Amazon wish list anonymous

I love doing random acts of kindness for strangers, and one of my favorites is to buy strangers gifts off of their Amazon wish lists.

Now, some of my favorite random acts of kindness ideas are freeI have a list of them here.

Still, this isa good one. Who doesnt like a surprise gift, especially if its something they already want? Some people have very cheap things on their wish lists, too!

Its pretty easy. Heres how its done, at least with the U.S. version of Amazon!

1. On Amazon, click onAccounts and Lists near the top right of your page.Then click down on Find or Create Registry.

2. On the next page, search for a random first name. It could be yours, the name of someone you love or just really random!

P.S. I dont have a wish list on Amazon.

3. Now you start searching strangers wish lists for something you might like to buy for somebody. Here are just a few suggestions

Make sure they added it recently!

For instance, doesthis lady still want the baby toy she put on her wish list in 2011? Maybe, but I doubt it.

Make sure its not too weird to give to a stranger.

I decided this item would be weird, for example. Actually, this is nowhere close to the most inappropriate-if-given-by-a-stranger thing I found on a wish list. There are things for sale that I never even dreamed of, you guys.

And this book is probably informative, but I was afraid that if it came from a stranger, it would sound ominous.

4. Click the Add to Cart button, and then hit Proceed to Checkout.

5. See if they show up as an option for the shipping address.

Its never going to show you the actual address. Sometimes, a choice like Moxie Jos Gift Registry shows up as an option.

Sometimes it doesnt. I think this probably has to do with user privacy settings. If you dont get an option to ship to this person, youll have to give up on buying them a present and start over with someone else.

6. Choose them for the shipping address and buy it!

You can leave a note telling them its a random act of kindness, or just send it anonymously. Its up to you. I never use my full name.

Heres an incompletelist of the things Ive purchased for strangers so far

These Day of the Dead socks.

This nail polish.

These emoji fridge magnets.

Two bottles of this blueberry syrup.

This book, which I also want to read myself.

So fun, right?You can probably do this with other wish lists [Targets, for example], though I havent tried it.

Have you ever done this? Does it make you want to set up an Amazon wish list? Or do you want to suggest different random acts of kindness ideas? Let me know in the comments! Thanks for reading, and have a great week!