Last updated 14 October 2026
Terms of use
The short version: YayWish helps you invite friends to a birthday party and lets them chip in towards one gift. Gift money goes straight to the parent through Stripe. YayWish takes 1%.
Who we are
YayWish is run by Ted Clark, a sole trader based in Canterbury, Kent, UK. Contact: hello@yaywish.com. By using YayWish you agree to these terms and our privacy policy.
Who can use it
You must be 18 or over. Parents (or whoever is organising the party) make the party page, and must live in the UK to receive gifts. Guests can RSVP, chip in and leave messages without an account.
How the money works
- Gifts go straight to the parent. When a guest chips in, the payment is made to the parent's own Stripe account. YayWish never holds the gift money. Stripe pays it out to the parent's bank.
- Fees. YayWish keeps 1% of each gift. Stripe charges its own card fee, which comes off the parent's side. Guests can choose to add a small amount to cover the card fee, and can add an optional tip to YayWish. Both are always optional and shown before paying.
- Stripe. Parents need a Stripe account to receive gifts, and agree to Stripe's own terms when they set it up. Stripe checks who parents are and handles card security, payouts and disputes.
- Gifts are gifts. A guest's contribution is a gift to the parent for the birthday child, not a purchase from YayWish. Refunds are up to the parent. If a parent wants to refund a guest, or something has gone wrong, email us and we'll sort it through Stripe. Any refund of a tip to YayWish is up to us.
- Targets. A parent can set a private target. Guests never see totals or amounts, and a party isn't cancelled if a target isn't reached. The parent keeps whatever is given.
If you're making a party
- Only make a party for a real birthday, and use the gift money for the gift or day out you describe, or something just as good for the child.
- Only share the link with people you know. Anyone with the link can see the invite.
- Keep your child's details light: a first name and age is plenty.
- You're responsible for what you put on your page, and for any tax on money you receive (birthday gifts from friends and family normally aren't taxable, but it's your call).
Things you can't do
- Use YayWish for anything other than a birthday celebration, or to collect money under false pretences.
- Post anything unkind, rude, hateful or illegal, or anyone else's photos without permission.
- Try to break, overload or get around the security of YayWish.
We can remove a page, a message or a photo, or close an account, if these terms are broken.
Your content
You own what you post. You let us show it on your party page and keepsake card so YayWish can work. That permission ends when it's deleted.
Our responsibility
We work hard to keep YayWish running and safe, but we can't promise it will never go down or have a bug. We aren't responsible for the party itself, for what a parent does with gift money, or for Stripe's service. Nothing in these terms limits your legal rights as a consumer, or our responsibility for anything the law doesn't let us exclude (like death or injury caused by our negligence, or fraud).
Changes and ending
We may update these terms. If it's a big change, we'll tell parents by email. You can stop using YayWish and ask us to delete your account at any time.
Law
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales.