How it works

From coin to wish

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   A coin is £0.50 — always

   Coins come in packs of £3.00, £5.00, £10.00 or £20.00, which hold 6, 10, 20 or 40 coins. Every coin costs exactly £0.50, no matter the pack size. There is no volume discount on purpose: packs exist only to keep payment fees reasonable, never to nudge you into spending more.

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   Your first coin is a gift

   Every wisher's first coin is on us — one per email address. Enter your email, click the magic link we send you, and the coin is yours. No password needed, no card asked.

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   Toss, wish, keep the certificate

   Toss your coin into the fountain and make your wish. It is never published — tradition says a wish told out loud won't come true, and we take that seriously. You choose whether we simply keep it, or seal it with your password so that not even we can read it. Either way, we email you a certificate of your wish, a small keepsake of the moment.

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   What you're buying

   To be clear: buying coins is purchasing a digital service — the experience of the fountain. The price you see includes applicable taxes. It is not a donation, and it doesn't come with a tax receipt.

Sealed wishes stay sealed

A sealed wish is encrypted inside your browser before it ever reaches us, with a key derived from your password. We store only the encrypted text — nobody at eFountain can read it. Not administrators, not developers, not anyone. If it comes true and you want to share it, your browser unlocks it and shows you exactly what would be published, before anything is sent.

The honest trade-off: if you ever reset your password, that key is gone and your sealed wishes become unreadable forever — even to you. We show you this warning again before any password reset.

Nothing is published without you

Your wish is never published when you make it. The only public page is the Guestbook, and a wish reaches it only if it came true and you chose, yourself, to share it — the wish, the note about what happened, or both.

What you choose to share is reviewed before it appears: an automatic filter first, then an AI check, and a human moderator whenever there's doubt. When something can't be published, we hide it — we never delete it. Hiding keeps the Guestbook kind; keeping the record keeps us accountable.

Questions people ask

Everything we're asked most often, answered plainly.

Where can I make a wish online?

At eFountain — a wishing fountain that lives on the internet. You toss a virtual coin into the water and make a wish, the same way you would at a real fountain. It works in any browser, anywhere in the world, in fourteen languages.

Is the first coin really free?

Yes. Every wisher gets one free coin, one per email address, for life. Enter your email, click the magic link we send you, and the coin is yours — no password, no card, nothing to cancel. After that, coins cost 0.50 each.

How much does a coin cost?

0.50 per coin, always. Coins come in packs of 6, 10, 20 or 40, and there is no volume discount on purpose: packs exist only to keep payment fees reasonable. Prices are shown in your local currency, as round amounts, taxes included.

Will my wish be published?

No. A wish is never published when it is made — tradition says a wish told out loud won't come true, and we take that seriously. Nothing appears anywhere unless your wish comes true and you then choose, yourself, to share it in the guestbook.

Can anyone read my wish?

A kept wish is stored for you and displayed nowhere. A sealed wish goes further: it is encrypted in your browser with a key derived from your password, so nobody at eFountain can read it — not administrators, not developers, not anyone.

Do wishing fountains actually work?

Tossing a coin into a fountain is a tradition, not a transaction — people have done it at wells and springs for at least two thousand years, from Roman offerings to the Trevi Fountain today. eFountain promises you a moment, a keepsake and a place to come back to if your wish comes true. It promises nothing else.

Why do people throw coins into fountains?

The gesture is older than the fountains themselves. Springs were thought to be inhabited, and a coin was an offering for clean water, safe travel or a favour asked. Rome's Trevi Fountain alone collects around a million euros a year in coins, which the city gives to charity — proof that the habit never really left us.

What do I get for my coin?

The moment itself — the toss, the ripples, your wish written down — plus a certificate by email, your coin resting at the bottom of the basin, and the right to come back and share your wish in the guestbook if it comes true.