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Following! I know a lot of people in the past have said Amazon.

I was looking around and I'm going to use myregistry.com - most people in my family like to go physically to pick up gifts, and I figured by using that + the app, I don't care where people buy the gift, as long as they know what I want. You can add stuff online from different sites or scan barcodes with the app in store.

@MrsBananaGrabber: Good question - I think people have to go on there to mark something has been purchased. I also believe if you make a registry at an actual store, you can connect it to myregistry which would then auto-update

eta: http://www.myregistry.com/Info/faq.aspx?categoryname=Purchasing+Gifts&issueid=3579&issuename=Can+items+be+purchased+from+a+different+store+than+the+one+listed+in+the+registry+or+from+a+local+store%3f&catid=5

We did baby list which is similar to my registry. It seems to work better for people shopping online, it shows links to places that carry the product online (unless you indicate you only want it purchased from a specific retailer). They click on it and then are prompted to reserve the item. It worked well for us but we only used it for a handful of things. I really liked that it showed my Amazon and babies r us registries at the top though. It meant I could direct people to one place and they had all of the info right there. I could also write notes saying that we wanted bath toys but pick whatever looks fun, we could use lots of books, I love frilly hair bows etc. I wrote one saying I had lots of hand me down clothes but our poor baby was going to be sock less and I think we got enough socks to last until the apocalypse.

In terms of a full registry though, I liked Amazon but the completion discount is only good on their products.

I also registered at Babies R Us which wasn't my first choice, mainly because their customer service at my stores is lacking, but I did like the ability to add things as purchased on my registry since it made it easier to return random stuff. I think it might be a weird glitch but it was helpful.

Sounds like babylist is better than MyRegistry for an online option for many stores

I did Target and had an Amazon list, my family/DH's family isn't the most tech savy (yes Amazon to them is tech) so I needed to have a physical store like Target they could go into and purchase gifts. I put stuff on Amazon that they didn't have at Target. I also did a local boutique that had more specialty items, it wasn't much but it was nice to give the aunts another physical location to go too.

BBB or BRU depending on what's closer? I went with BBB and it was fine; esp since you can use 20% coupons.

I did Target bc I go to Target all the time. They give 15% completion and I have another 5% from my red card. Their online registry sucks tho! Very buggy.

I also did Amazon just for kicks.

@MrsBananaGrabber: I did MyRegistry and was able to add stuff from any online store, including etsy. It worked great for us!

@MrsBananaGrabber: it was fine as far as I can remember. It did seem like a little more maintenance as what was in store changed but I didn't have problems with the website except for one day when it seemed like all their registry stuff was down. When updating from home, you can choose to only show options available in store, which helped make things go more quickly.

We did Amazon and Target, but mostly Amazon

I did Target and Babies R Us for physical stores. I only registered at Target because it was local for a lot of my family. I had tons of issues trying to update/view the registry, and also ran into the out of stock issues others mentioned. Also found out from family/friends that when they tried to look up my registry in the store there were issues.
On the plus side, Target sent me multiple 15% off completion coupons, and they also had better pricing on some items.

No issues with Babies R Us, and we ended up getting some of the bigger items from them (crib, glider, stroller). They only have a one time use 10% off coupon though.

I also set up an Amazon registry for our moms and ourselves to purchase additional baby stuff we weren't gifted. The completion discount for me was 10% regularly, and 15% if you signed up for Amazon Mom/Prime.

Before we were really "registered" I tried out MyRegistry and Baby List, but used them more to bookmark baby items I'd read good reviews on. I never actually used either site as a registry.

I did Amazon and buy buy baby. Bbb was so easy with returns, but it's annoying because it's hard to use the coupons online. So I split the list and hoped people who wanted to order online would do Amazon and others would use coupons at bbb.

@MrsBananaGrabber: consider your audience... My local target has a small baby section within items stock and options, so registering there never crossed my mind. We registered at BRU and amazon, and I got maybe 3 gifts from amazon and just about everything off my BRU list. My older guests definitely preferred in-store shopping while my younger guests bought from amazon.

I am doing Buy Buy Baby and Amazon. I am finding that my amazon registry is a little harder than I thought because I found most the stuff I needed at BBB and contemplating if I should keep the Amazon one or not.

I did Buy Buy Baby and Amazon and ultimately, no one really used my Amazon one. (Mostly because it wasn't included on my shower invite by accident)

I had a good experience with both. I liked the BBB had tons of 20% off coupons (including bed bath and beyond) and liked using the amazon completion discount after the baby was born to get every thing I didn't get. You can add additional stuff to your registry right up until you use the discount, which was great.