A tech worker shared his 'housewarming registry' online, and people he'd never met bought him $600 worth of plates and plant stands

• When John Anderson, 37, moved to a new house in September, he made an Amazon housewarming registry.
• He shared it with his followers online and got $600 worth of presents from people he'd never met.
• "Buying a house is a big milestone and normalizing having registries for them online would be a good thing," he said.

John Anderson was driving his RV around the country, living campground to campground, until he bought a home in New Orleans in September.