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How to share a shopping list with someone

To share a shopping list, open it, choose Share in the list menu and send the other person a link or an email invitation. Once they join, you both use the same list: everyone on it sees every item that is added, changed or checked off. Each person uses their own Listonic account, and a link also works without an account.

A link is the quickest option when you’re already texting or messaging someone. The other person opens it and joins the list straight away, without even creating an account. The sharing window automatically shows the messaging apps you have on your phone, such as WhatsApp, Messenger or Telegram.

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Android

  1. Open the list and tap the list menu .
  2. Select Share .
  3. Tap Copy link and paste the link into a message, or tap a messaging app icon. If the one you need isn’t there, tap More  to see more options.

iPhone

  1. Open the list and tap the list menu .
  2. Select Share .
  3. Tap Copy link and paste the link into a message, or tap a messaging app icon. If the one you need isn’t there, tap More  to see more options.

Browser

  1. Open the list and click the list menu .
  2. Select Share .
  3. Click Copy link and paste the link into a message, or choose Messenger, WhatsApp or Telegram.

Invite someone by email

An email invitation is handy when the other person already has a Listonic account. The list appears for them automatically, with no link to open. Enter the address their account uses.

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Android

  1. Open the list and tap the list menu .
  2. Select Share .
  3. In the Enter name or email field, type the other person’s email address and tap Share.

iPhone

  1. Open the list and tap the list menu .
  2. Select Share .
  3. In the Enter name or email field, type the other person’s email address and tap Share. You can also pick the address from your phone’s contacts: tap Sync contacts .

Browser

  1. Open the list and click the list menu .
  2. Select Share .
  3. In the Email address field, type the other person’s address and click Invite.

The person you invited appears in the sharing window. If you see pending next to their address, there’s no Listonic account for that address yet. They’ll see the list once they create an account with it.

What the other person sees

What happens on their side depends on how you invited them and which device they use:

  • Link opened on a phone: Listonic opens with an invitation to the list, and they just tap Open list. If they don’t have the app, the link takes them to the app store first. After installing, they may need to open the link again.
  • Link opened on a computer: the list opens in the browser, with no app to install and no account to create.
  • Email invitation: the list appears in their account automatically, in the app and in the browser.

Sharing without an account

If you use Listonic without an account, the app asks for a name or nickname before you share for the first time. This way, other people on the list know who’s making changes. Anyone who opens your link without an account is asked for a name too. You can change it later in your profile settings. In the browser, before you share without an account, you’ll see a prompt to create one. To skip it, click Continue without account.

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