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Deciding to marry your beloved is the turning point in your life. Both of you make the best efforts as a couple to make the wedding day most memorable. Your loved ones contribute to creating memories by bringing you gifts. The excitement of receiving a gift may diminish when opening the box.
Silverware, crockery, and showpieces are some of the typical presents that a bride and bridegroom receive. However, you can make the gifting experience more enjoyable for you and your guests by selecting an online wedding registry.
Here’s what you need to understand about the registry and its functionality:
What is the Online Registry?
A traditional online wedding registry enables an engaged couple to create a wish list of their wedding gifts. The service providers convey the couple’s gifting preferences to the invitees. As soon as the duo finalises the list, it is made available for the guests to view and select an item as per their convenience.
The registry helps the invitees select a useful gift, and at the same time, it makes the couple happy to receive what they desire. It thus reduces the instances of unwanted or duplicate gifting.
However, the conventional registry may compel you to make a list from the available options. Also, there is always a possibility of the registry not fitting in the budget of some guests.
Moreover, the invitees may feel obliged to buy something they didn’t want to. There may be no real need for the products listed in the registry, and you may like to arrange funds for your honeymoon or some other luxurious indulgence.
To overcome the traditional registry’s limitations, you may opt for the gift card registry, wherein the guest can load the desired funds on a MasterCard. The card offers greater flexibility and can be used by the couple either for their honeymoon, home essentials shopping, or furniture purchase.
The invitees can contribute as per their capability, and pooling the receipts from multiple guests gives you the liberty to buy what you want for the new household.
How Does it Work?
The duo can select a MasterCard design with the registry provider, who sets up an account for the couple. The invitees can simply contribute to the card and also leave a personalised message.
The couple receives the card with the loaded amount in their mailbox. You are notified every time a guest contributes to your card. Moreover, the registry provider also sends a thank-you note to the guests on behalf of the lovely couple.
Sharing the Registry Details
Avoid sharing the registry details along with the invitation card. Instead, you can upload the information about the registry while creating your wedding website. Include the website details on your invitation from where your invitees will get the registry’s details, too. Alternatively, consider sending e-post cards having the details of the website.
This way, you can seamlessly create an online wedding registry to make the gifting process fun and less stressful for the invitees. Most importantly, you will receive gifts that you’ll cherish for many years.
