How to decide on a wedding website provider

Once you know what you are wanting on your wedding website, it’s easy to decide on a wedding website provider. There are a few key factors that help you decide:

1) Budget

There are wedding website services that range from $0-$1,000+. So whatever your budget is, there is a wedding website service to provide the solution.

Setting your budget is the first step. For the majority of couples, a free or cheap wedding website is the ideal solution for them. A template and “cookie-cutter” website will work for them. Other couples may want more of a custom solution, where a website designer creates a one-of-a-kind wedding website based on their wedding theme and personal requests. By setting your budget first, you can weed out the wedding website service providers that just aren’t what you had in mind.

2) Features

You name it, you can have it: wedding countdown, photo gallery, custom theme, flash intro, guestbook, password protected area, newsletter, RSVP, music, custom domain name, poll, and quizes – the possibilities are endless. By narrowing down what you want, need, and can afford – it will help you decide on a wedding website. For those couples who just want the basic pages, many times you can find a free solution. For couples wanting a more ‘feature-packed’ solution, it may cost you a little more $$$. This factor ties hand in hand with factor 1 – the budget.

3) Period of Time

If you plan on keeping your website for months or years, that is your choice. Some couples may want to convert their wedding website into a wedding memory website where guests can share their personal memories and photos from the wedding. Other couples may just want the wedding details on the website until the day of the wedding. This is a factor you will have to consider when choosing a wedding service provider. Most companies offer different options and packages for you to choose from that are dependent on the length of time your wedding website will be live.

There are many great wedding websites out there, these tips will help you decide which one is the right one for you.

A good example of a wedding website

Kenny & Hershy’s wedding website another good example. It’s a simple design with just the bare necessities but it works great as a wedding website! If you are thinking of designing your own wedding website, this is a great example to use for inspiration.

Top 3 Reasons to Have a Wedding Website

There are many reasons to have a wedding website but here I’ve outlined my top three. If these don’t convince you to have a wedding website, well, then don’t have one.

1) Save Money

Although some wedding website service providers do charge for your wedding website, you can save tremendously in printing and postage. Weddings today are getting extremely elaborate and sometimes you can end up with a booklet instead of an invitation. Save the money on your invitations by not including those bulky extra cards for directions, accommodations, schedule of events, etc… You can include one card with your wedding website address on it and forget about those extra includes since all the info is on your wedding website.

You can also save money on postage. Without all those extra cards in the invitation, it will weigh less, thus costing less postage. In our digital age, online RSVP is becoming an accepted practice. It make your life easier by getting the RSVP response information faster and in a more convenient method (automatically delivered to your email inbox. You don’t even have to worry about losing RSVP’s in the mail. It also makes life for the guest easier also by being a simple and convenient way to RSVP. No more waiting by the mailbox and worrying if people will remember to send the RSVP out.

2) Convey Sensitive Material

Most of the time you may have details you want to share with guest but it’s poor etiquette, such as your registry information. Typically, it’s up to the wedding party to share this info with guests. With a wedding website, it’s okay to post your registry and other information that may be too sensitive for the invitation. Perhaps your planning a destination wedding, you can add the address where you want gifts sent. Children, attire, parking, weather and any other special requests can easily be added to your wedding website so all the miscellaneous details are clear to guests and it’s not such a burden to you and your wedding party to spread the info.

3) Reduce Stress

A wedding website is the ideal way to free up your valuable time and energy. All your important information about your wedding day/week are posted on your wedding website. Friends and family can reference it anywhere in the world, translate it into any language, and view it at any time. Instead of calling you and your wedding party with questions, your guests can simply go to your wedding website to find all the information they need. Having all the information for the wedding in one central location is not only beneficial for you but also for your friends/family.