What is Hatch My House?

Hatch My House (HMH) is Hatch My House (HMH) is an interactive registry for the home. A registry where anyone can sign up, design a house and start saving towards a down payment, home improvements or even furniture. Hatch My House can be used for weddings, birthdays, fundraisers, baby showers, graduations and many other events and celebrations. See sign up to learn more.

Who can create a registry?

Anyone over the age of 18 who has a Personal or Premier PayPal account.

What does Hatch My House do with my gifts?

Hatch My House never receives your gift funds. Your gifts are collected by PayPal and moved directly to your PayPal account. Once PayPal receives your gift funds, they will remain in your PayPal account until you request to have them deposited into the bank account of your choice.

When do I receive my gifts?

'Recipients' can receive their gifts in about 3 days after the gift has been made by requesting a transfer via their PayPal account.

What do I have to do to receive my gifts?

In order to receive your gifts, you must verify your bank account with PayPal and then request payment.

Is Hatch My House secure?

Our Privacy Policy explains how Hatch My House treats your personal information, including your credit card information. Please note that while Hatch My House does not store your credit card information on its servers, it does use ‘Third-Party Service Providers’ who store this data in an encrypted form.

What is the sign-up fee?

‘Recipients’ who use the ‘Services’ provided by Hatch My House are required to pay a $24.95 sign up fee. This fee is used to cover administrative costs associated with your account: server space, PayPal account validation, e-card email service, and graphic and business development.

Is there a transaction fee on my gifts?

Hatch My House does not charge a transaction fee, but PayPal does. For each transaction processed PayPal charges 2.9% + $.30 per transaction. So, if a 'Recipient' receives a $100 gift, they will actually only receive $96.80, unless their 'Donor' opts to pay this fee for the 'Recipient'. In that case, the 'Recipient' will receive the total gift amount, plus or minus a few cents. 

PayPal is "the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their (PayPal) account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or personal financing. With more than 75 million active accounts in 190 markets and 19 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay company."

In order to utilize the Donate Button feature of PayPal for personal fundraising, you must be a Personal or Premier member of PayPal, agreeing to PayPal's Website Payments Standard Legal Agreements. There are some benefits to being a Premier member of PayPal, and we recommend that you sign up or upgrade to Premier. It does not cost you anything to do so and allows your family members and friends to donate to you without having a PayPal account.

By creating a PayPal account, you agree to accept payments on your behalf. Therefore, your family members and friends can donate directly to you without knowing any of your personal information. You accept donations online through your Hatch My House page, and the monetary gifts are deposited into your PayPal account. PayPal holds onto the funds until you are ready to deposit them into your bank account or use them towards online shopping. If you choose to deposit the funds, you will have to link your bank account to your PayPal account. Once you request a deposit, you'll see the funds in your bank account in approximately three days. Because PayPal is allowing you to accept payments on your behalf, there is a slight transaction fee of 2.9% + $0.30. Your Hatch My House guests are informed of this fee and may donate extra funds to your account to make up for this difference. Hopefully, you will not see much of your gift money being applied to this fee. 

Hatch My House has a direct contact with PayPal. If you have questions regarding your account, please contact Dan Anderson at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 1-866-445-3167 ext 33758. If there is a more serious inquiry, you can call Business Support at 1-888-215-5506.

You can read more about PayPal donations in their online nonprofit guide. 

Please read PayPal's User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Acceptable Use Policy. 

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