Start with the gifts you would buy yourself
Add things you will use, not things you think a list should contain. A kitchen knife, a pair of shoes, a book, a board game: the list can be as ordinary as you like.
Ten to twenty gifts is enough for most occasions. A long list is harder to read and harder to finish.
Write the note a buyer needs
For each gift, add the size, colour, model or edition. If the gift comes from a shop, paste the link and let the details fill in. Then add a note such as "size 39, the black pair" or "the paperback, not the hardback". A buyer should not have to ask you a question.
A pasted price keeps the shop's currency, so one list can show $45, €45 and £30 together.
Give people more than one price
Some friends want to spend £15 and some want to spend £150. Add a mix. If you only add large gifts, people may feel that they cannot take part.
Share one link, with one sentence
Send the link to the people who ask what you want. Add a line that says what it is: "Here is my list for May. No pressure at all." Do not send it to everyone you know.
Gift-givers reserve a present without an account. The list shows which gifts are taken, so nobody buys the same thing twice.
Keep the list current
Remove gifts you no longer want and add the ones you found later. The share link stays the same.
The price on a gift is saved from the day you added it. Check the shop before you buy, because shops change prices.