Comments on: Electronic invitations save time and money

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By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:53:47 +0000

Is it uncouth to use evites for a fancy party?

By: Shana

Shana — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:28:00 +0000

Just the idea that there’s an OPTION for a “Botox party” skeeves me. I know it’s cliche to think America’s the land of the superficial, wasteful, and selfish, but it appears warranted, in cases such as this. Oy!

By: Alisha

Alisha — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:25:45 +0000

I just used socializr.com for my friend’s bachelorette party. They have a lot of fun designs and useful features.

By: Cyrano

Cyrano — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:37:57 +0000

Just wanted to second the event feature on Facebook. It’s how I manage most get togethers nowadays.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:29:41 +0000

I find using Google Calendar to send out invites is a good method as well. That way it’s already in my calendar and I can check periodically about who’s attending.

By: Adie

Adie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:17:34 +0000

If it’s a casual event, why not pick up the phone? Evites don’t just tell me who, what, when, where, and why, they also tell me that somebody doesn’t care enough about my presence to call. I don’t demand an engraved invitation by any means, but some personal contact is desirable. If I’m good enough to email but not good enough to call, chances are good that I’m not going to want to come to your event anyway.

By: Julie Minevich

Julie Minevich — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:52:25 +0000

I’ve found that with the increased user adoption, Facebook actually works well for event planning.

It’s not the most visually appealing interface, but the invite is in a place most people visit daily. It’s easy for guests to RSVP, leave a message and check in on upcoming events.

By: labyrinthine

labyrinthine — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:00:09 +0000

BUT paperstyle.com is great for fast, beautiful, real invitations.

By: kat

kat — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:44:55 +0000

The truly maddening thing about Evite is that you have to click through to the website just to see the basic details about the event, like the date, time and location. Tracking RSVPs is a nice feature but I sometimes wish people would just send email instead!

By: TD

TD — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:36:05 +0000

I use http://www.Anyvite.com because let’s clutter-y then sites like evite and seems to run quicker.

I’ve thought about doing a invite system in PHP with simple replication, grouping, and reoccurring event feature, but I don’t think my return on my time would be worth it at the moment.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:33:22 +0000

I’ve had problems with E-Vite not sending messages, and people not being invited as a result. We checked their spam filters and it wasn’t that. I’ll try these other suggestions.

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By: Gracy

Gracy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:32:12 +0000

Checkout this one out! Has awesome designs, Ad free, Invite email confirmation and whole design center for invitations, announcements, ecards.

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By: nat

nat — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:26:15 +0000

i like setting up events on facebook and inviting all my friends through there. if there are people you want to invite that don’t use facebook, you can just stick their email in the invitation list which works just fine.

By: Lane

Lane — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:01:31 +0000

For a really customizable, clutter-free website (they are funded by capital and not ads, at least for now), I really like http://www.crush3r.com – despite the terrible Web 2.0 name, it is a really great service. The best feature is that the emails it sends contain all the necessary information, and the click-through link for RSVPs requires no registration or additional work by the recipient.

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:49:28 +0000

I am also a big fan of pingg.com
They have very pretty design that’s customizable, and you can have them send postcard invites to people on the invite list if for some reason you didn’t have their email, or just wanted to.

By: John

John — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:46:58 +0000

One thing to be wary of with any electronic invitation system: spam filters. I learned this the hard way a few years ago, when I invited a lot of people to a New Year’s party with evite, only to have 20% of them say, “Party? What party? I never got a invitation?” If the service provider hasn’t worked with ISPs to establish that their mail is legitimate, you can end up with some invitations going into spam filters – either in the invitee’s account or at a system level, where nobody will ever see them.

One advantage of the old fashioned approach. If you use one and don’t get a response, it might be wise to call or send a personal email saying, “Hey, I hope you can make it!”