WeddingChannel.com is the most comprehensive and customizable wedding planning, gift registry and communication resource on the Web. WeddingChannel.com is broken into six easy-to-navigate areas that span the practical and emotional needs of everyone associated with the special event. The centerpiece of the site is the innovative Wedding Website, which functions as the ultimate planning and information resource for everyone from the engaged couple to acquaintances who want to share in the experience. WeddingChannel.com’s five other areas -- Fashion & Beauty, Shopping, Registry, Planning Tools and Travel -- are fully integrated with the Wedding Website to provide a comprehensive wedding planning environment.
Fashion & Beauty
WeddingChannel.com’s Fashion & Beauty feature is the premiere Internet wedding resource for wedding attire and beauty advice. Users can browse the most comprehensive, interactive bridal attire catalogs online, with a photo gallery of over 30,000 bridal fashion and accessory images from all the leading designers, including Alfred Sung, and Bill Levkoff. A bride may also use the advanced search features to find the bridal gown of her dreams by indicating the desired gown characteristics (such as neckline, sleeve type and manufacturer). This section also provides expert advice on how to select the perfect gown for every figure, definitions of all the key bridal fashion terminology and articles by beauty experts.
Planning Tools
The Planning Tools section offers tools, advice and expert viewpoints to help couples navigate the complex process of planning a wedding. The process is simplified when the couple uses such features as:
- The Budget Planner, an interactive budgeting tool which the couple can customize.
- The Local Business Directory, a database of local vendors which is searchable by city, state or zip code.
- The Wedding Website, where couples can share their engagement story and event details.
- The Planning Checklist, where couples can track their wedding planning and send email reminders.
- The Address Book, where couples can compile addresses, phone numbers, and other pertinent information about guests and wedding vendors.
- The Guest List Manager, a convenient way to create a guest list and track RSVPs and gifts.
- The Gift Registry, a convenient online and in-store registry with top brand stores.
These invaluable features will help the couple streamline the planning process as they create their perfect wedding.
Wedding Website
WeddingChannel.com is revolutionizing the planning process with the ground-breaking Wedding Website feature, a couple’s online portfolio which enables them to create and save personalized web pages and customized planning tools absolutely free. The couple can access and update their Wedding Website from home or work, 24 hours a day. They can share their Wedding Website with selected family, members of the wedding party, and/or guests, via passwords of their choosing.
Couple’s Profile
Within the Wedding Website, a couple can easily create their personal ‘Couple’s Profile’, a ‘Wedding Logistics’ page, and an ‘Out of Town Guest Information’ page. Here they can share their engagement story, information about hotel and travel packages, maps and directions, and details about the wedding weekend. No computer programming knowledge is required to create these personal web pages.
Planning Checklist
Based on the couple’s wedding date, this customizable planning calendar automatically assigns suggested deadlines for key planning milestones, while also allowing the couple to make changes and enter their own activities.
Guest List Manager
Using the Guest List Management tool, couples can enter, track and update guest names, invitations, RSVPs, gift information and special comments (such as a guest’s dietary preferences). Important guest information is now accessible and easily updateable in one concentrated area for all the wedding events: bridal shower, reception, and post-wedding brunch. Guests can even RSVP online, and WeddingChannel.com will automatically update the RSVP "tally" in the appropriate Guest List Management tool.
Local Resources
This comprehensive, national database has over 500,000 wedding-related businesses, enabling brides and grooms to more easily find local vendors in their respective markets. The directory is easily searchable by geography and vendor type, making it simple for a couple to find all the resources needed to plan a perfect wedding. Local vendor websites created by WeddingChannel.com provide detailed descriptions of products and services.
Shopping
The Shopping section provides a key point of access for manufacturers and national retailers to promote and sell wedding and household products to couples and guests through WeddingChannel.com. In this area, brides and grooms are able to purchase merchandise ranging from bridal accessories to gifts for their attendants; moreover, wedding guests can shop for gifts for the bride and groom without ever having to set foot in a mall. A showcase for thousands of products, the store is easily searchable by multiple criteria, including brand, product category and price range. Products can be merchandized individually and as part of a collection; additionally, up-sells and cross-sells are also easily presented.
Gift Registry
The Gift Registry section of WeddingChannel.com provides the ultimate convenience for couples and their guests. Couples can use the Registry Worksheet as a guide to creating a comprehensive bridal registry, then bring the worksheet along when they establish their registry in-store. Once their registry has been created, couples can view it online any time, and see real-time updates reflecting all guest purchases. Guests can also find a couple’s registry at WeddingChannel.com 24 hours a day, to purchase gifts online at their convenience, quickly and simply. The security of all transactions is guaranteed. Guests are given options for shipping, gift wrapping and card enclosure. With this valuable service, WeddingChannel.com has revolutionized online registry and gift giving.