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Personal Wedding Websites Cater to Massive Holiday Engagement Market

2007-12-06T05:00:00-08:00

San Jose, California (IPRWIRE) Thur, December 6th -- WedShare.com (http://www.wedshare.com) states that new high-tech trends in wedding planning are on the rise, from online RSVPs to guest address books that build and update themselves. And winter, surprisingly enough, is big high-tech wedding time.

You might not realize it, but December is a hot wedding month in general. While sunshiney months like April and June reign supreme, December is not far behind. But what makes December so big in terms of the Big Day is not actually the number of weddings it hosts; it's the number of new engagements. The majority of all wedding proposals--about 75%, in fact--happen over the holidays. And when today's couples get engaged, one of the first things they do after popping the questions (and getting the "yes!") is popping onto the web.

What are couples looking for?

"Everything," says Jason Melendez, president of WedShare.com, an online wedding website and planning tools company. "Most just want to know where to start. The online bridal market is huge: couples find venues, DJs, cakes, caterers; you name it. Wedding planning takes a lot of research, and the web is research central."

WedShare.com provides one of the first things couples today look for: a personal wedding website, the home base from which to launch their planning. But WedShare.com doesn't build the wedding website for them...it provides a service that lets couples build their own and give it whatever address they like: JohnAndJane.com, for example.

Today's tech has much to offer the busy 21st-century engaged couple. There is a lot of information management when it comes to guest lists, seating charts, meal preferences, and so forth. Communication is crucial between vendors, the bridal party, and the couple themselves. All-inclusive wedding planning services that a company such as WedShare.com provides can count significantly towards making the planning experience fun and enjoyable, rather than hectic and stressed.

Laine and Dave of Seattle, Washington, say "Wedshare has been a lifesaver! We use it to keep all of our friends and family informed of plans and events. We have invited guests from all over the country and we can keep in touch so easily. Our vendors and wedding planner love it too! This was the first and best decision we made around our wedding."

Business is growing so fast, in fact, that WedShare.com is announcing significant overhauls and upgrades to its hardware network and its offered features. To meet the demands of its rising membership base, prices will also be increasing. But to accommodate the large number of holiday engagements, WedShare.com will hold off on the price upgrade until January and offer a low price promotion through December.

For more information, visit: http://www.wedshare.com to learn more.

About WedShare.com:
WedShare.com (http://www.wedshare.com) was founded in 2004 by Crystal and Jason Melendez, online wedding planning experts, married couple, and authors of "e-Plan Your Wedding: How to Save Time and Money with Today's Best Online Resources". Since its founding, WedShare.com has become a leading planning resource and top personal wedding website provider. The company is based in California's Silicon Valley and has an international client base that stretches across the globe. Its goal is to enable anyone to create their own unique personal wedding website, and to use the latest technology to streamline the many planning details with ease and confidence.

( An http://IPRWire.com Press Release )

Contact Info:

Name: Crystal Melendez
Address: 123 E. San Carlos St. #113
City: San Jose
State: California
Country: USA
Zip: 95112

Web Address: http://www.wedshare.com
Business Blog: http://iblogit.com/wedshare
Phone: 408-404-5225

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Wedding Website Provider WedShare.com Announces New Music Capabilities

2007-10-13T00:00:00-08:00

San Jose, California (IPRWIRE) Sat, October 13th, 2007 -- WedShare.com (http://www.wedshare.com) announces the unveiling of a brand new wedding website audio feature that will make sharing your wedding planning experience over the web more vivid than ever!

Now, visitors to a couple's wedding website can hear their favorite and most meaningful musical selections, played in sequence and accompanied by notes that scroll in a customized music player. WedShare.com clients have a variety of options to choose from in implementing this new facet of their online wedding planning showcase, including how they want the music controls displayed and what their personal messages should be for each song. Music can be uploaded in MP3 format, and multiple songs can play in sequence.

"We needed a website that allowed us to upload music that George had written himself," say WedShare.com clients Kelli and George of Atlanta, Georgia. "We had hoped for the capability of the site to automatically play the music and load more than one song. [WedShare.com] upgraded the music capabilities to do just that! Our coworkers, friends, and family love our website. We even added a D.J. request box for a little fun."

Wedding websites are quickly becoming a must-have wedding planning tool, and for good reason. They allow couples to post easy-to-find registries, online RSVP's, maps and directions, and many more timesavers geared towards enabling the planning couple to cut down on the stress load and have more fun. WedShare.com, a Silicon Valley company founded in 2004, provides a service that lets engaged couples create their very own professional wedding website without any technical know-how. The websites can be live and online in minutes, and now they can sport your own personal jukebox as well as showcase your photos and videos. "Music is almost always an important aspect of a couple's relationship," says WedShare.com CEO Crystal Melendez. "Think about how large a role music plays in a wedding celebration, and in our lives in general. We wanted to allow this life soundtrack to take center stage in our clients' websites, in an innovative, fun, and exciting way. People are going to love the new music capabilities of their wedding websites, and so will their friends and family."

For more information, visit http://www.wedshare.com

About Wed Share:
WedShare.com was founded in 2004 by Crystal and Jason Melendez, online wedding planning experts, married couple, and authors of "e-Plan Your Wedding: How to Save Time and Money with Today's Best Online Resources ". Since its founding, WedShare.com has become a leading planning resource and top personal wedding website provider. The company is based in California's Silicon Valley and has an international client base that stretches across the globe. Its goal is to enable anyone to create their own unique personal wedding website, and to use the latest technology to streamline the many planning details with ease and confidence.

( An http://IPRWire.com Press Release )

Contact Info:

Name: Crystal Melendez
Address: 123 E. San Carlos St. #113
City: San Jose
State: California
Country: United States
Zip: 95112

Web Address: http://www.wedshare.com
Business Blog: http://iblogit.com/wedshare
Phone: 408-404-5225

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Engaged Couples Get Helping Hand From Powerful Online Wedding Website Planning Tools

2007-07-13T00:00:00-08:00

San Jose, California (IPRWIRE) Fri, Jul. 13th, 2007 --Wedding website service WedShare.com (www.wedshare.com) reports that nearly 80% of all engaged couples today use the Internet to help plan their wedding, a trend that is still on the rise. And it’s not just about information, they say. With the boom of the online bridal market, new tools and resources are emerging that can greatly ease the planning burden for today's engaged couples.

"The Internet has created a cultural revolution," WedShare.com president Jason Melendez says. "It has dramatically changed how we shop, keep up with the news, and stay in touch with friends and loved ones. It has also made changes to how we plan a wedding."

According to Melendez, the winds of change are good news for stressed-out brides.

"There are a lot of great ways to save time and money now that were unheard of just five years ago," Melendez says. "Things that used to be time-consuming and dreaded tasks are now fun and enjoyable."

One example is a self-building address book. It is a contact book for guests that actually builds itself, eliminating the hectic job of hunting down everybody's mailing address before sending out invitations. These new guest databases feed directly into the RSVP page of a couple's wedding website, allowing guests to post their event responses, list who is coming, and even make meal selections. Everything is tallied and organized by the system automatically so that a couple can view a simple report and know at a glance how their guest list stands.

Melendez says, "With WedShare.com, we wanted to take all of these great new tools and put them together in one single resource. Now when guests visit your wedding website, they can RSVP online -- a feature that is integrated with your guest database -- and update their own contact info for you."

At the same time, a couple planning their wedding can use their wedding website's planning tools to slice up their wedding budget, get recommended amounts for various wedding items based on their budget, and even get emailed when payments are due. Gift registries are all linked up and in one place, making them easy for guests to find and easy for couples to maintain.

Ernie, a groom-to-be in Baltimore whose delegated wedding duties included setting up the couple's wedding website, found that the integrated guest and event tools became a major cornerstone of their planning.

"The main thing that impressed me about WedShare was the guest and event management tools," he says. "They are very well integrated and impressive. Guests update their own contact information, which makes mailing out invitations so much easier. In terms of event management, you choose which guests see which invitations. So if you have a rehearsal dinner or brunch with separate invitees, this is all taken care of for you."

With their hectic schedules, it is easy to understand how these online conveniences and timesavers are especially appreciated by today's brides and grooms.

"Couples planning a wedding today are older, on average, than those just five or ten years ago," says Melendez. "The average age of today's bride is 28, where it once was 18. Engaged couples today have careers, they're busy, and time is in short supply. Mom and Dad may have traditionally footed the bill, but today's brides and grooms usually pay most or all of their wedding costs themselves."

To learn more about WedShare.com and personal wedding websites, visit www.wedshare.com.

About WedShare.com:
WedShare.com was founded in 2004 by Crystal and Jason Melendez, online wedding planning experts, married couple, and authors of "e-Plan Your Wedding: How to Save Time and Money with Today’s Best Online Resources." Since its founding, WedShare.com has become a leading planning resource and top personal wedding website provider. The company is based in California's Silicon Valley and has an international client base that stretches across the globe. Its goal is to enable anyone to create their own unique and personal website, and to use the latest technology to streamline the many planning details with ease and confidence.

( An http://IPRWire.com Press Release )

Contact Info:

Name: Crystal Melendez
Address: 123 E. San Carlos St. #113
City: San Jose
State: CA
Country: USA
Zip: 95112

Web Address: www.wedshare.com
Business Blog: http://iblogit.com/wedshare
Phone: 408-404-5225

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New Personal Wedding Website Service Offers Fantastic Advantages for Those Planning That Big Day

2007-01-30T00:21:00-08:00

San Jose, California (IPRWIRE) Tue, Jan. 30th, 2007 -- WedShare.com (www.wedshare.com) is pleased to announce their new wedding website service, providing unique, yet easy to use features that allow couples to plan, manage, and showcase their engagement, ceremony, and honeymoon. This remarkable service is a must-have for anyone planning a marriage. Couples not only receive their own Internet space to showcase their event, but they are also given a myriad of other useful tools and services to assist in the creating and managing of the site and the many details associated with their wedding.

Crystal Melendez, CEO, stated recently: "Planning a wedding can be a major undertaking. The engaged couple must inform and stay in touch with vendors, family, and friends, many of which may be scattered across the country or even the world. A lot of information needs to be managed and organized."

"Today, the Internet is bringing people together and streamlining communication like nothing else. Personal wedding websites are becoming such a popular trend because they let busy couples take advantage of this powerful management and communication resource."

WedShare.com customer Sabrina W. of Danville, CA says: "What started out as a way to ease RSVP's and save a few dollars on invitation inserts turned into the central repository for everything related to the event. I love it! My big day wouldn't have been the same without it. The designs are great, and the flexibility and ease of use is awesome. I would recommend it to everyone."

The development of WedShare.com was undertaken by Crystal and Jason Melendez, wedding industry and technology professionals. They are the authors of the new 2007 book, "E-Plan Your Wedding: How to Save Time and Money with Today's Best Online Resources," and have put a lot of their research into their new online service. Their goal was to develop a superior wedding website service backed by industry experience and research.

Visit www.wedshare.com to learn more.

About WedShare.com:
WedShare.com was founded in 2004, and is steadily becoming a leading online wedding planning resource and top personal wedding website provider. The company is based in California's Silicon Valley and has an international client base that stretches across the globe. Its goal is to enable anyone to create their own unique personal wedding website, and to use the latest technology to streamline the many planning details with ease and confidence.

( An http://IPRWire.com Press Release )

Contact Info:

Name: Crystal Melendez
Address: 123 E. San Carlos St. #113
City: San Jose
State: CA
Country: USA
Zip: 95112

Web Address: www.wedshare.com
Business Blog: http://iblogit.com/wedshare
Phone: 408-404-5225

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