent Calendar for 2019. This functionality has been available for our user already a few years, but so far we haven't used it ourselves. But today we launched our own Advent Calendar. It is a traditional advent calendar, with one nice Christmas related image behind each door. We have picked all those nice images from the Pixabay, and made the Calendar suitable for kids and adults alike...
Christmas is coming fast and Google has been bombing us with calendar emails (since we subscribed to calendar alerts). There have been many different types of calendars. More than what we have seen before, and we decided to take a look at them. We skimmed through all the emails since the start of August, looked at top results from Google and all that Amazon had to offer. Then we picked up all the popular stuff, and on top of that all that looked interesting and different. Our review started to grow, and grow, and now it has 150 different calendars...
Alright, we continue our series of wish list service reviews. Now we’re looking at Gifthero, a website based in the United States. This site has been online since 2015, and they’ve gained some good opinions. Gifthero is the first review we make about an American site, so let’s get to it....
The seventh wishlist service that we are going to feature in our wishlist comparison table is the wish list service named MyWishBoard.com from Russia. Let's see what they have...
Next wishlist service that we will review and include in our wishlist comparison table is the addwish.com from Denmark. It is an own wish list service, but also part of the hello retail products.
Let's see how this web service works, and then where it stands in terms of functionality in the following paragraphs..
The fifth Wish list service added in our wishlist comparison table is the website Ookoodoo.com. Created in 2008 and last updated in 2019, this website is based in France, and claims to be their nr1 wish list service. This is also the first non-nordic website that we review. Let’s see its features and services...
We have just released a WordPress plugin to help WordPress users to discover WishSimply and use the embedded wish lists that WishSimply offers for free.
Next up in our wish list service reviews, we now include in our wishlist comparison table a wish list service from Sweden. The name of the service is Wishlistr. It is a dedicated wish list service that has been around since 2005. Let's see what they have...
It this blog post, we will feature our Countdown calendar. It is a side functionality that is addressed to the same audience as the wish list service. A countdown calendar works pretty much like wish lists in Wishimply. Every WishSimply user can create their own free countdown calendar for any event and share..
The third wishlist service that we will include in our wishlist comparison table is the wish list service named Lahjalista.net. It is a dedicated wish list service that has been around since 2006 and was last updated 2 years ago. Let's see what they have..
The second wishlist service that we will include in our new wishlist comparison table is the lahjalista service by Stockmann, another big Finnish department store chain..
The first wishlist service to be included in our new wishlist review table is the Wishlist ('lahjalista' in Finnish) service from Sokos, one of the big Finnish department store chains. This in not the biggest or greatest giftlist service in the world, but it is the first one that I stumbled on and used 17 years ago. And as it still exists, it must have done something right...
Today, we are launching a new page on the WishSimply website, a wishlist service comparison page. On this page, we will list the main features of various wishlist services. We are so confident about the value of our wishlist service that we are not afraid to name our competitors and tell you what they can do..
Just a quick note that we have updated our mobile apps recently. There aren't many visible changes, except that the top level navigation has been changed to use symbols instead of text. So, no more buttons with 'back', but buttons with an arrow pointing left. Otherwise, internal libraries ...
We have made a few videos (and one gif!) to show how the service works to those potential users who don't dare to push the 'create my wishlist' button on the front page, or to anybody who would like to share or demonstrate how WishSimply works. And there might even...
Netflix raises prices instead of pushing ads for users
Általa WishSimply - 2016-10-26 18:26:12.0
This year there has been lot of buzz around Netflix as it has started to rise the price of it's service. Netflix has been very innovative and bold company, and so it is nice to cover it also in this blog, and especially since they have chosen to not show the ads. Same choice what we have made...
Amazon starts to compete directly with fashion brands, too
Általa WishSimply - 2016-05-31 17:24:47.0
A few months ago, Amazon launched several retail fashion brands of its own, but I did not notice it at the time, so I am picking it up only now. The only reason I noticed this news even now was that I stumbled on one of those brands and tried to find more information about it...
More time passed than we originally planned, and in the end we selected two options instead of one. So we will provide two alternatives for the WishIT button. The orange button is the default WishIT button, but we also offer a lighter version that might fit in some shops better.
Lately, we have been working on the WishIT button. The functionality behind the button is working well, but visually, it is still the same as in the development sketch. It is clear what is does, but it does not look so good. Now it is getting the visual face lift that it already needed for quite a long time. Take a peek at our new WishIt button candidates!
We added two new pages to the website and added more information to a third one. First of all, we added a social media page to make it visible that we have presence in social media as well. Otherwise..
You might have noticed that we have put up some time ago also other nice page about great services to protect your privacy. That page was newer introduced either, so we are doing that now.
Christmas is a busy time for a wishlist service, and we try to keep the service running as smoothly as possible at the time when you need it most. This Christmas, we again managed to keep our uptime above 99,99%...
Last Christmas, this service was already running fine, but after that, we have made over 1000 improvements to the service. Don't worry, I am not going to list them all here..
As WishSimply is now turning into a two-year-old service (1,5 years in closed beta), it is a good time to take the blog in use and do a short introduction of the service.
WishSimply's Advent Calendar for 2021
Általa WishSimply - 2021-12-09 11:36:33.0Update to other great services page
Általa WishSimply - 2021-08-27 13:38:16.0Cookies at WishSimply
Általa WishSimply - 2021-05-31 16:12:47.0Introduction of wishsimply calendar bot
Általa WishSimply - 2021-04-13 10:26:51.0Data export and GDPR
Általa WishSimply - 2021-03-23 16:57:48.0The Europe-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018. We had already been compliant with it for years earlier, thanks to our policies...
Latest improvements on the site
Általa WishSimply - 2020-03-09 21:16:24.0
Every year, we have been improving this service. Here is a list of the biggest things from the last year...
Tovább...Wishlist service review for Garbarino
Általa WishSimply - 2020-02-21 11:29:33.0
Hello there! Welcome to another chapter of our wishlist services review series. Today we’re talking about Garbarino, an Argentinian wishlist service and the first review we do about a Spanish speaking page. This company is the oldest retail store in Argentina. It has more than 240 shops across the entire country. Established in 1951, they managed to sort out some hard times and keep a steady growth..
Tovább...WishSimply's Advent Calendar for year 2019
Általa WishSimply - 2019-11-26 09:32:34.0
After making an extensive review of advent calendar's that are on the market this year, we decided to make and release our own free digital Advent Calendar for 2019. This functionality has been available for our user already a few years, but so far we haven't used it ourselves. But today we launched our own Advent Calendar. It is a traditional advent calendar, with one nice Christmas related image behind each door. We have picked all those nice images from the Pixabay, and made the Calendar suitable for kids and adults alike...
Tovább...Advent Calendar: Mega Overview [2019]
Általa WishSimply - 2019-10-12 21:41:28.0
Christmas is coming fast and Google has been bombing us with calendar emails (since we subscribed to calendar alerts). There have been many different types of calendars. More than what we have seen before, and we decided to take a look at them. We skimmed through all the emails since the start of August, looked at top results from Google and all that Amazon had to offer. Then we picked up all the popular stuff, and on top of that all that looked interesting and different. Our review started to grow, and grow, and now it has 150 different calendars...
Tovább...wishlist service review for Gifthero
Általa WishSimply - 2019-09-27 09:12:14.0
Alright, we continue our series of wish list service reviews. Now we’re looking at Gifthero, a website based in the United States. This site has been online since 2015, and they’ve gained some good opinions. Gifthero is the first review we make about an American site, so let’s get to it....
Tovább...wish list service review for myWishBoard
Általa WishSimply - 2019-08-16 16:57:40.0
The seventh wishlist service that we are going to feature in our wishlist comparison table is the wish list service named MyWishBoard.com from Russia. Let's see what they have...
Tovább...wish list service review for Addwish
Általa WishSimply - 2019-07-19 17:44:43.0Let's see how this web service works, and then where it stands in terms of functionality in the following paragraphs..
Tovább...Wish list service review for Ookoodoo
Általa WishSimply - 2019-06-05 14:26:16.0
The fifth Wish list service added in our wishlist comparison table is the website Ookoodoo.com. Created in 2008 and last updated in 2019, this website is based in France, and claims to be their nr1 wish list service. This is also the first non-nordic website that we review. Let’s see its features and services...
Tovább...WishSimply releases WordPress plugin
Általa WishSimply - 2019-05-02 13:26:34.0
We have just released a WordPress plugin to help WordPress users to discover WishSimply and use the embedded wish lists that WishSimply offers for free.
Tovább...wish list service review for wishlistr
Általa WishSimply - 2019-04-15 12:02:07.0
Next up in our wish list service reviews, we now include in our wishlist comparison table a wish list service from Sweden. The name of the service is Wishlistr. It is a dedicated wish list service that has been around since 2005. Let's see what they have...
Tovább...Public wish list in WishSimply
Általa WishSimply - 2018-11-12 11:42:56.0
It this blog post, we will cover our public wish list feature. It is one option that can be used when making your own free wish list.
Tovább...Countdown calendars in WishSimply
Általa WishSimply - 2018-11-09 10:00:59.0
It this blog post, we will feature our Countdown calendar. It is a side functionality that is addressed to the same audience as the wish list service. A countdown calendar works pretty much like wish lists in Wishimply. Every WishSimply user can create their own free countdown calendar for any event and share..
Tovább...wishlist service review for lahjalista.net
Általa WishSimply - 2018-10-02 20:00:08.0
The third wishlist service that we will include in our wishlist comparison table is the wish list service named Lahjalista.net. It is a dedicated wish list service that has been around since 2006 and was last updated 2 years ago. Let's see what they have..
Tovább...Wishlist service review for Stockmann
Általa WishSimply - 2018-09-25 20:36:26.0
The second wishlist service that we will include in our new wishlist comparison table is the lahjalista service by Stockmann, another big Finnish department store chain..
Tovább...Wishlist service review for Sokos
Általa WishSimply - 2018-09-20 14:28:36.0
The first wishlist service to be included in our new wishlist review table is the Wishlist ('lahjalista' in Finnish) service from Sokos, one of the big Finnish department store chains. This in not the biggest or greatest giftlist service in the world, but it is the first one that I stumbled on and used 17 years ago. And as it still exists, it must have done something right...
Tovább...Wishlist service comparison
Általa WishSimply - 2018-09-20 12:26:26.0
Today, we are launching a new page on the WishSimply website, a wishlist service comparison page. On this page, we will list the main features of various wishlist services. We are so confident about the value of our wishlist service that we are not afraid to name our competitors and tell you what they can do..
Tovább...WishSimply mobile apps updated
Általa WishSimply - 2018-09-14 20:54:52.0
Just a quick note that we have updated our mobile apps recently. There aren't many visible changes, except that the top level navigation has been changed to use symbols instead of text. So, no more buttons with 'back', but buttons with an arrow pointing left. Otherwise, internal libraries ...
Tovább...A few videos to demonstrate the service
Általa WishSimply - 2016-11-17 12:46:51.0
We have made a few videos (and one gif!) to show how the service works to those potential users who don't dare to push the 'create my wishlist' button on the front page, or to anybody who would like to share or demonstrate how WishSimply works. And there might even...
Tovább...Netflix raises prices instead of pushing ads for users
Általa WishSimply - 2016-10-26 18:26:12.0
This year there has been lot of buzz around Netflix as it has started to rise the price of it's service. Netflix has been very innovative and bold company, and so it is nice to cover it also in this blog, and especially since they have chosen to not show the ads. Same choice what we have made...
Tovább...Amazon starts to compete directly with fashion brands, too
Általa WishSimply - 2016-05-31 17:24:47.0
A few months ago, Amazon launched several retail fashion brands of its own, but I did not notice it at the time, so I am picking it up only now. The only reason I noticed this news even now was that I stumbled on one of those brands and tried to find more information about it...
Tovább...New WishIT buttons selected
Általa WishSimply - 2016-05-07 22:47:36.0
More time passed than we originally planned, and in the end we selected two options instead of one. So we will provide two alternatives for the WishIT button. The orange button is the default WishIT button, but we also offer a lighter version that might fit in some shops better.
Tovább...Improved WishIT buttons coming
Általa WishSimply - 2016-04-13 10:29:46.0
Lately, we have been working on the WishIT button. The functionality behind the button is working well, but visually, it is still the same as in the development sketch. It is clear what is does, but it does not look so good. Now it is getting the visual face lift that it already needed for quite a long time. Take a peek at our new WishIt button candidates!
Tovább...Social media and press kit pages added
Általa WishSimply - 2016-03-18 11:13:54.0
We added two new pages to the website and added more information to a third one. First of all, we added a social media page to make it visible that we have presence in social media as well. Otherwise..
Tovább...Great services to protect your privacy
Általa WishSimply - 2016-03-16 14:22:48.0
You might have noticed that we have put up some time ago also other nice page about great services to protect your privacy. That page was newer introduced either, so we are doing that now.
Tovább...Ready for Birthdays!
Általa WishSimply - 2016-02-22 12:01:52.0
Spring is coming, and so is the birthday season. We have been fine-tuning our offering for that from Christmas until now...
Tovább...No ads ahead in WishSimply!
Általa WishSimply - 2016-02-19 12:44:28.0
I just noticed an article in Engadget that pointed out that advertisements on web pages are increasingly used to spread malware...
Tovább...18 months with over 99% uptime
Általa WishSimply - 2016-02-19 12:10:33.0
Christmas is a busy time for a wishlist service, and we try to keep the service running as smoothly as possible at the time when you need it most. This Christmas, we again managed to keep our uptime above 99,99%...
Tovább...Over 1000 improvements in a year
Általa WishSimply - 2015-11-12 10:24:19.0
Last Christmas, this service was already running fine, but after that, we have made over 1000 improvements to the service. Don't worry, I am not going to list them all here..
Tovább...WishSimply introduction
Általa WishSimply - 2015-10-08 11:32:22.0
As WishSimply is now turning into a two-year-old service (1,5 years in closed beta), it is a good time to take the blog in use and do a short introduction of the service.
Tovább...