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Sending from the US

South Asian wedding e-invites for families in the US

A wedding website and an invitation in one link: envelope, song, countdown, maps, RSVP and private guest links, in English and Urdu. Sent on WhatsApp to Houston and New Jersey, and to the family in Pakistan, at the same moment.

A wedding website and an e-invite in one · ready in about ten minutes · edit it yourself any time

  • A link you can share with anyone
  • Guest list & headcounts
  • Share on WhatsApp
  • Works on every phone
  • Edit any time

What you get

Not a video, not a PDF. A page of its own.

Everything a wedding website does, inside an invitation your family will actually open.

An envelope that opens

Wax seal, flap or ribbon; the guest taps and the card unfolds with your song.

Countdown to the day

Counts down to the first function, on every guest's phone.

Every function, its own map

Nikah at the masjid, Walima at the hall, Mehndi at home: each with a map pin and a calendar button.

Replies on the card

Coming or not, and how many. Totals land in your panel, no app for anyone.

English and Urdu

Labels switch with one button; your own wording in either language.

Private guest links

Each family gets a page with their name, their seats and only their functions.

Edit after sending

Change a time or a venue once; every link already sent shows the new version.

Photos, FAQ and families

A gallery, a dress-code note, tap-to-call numbers for both sides of the family.

Two countries, one link

Guests in the US, guests in Pakistan. One card.

  • Guests in Pakistan and guests abroad open the same link. Nobody gets a second-class version.
  • Functions in two countries sit on one card, each with its own date, venue and map.
  • It travels on WhatsApp, which is already where both sides of the family talk.
  • Private guest links greet the khala in Karachi and the colleague in Croydon by their own name.

The time difference

Pakistan is nine hours ahead of New York and twelve ahead of California during daylight saving time.

Dates and times stay exactly as the hosts wrote them: the day and the clock time at the venue. The calendar button saves the event at that same clock time, so when a guest's phone switches to Pakistan time at the airport it still reads 7 pm.

Prices in USD

Pay once. Invite as many as you like.

The same card is sold in Pakistani rupees on the pricing page; these are the USD prices for families paying from the US.

The card

US$24

paid once, per card

  • Any wedding design in the collection
  • One link for everybody
  • Replies, countdown, maps, calendar buttons
  • English and Urdu
  • Editable for the whole access period

Private guest links

+ US$12

30 links · 120 for US$19 · unlimited for US$29

  • Each household greeted by name
  • Seats held for every family
  • Only their functions on their page
  • Sent from your list straight to WhatsApp

We set it up

US$12

optional

  • Send us the names, dates, venues and list
  • We enter everything
  • You still get the panel to edit

Paying from abroad: message us on WhatsApp and we arrange card payment or an international transfer before your card goes live.

Across the US

Families we hear from in the US.

The card is the same everywhere; what changes is the venue, the guest list and the number of time zones at the dinner table.

Houston

One of the largest Pakistani communities in America, with banquet halls from Sugar Land to Hillcroft. A card with a map for each venue and a reply button saves the family group chat from forty 'what time is it' messages.

Dallas and Fort Worth

Richardson, Plano and Irving families often hold the Nikah at the masjid and the Walima at a hotel ballroom. Each function on the card carries its own venue, time and calendar button.

Chicago

Devon Avenue weddings with guests arriving from the suburbs and from Pakistan. The Urdu switch is one tap for the elders; the English version is what the cousins read.

New Jersey

Edison, Jersey City and Paterson, with half the guests driving in from New York. Private guest links put each family's name and seat count on their own page, and the RSVP tally sits in your panel.

The Bay Area

Fremont and the South Bay, where the couple's friends expect a wedding website and the parents expect a proper card. This is both, in one link.

The designs

Every design is a working demo.

Open one on your phone and scroll it exactly as a guest would, before you spend anything.

Questions

Asked by families abroad.

A person reads every message, usually the same day.

Can I pay by card from the US?

Paying from abroad: message us on WhatsApp and we arrange card payment or an international transfer before your card goes live. Prices on this page are in USD; the same card is also sold in Pakistani rupees on the pricing page, and you may pay whichever way suits the family.

Guests in Pakistan and guests here: do they get different cards?

No. One card, one link. Every guest sees the same invitation, and if you give someone a private link it shows their own name, their seats and only the functions they are invited to, wherever they open it.

How does the time difference work on the card?

Dates and times stay exactly as the hosts wrote them: the day and the clock time at the venue. The calendar button saves the event at that same clock time, so when a guest's phone switches to Pakistan time at the airport it still reads 7 pm. Each function also carries its own venue and map link, so a Nikah held here and a Walima held in Pakistan sit side by side on one card.

Will my parents and the elders be able to read it?

Yes. Every design has English and Urdu labels, switched with one button on the card, and you can type your own wording in either language. Many families print a short run of cards for the elders and send everybody else the link.

How fast can it be ready?

A first version you can send takes about ten minutes: pick a design, type the names and dates. Most families spend an hour adding every function, the photos and the guest list, and everything stays editable afterwards.

Can guests in Pakistan reply if they are not used to RSVP?

The reply is one tap on the card: coming or not, and how many. There is no app and no account. Replies and totals land in your panel, and for anyone who still phones instead, you can enter their answer yourself.

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