Invitations resembling e-business cards?

An e -invitation is fine for a casual or small wedding. But this is a social event, not a business function. The business card idea is out of place IMO, or would be for me. Personally, I would only invite colleagues with whom I have a social relationship outside the office.

I've used digital cards for things like birthday parties but I always purchased a digital invite from Esty then just updated the information on the template to reflect accurate information. But without a venue they don't really have a date so they need to secure a venue first before inviting anyone to anything. I also wouldn't recommend a digital invite for a wedding. Weddings are formal events unlike birthday party which are causal. Invites set the tone for the wedding so unless it is extremely laid back and are okay with guests showing up in things like jeans, shorts, etc. then I would definitely rethink the digital invites.

I don't think it's possible once you send out the e invited for them to be edited. They can send out a wedding website with information, but people probably won't check it beyond the day they get it, and then the day before.


It would be best for them to secure their date then send out an electronic save the date. Then They can send out invites once everything is set in stone.

A venue should have been picked a long time ago. Because vendors can’t randomly show up anywhere with no notice. Did the couple not send save the dates at 6-12 months? A digital invitation is not the remedy to having a last second venue. Last second invitations come across that the couple is B/C listing and only cares about having seat fillers that those people would rather not be invited to as afterthoughts.



All that aside, every social circle sees digital invitations differently. Online they are advertised the only acceptable option for the current tech savvy generation. Some social circles embrace that and don’t offer paper invites for those who may have difficulty using the internet or who are still traditional. Other circles are very traditional and see digital invitations and websites as a faux pas for a wedding which is a formal event, regardless of semi formal vs black tie, but is appropriate for a birthday party or casual events. When in doubt as to what your specific social circle does, ask your parents and other elders for input on what is acceptable vs not in your group. Our families and friends are tech savvy, with exception of older generations, and we didn’t have anything digital because across the board, they are very traditional and would not consider anything digital to be more valid or appropriate than traditional paper stationery. As guests, we have received a couple digital wedding invites that we attended but the majority of guests invited didn’t show up because the couples were told afterwards that their guests viewed them as save the dates and were waiting on paper invites.
As for colleagues, only invite the ones to your wedding that you invite regularly to your home.

They should definitely wait to book a venue before sending out a save the date in any format. They have no clue what might change during the venue selection process. What if they find the perfect location but it can only accommodate half of what they’d originally been planning (once a save the date is sent, you can’t uninvite those people)? What if they’re shooting for a 2024 wedding but the venue they fall in love with doesn’t have openings until 2025? There’s so much info they don’t have yet that could significantly change.

Thank you guys for sharing your experiences! I absolutely agree with your comments, and so does the couple - they always intended to e-invite only like a dozen of their colleagues (they work in the IT sector), so that they wouldn't risk confusing anybody, of course. Also, they're really, really hoping they won't have to change the venue they're about to book, but then again, you never know... So, this might play the role of a very narrow safety net, but it is primarily intended as a playful gesture, they will make traditional wedding invitations in a much bigger number than the e-invites

As for whether is it possible to change the data on an already sent e-card, I've been reading "best virtual business card" reviews like this one and it seems that all it'll take to do so is to use a dynamic QR code. The templates also seem easy to work with, but perhaps someone here can recommend a brand/site where I could easily create a design? I want to help them out with this, and I think I have a vision, it's just that I've never tried making an e-card before, so any pointers about an intuitive platform are welcome

A QR code sounds like a reasonable way to do this. Another option is to provide a link to the wedding website, either through the QR code or if it’s a fake business card, maybe in lieu of the contact email, and then post updates there as you get them. One thing to watch with QR codes is that I’ve seen multiple stories where supposedly free QR codes are just for a trial period, and then they expire if you don’t continue to pay. And some have been for really short trials like a month, which is too short a time for guests who are referring back to the website throughout the planning process. So I would just make sure to read the terms of whatever QR code service you end up using.