Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Shine Registry
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/shine.registry2022
Updated at: 2026-06-02T05:01:03Z

Tagline: A gift registry for people bringing new ideas into the world. 
Elevator pitch: Shine Registry is closing resource gaps for entrepreneurs with tools that are inspired by traditions people love. You can ask for a gravy boat when you get married, and with Shine Registry you can ask for office supplies and network connections when you start a business. More than 500 founders and small business owners are currently using our platform to receive everything from strategic introductions to cash to cover startup costs.

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 77158 | citation: https://wefunder.com/shine.registry2022#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 89 | citation: https://wefunder.com/shine.registry2022#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 77158 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:01:03Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:01:03Z
- Total investors: 89 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:01:03Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:01:03Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 77158
- total_investors: 89
- team_size: 2
- featured_investor_count: 1
- faq_count: 2
- recent_post_count: 10

Quick facts:
- 🥰 Large and growing community of entrepreneurs and the people and organizations that care about them. | citation: https://wefunder.com/shine.registry2022#claim-fact-1
- 🎉 Partnering with NationBuilder to drive 22,000 actions supporting women-owned businesses in 2022. | citation: https://wefunder.com/shine.registry2022#claim-fact-2
- 🌎 Paid partnerships with entrepreneur support organizations all over the world. | citation: https://wefunder.com/shine.registry2022#claim-fact-3
- 📈 We expect to more than double the registries on our site in 2022 (450 to 1,000, not guaranteed) | citation: https://wefunder.com/shine.registry2022#claim-fact-4
- 🌞 We’re a community care platform that’s made possible by a community that cares about us. | citation: https://wefunder.com/shine.registry2022#claim-fact-5

FAQ:
- Q: Thanks for the opportunity to join - I love what you are doing and the early bird valuation! How is your affiliate marketplace going to work? Is it going to be something like this one thewmarketplace.com (I also invested) or something else? In a business type like yours, one w...
  A: Thanks very much for your interest and investment! We're building the tools for founders and small business owners to be able to register for gifts, services, and coaching from affiliate partners on our platform in the same way that a couple might register for a gravy boat when they're getting married. I work very closely with our part-time team of dev consultants and manage the product roadmap. Additionally several of our advisors have backgrounds managing technical products and startups. Wi...
- Q: 1) Can you provide more detail about the crowdfunding aspect of your revenue model? Also, which current CF platform would you most liken it to? 2) Which revenue stream do you ultimately see as being the largest contributor to earnings? 3) What's the exit strategy?
  A: Thank you for your questions! 1) We currently take a small fee for monetary gifts that take place through Shine Registry ($2 per transaction). We’re taking best practices from traditional crowdfunding and are planning more features that allow for milestone tracking and an improved user experience while continuing to incorporate experiences from gift registries. We admire platforms like Honeyfund that have also created innovative experiences in this space. 2) At this stage the majority of our ...

Recent posts:
- Launching Matching Grants! 🥳✨ (2023-03-22T22:22:12Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/162318
- Announcing our new guide! And following up on perks 💫 (2022-11-28T21:42:51Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/159613
- New Features! And a quick guide for how you can help us test and promote ✨ (2022-09-21T15:03:00Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/158297
- Thank you! And notes on what's next (2022-06-22T15:48:49Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/155403
- It's the last day to join our community round! (2022-04-30T16:45:24Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/155158
- Just ONE DAY left!!! (2022-04-29T17:44:15Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/155120
- 3 Days Left! It's the final countdown... ⌛ (2022-04-27T20:40:26Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/155039
- What are people asking for on Shine Registry? (2022-04-22T12:13:44Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/154845
- Help us spread the word about Shine Registry! (2022-04-14T16:06:24Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/154611
- Shine Registry on the Startup Hustle Podcast! (2022-04-06T20:08:23Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/154348