Welcome to The Dowry.
This is sure to be a unique shopping experience with welcomed changes.
Creating a wedding registry here is more of a self discovery quest than it is wandering a big box store with a scan gun in hand.
The items you find on The Dowry are curated as uncommon goods. And by uncommon we mean exceptional, unique, one-of-a-kind even.
You’ll find everything you never knew you always wanted with our hand-selected artisans.
Start Your Free Wedding Registry now.
Featured Collections
Wedding Registry Essentials
Unique Home Goods Grooms Want On Their Wedding Registry. →
HINT: Start with cutlery and end with a throw blanket. Brides are looking for ways to involve their grooms in the process of creating wedding registries and homes they both can feel...
Your Home Bar Guide: Top 20 Essential Glassware And Bar Accessories. →
Download The Dowry Glassware Guide to help decipher what you truly need and want in your home bar. Glassware can add to or take away from each drink you serve. With...
Printable Wedding Registry Checklists. →
These checklists will ensure you’ve added the right home goods, in the right quantities, to your registries. Including kitchen basics, tableware, glassware, textiles and more!
Your Tabletop Guide: What, Where, When And Why Of Each Place Setting. →
Download The Dowry Tabletop Guide. Detailing the size and purpose of every of plate, bowl and platter. This information will prove invaluable as you shop and register.
Wondering what we're about?
We have an ever-growing artist community, whose beautiful work exists outside big box retailers but belongs on our tables, shelves and rooms of our home.
We revere the uniqueness of the human condition and encourage you to enjoy the process of stepping beyond mass-produced items and into a world that feels special, personal and often bespoke.
Browse to shop or register for our artists by name.
Artists By Curated Design Styles
Looking for a unique gift?
Are you here because someone you love has created a wedding registry through The Dowry?
Worry no more about registries full of items so generic you’re not sure you bought the right shower curtain or pie pan.
Be the guest who purchases the wedding gift that will be around for years to come and become the family heirloom.
Find your couple's wedding registry or continue shopping curated categories below.
Register & Shop with a Purpose
While you shop, we are committed to life outside our cyber walls. We know that while dowry traditions have been outlawed they are still practiced in more than a dozen countries and pose a real threat to girls and women.
The Dowry challenges historical dowry practices by generating awareness of the ongoing abuse created by conventional dowry practices. We focus on supporting education because with it comes opportunity, choice, and freedom.
Mission And Story
"The Best Websites to Register for Your Wedding." - Harper's Bazaar →
From the basics to finishing touches, honeymoon funds, and charities of your choice this Harper's Bazaar article gives you the inside scoop on the latest wedding registry trends and wedding...
The Dowry: More Than Our Name. →
The Dowry is committed to facilitating growth and independence for women and girls victimized by cultural dowry practices. With the goal of our conversations turning into donations of time, education, money, and...