If you’re planning a wedding, I bet you’re looking for anything that lets you cut down on stress and save time. Well here’s a tip! With sites like Deposit a Gift and Glö, you can bring many aspects of planning a wedding, like the registry and invitations, into the modern era. The pressure of family and tradition might give you pause, but there’s no reason that wedding websites and online registries can’t be pleasing to your family and friends – in the end they may even thank you for making their lives easier by keeping things online and at their fingertips anywhere in the world.
Here’s some guidance to make a modern wedding registry or website super fun for your friends and family:
- Add a Personal Message: Guests want to know that they’re interacting with you, not some robot inside their computer. Write a personalized note that welcomes them to your site and introduces them to the wishes of your modern wedding registry.
- Customize It: Take advantage of all the options your have to personalize your pages. Choose a site design, add pictures and import designs, videos, and widgets that express your personalities.
- Update It With the Latest Info: Keep your wedding registry and website up-to-date and let guests know if any plans have changed and how the planning process is going. Use the e-mail function to send out messages to remind guests of your impending nuptials and how excited you are to see them!
Going paperless for your wedding might seem nontraditional at first, but you’ll likely find that the benefits of having an interactive site add a new dimension to the wedding day experience that you just don’t find when going the totally traditional route.
Dana Ostomel is the founder and Chief Gifting Officer of the cash wedding registry site: Deposit a Gift. She works closely with her users to ensure they are able to craft the perfect gift list for them. Years before Dana got married, she wondered how anyone could store so many presents—and even if they could, how they had the time to unwrap, return (often), track and use them all. Her marketing background led her to believe she could simplify the registry process—and not just for weddings, but for any big gifting event. And so Deposit a Gift, the next generation gift registry, was born. For more creative registry ideas, keep up with Deposit a Gift on Facebook, Twitter and their blog.