A guide for parents
Add a nest egg to your Babylist registry
Cash funds are now the most-asked-for thing on a baby registry, and a registry is built around the shower. Here’s how to put a link on yours that keeps going after it: one that sends gifts straight to you and keeps working for eighteen years.
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Start the nest egg and copy the link.
Takes a minute, and it is free. The link looks like goodnest.app/c/gianna-… and is meant to last until her letter opens.
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In Babylist, add a cash fund.
On the site, open the cash funds section of the registry builder; in the app, tap Add Items and search for “cash fund”. Choose a custom fund and name it — “Gianna’s nest egg” works better than “college fund”, because it is about her.
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Put the link in the fund’s note.
Something like: “Give here — it comes straight to us, and you can seal a letter for her to open when she’s grown.” Guests read the note; that is where the link has to be.
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Paste it in the registry greeting too.
The greeting is the one thing every guest sees. One sentence and the link, so the people who skip the fund still find it.
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After the shower, keep sending the same link.
First birthday, Christmas, the ordinary Tuesday a grandparent thinks of her. A registry is made for the arrival; this link is made for the years after it.
Babylist’s screens as of September 2026. If the buttons have moved, the idea is the same: a custom cash fund, with your link in the note.
What a guest sees
A page with your child’s name, the one line you wrote about what the money is for, and $25, $50, $100 or their own amount. They send it straight to you on the Zelle, Venmo or PayPal you use — no account, no new app — and can seal a letter, a voice note or a short video for your child to open when they’re grown.
Every cent of the gift reaches you, because the money never passes through GoodNest at all. GoodNest adds no fee and takes nothing. Zelle is free; Venmo and PayPal are free from a bank or balance, and can charge the sender for a credit card.
A grandparent who wants to keep going can give once, or come back and give again whenever they like, with the same page ready for them. That’s the part a registry can’t do.
Start with the link
One link for your child, meant to last until their letter opens. Set it up in a minute, paste it on the registry, and keep it for every birthday after.
Start a nest egg — it’s free